Mini-Brandon

SUNSHINE & a visit to Omaha!

Hello SUNSHINE!!  This week is projected to be un-seasonably warm, so we are enjoying it to it's fullest. After school yesterday we took the kids to the park, it's always fun to see what things they enjoy as they go back at a little older age.

The park we went to has a large basketball court and  many pick-up games were going on between older boys.   Drake has a large attraction to basketballs, baseballs...etc. so, as soon as he saw the basketball games he ran as quick as his little legs would take him directly into the middle of all of the basketball games.  I had just come from work - so attempting to catch him in my heels was not happening.  Luckily they all stopped their games for him to "shoot" the ball a couple of times and he thankfully did not get ran over :)

Gabby still loves the playground equipment, but started expressing interest in climbing trees yesterday after seeing some boys attempting to do it when we first arrived.  It was quite a sight watching her try to get her short little legs up a relatively straight tree.  Once Brandon arrived they worked hard to climb the tree - which ended with a nice scratch down the middle of her tummy.  A rite of passage, I suppose.

Gabby and I (along with my mom) took a trip to Omaha last weekend to see Molly, Jeff and Baby Brayden.   Upon leaving - Gabby was telling Drake goodbye and she says:  Goodbye Drake, I love You...don't let the bed bugs bite!  It was too funny!

Gabby was in heaven with the "baby" and also Molly & Jeff's dog: Shelby.  Shelby is a 90 pound mix, who loves to give kisses...Gabby spent a lot of the afternoon following Shelby around the backyard and throwing her ball to her. We took advantage of the nice weather and took her to the park - and later that evening watched Baby Brayden so Molly and Jeff could enjoy a much needed night out.

When we first arrived we took Gabby to the Omaha Children's Museum - she had a great time!   She loved the shopping center and the house - everything is to scale for toddlers/small children so she was in heaven!

We had a nice weekend with Molly, Jeff and Brayden - they've build a beautiful new home so it was fun to finally see it all done (we'd seen it mid-progress).  Gabby got to take a bath in their big whirlpool tub - in which she told us she was a "mermaid"!  She slept in a big bed with Mommy and got to go to many restaurants....one of her favorite things.

Wigglebugs

Gabby started a tumbling class last week at a local Gymnastics Gym.  Her class is called the Wigglebugs - and what an appropriate name as she was wiggling with excitement as soon as we told her that morning that she would be going after school that day.  She walked in like a champ and did all of the activities with such excitement.  We got numerous comments from other parents about how fearless she is - big surprise there!  She had a great time and it was fun to watch her have such fun!

She is also going to Zoo Tots classes at the Blank Park Zoo - she has an love for animals so we're sure she will enjoy these as well.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Sledding

We took the kids sledding today at the Golf Course right by our house - they both loved it.  It took Drake awhile to warm up to the idea and it took me 56 times of putting his mittens back on to convince him that the snow was cold :)  Brandon and I got quite the workout from either carrying or pulling both 30+ pound kiddos back up the hill - but it was well worth it!

Edit to above - for some reason Blogger is uploading all of my pictures rotated incorrectly - so I will leave you with the one photo above and attempt to upload the rest at a later date.

Wednesday Funny

Gabby is now eating at her Dora Table – she doesn’t want to sit in her booster chair anymore. However, the rule is that if she gets out of her chair before she’s done then she has to go back and sit in her booster chair. Well, last night she got up and so we put her in her high chair and of course she freaked out. When I asked her why she wouldn’t sit in her chair she said: “because I need a seat belt”.

Laughter fills the soul :)

"Laughter fills the soul"