The Megapost

Ok, so we have come out of the last two weeks with no vomit (and the crowds go wild!)  And I have finally gotten our lives back on track, house cleaned, sanitized, playdates resumed, full weeks of school and activities and I am now getting back to the blog.  Don't worry, amongst all the sickness we did manage to squeeze in some fun.  Here are some highlights:

For St. Pat's Day I took Harper and Graham to a storytime at the library.  They read all about trolls, rainbows, leprechauns and made these hats. Both loved coloring, glueing and showing of their new creations. They wore them for two straight days and Graham still goes and puts his on for an hour or so, usually when we have to go to the grocery.  A boy's got to look his best!

As the weather has started to warm up, the kids, especially Lucy, are looking for every excuse to be outside.  A tea party outside in the driveway keeps me from having to clean up the kitchen after the world's messiest eater (Graham) and keeps the kids happy as can be.  All three like to pour their own drinks from the tea pot.  Graham likes to pour his all over himself, the girls fare much better. 

A block with two cheeks.  Love it.  The mega-man among tiny little ladies.

Lucy with her Daisy troop at the playAnnie.

Graham and Harper wasting time at the playground waiting for Lucy to wrap up running club practice.

The little guys at Tate Butler's 2nd birthday party.  Sweet tally for the party: Graham 2 cupcakes, 1 iced cookie, fruit snacks, juice box, a handful of pretzels, 1 lollipop.  Harper: 1 cupcake, 1 iced cookie, crackers, pretzels, 1 lollipop.  Naptime was delayed by and hour due to sugar high.

New accomplishments:

-Harper can now climb the "big ladder" at the playground, "all by myself, because I'm almost 3!"

-Graham is picking up new words daily, my favorites are "ok!", "what?", "you silly!" and "get blanket"- this last one is his new requirement for when we are reading books, and he must be snuggled up with you under the blanket before reading.

-Graham playing and "choo chooing!" all over the house with his trains

-Lucy is participating in a running club

-Harper is learning the names of all the different flower types in the neighborhood

- Lucy went to her first "school dance" during their spring fling.  She led a group of her kindergarten friends as the head of a conga line for about an hour.  The best part was then a group of older kids, including 6th graders, joined her line.  She was pleased as punch.

-Harper has now learned the words to every song from the Annie soundtrack.  And she sings them over and over again all day long, usually with Graham chiming in from time to time.