A Day with Joe and Nathaniel

Many of Lucas's classmates have birthdays in March, so we've been doing a lot of celebrating. This weekend was Max's turn. Siblings were welcome, so Lucas and Megan both got to have fun at Monkey Joe's. They got in lots of climbing and sliding, some pizza and cake, and even got to try skee-ball for the first time. Lucas did pretty well, but Megan was a little dangerous (and those balls are hard!).


After a nap in the car, we finally got to meet Nathaniel Ford! The kids had a blast playing with Kaylee and meeting Nathaniel. Nathaniel is such a cutie ... and a happy little guy!

Play Date & the Park

Pictured:
Tyler, Abby, Morgan, Megan, Alex
Troy (Tyler's bro), Ben (Alex's bro)

Lucas didn't want to be in the picture, and Abby's little sister Emily was too young to add to the craziness.

We started off today with a play date with Megan's friends at Abby's house. We were glad to be able to make it this time since we missed the last one because Megan was sick. Fortunately, one of Megan's friends has a big brother in the same class as Lucas, so Lucas is always happy to go, too. And mommy likes to go hang out with all the mommies. It's a win for everyone!


The afternoon was nice enough that we headed to the park after nap. Lucas and Megan got to ride their bikes and then play with a couple of neighborhood kids that we found already at the park.

Proud Moments

A couple of weeks ago, the kids attended a birthday party for one of Lucas's friends. The party was at a local YMCA that had a huge climber that reached the ceiling (gymnasium height ceiling) and took up the entire wall. Megan is good at climbing, but can't always keep up. As mommy was being lazy and didn't really want to go in the climber, she asked Lucas to try to keep an eye on Megan and help her out if she had any issues. Lucas did an awesome job! If Megan got too far behind, he either waited for her to catch up or went back to see where she might have gotten stuck. When mommy told him how proud she was of what a good big brother he was, his only response was "I knoooow" (with the "quit telling me" attitude attached to it, though he did smile).

And for a proud Megan moment ... Our little girl has been doing a fantastic job with potty training. She hasn't worn a diaper or a pull-up (and yes!, those are two totally different things) at school since the end of January. On weekends Megan still wears a pull-up (it's easier to clean up :), but rarely uses it. She doesn't like to be told to go potty, but is getting pretty good about telling us when she needs to go.

A Visit to Megan's Class

Mommy visited Megan's room today and got some cute videos of Megan, her friends and her teacher Mr. Jeff while they sang about the days of the week and some little fish.