tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65426190445679539682023-11-16T05:23:50.877-06:00The Ringley Family CircusJessie & Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12204726139719864020noreply@blogger.comBlogger212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542619044567953968.post-30704498539470172902013-02-06T13:15:00.002-06:002013-02-06T13:31:15.156-06:00Toddler Terror Cruise 2013 Part I: St. Thomas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are back home from our big cruise vacation with the kids. We had an amazing vacation and we got to see so many beautiful places and do so many fun things. Chad's Mom, aka Mimi, and Chad's Aunt Phyllis, aka Phil, came along with us to help with the kids, and they were such a tremendous help to us. The kids LOVED getting to spend time with them too!<br />
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We definitely had our share of rough spots along the way, including Brady and Chad getting stung by a jellyfish on the beach in Antigua. I was a wreck about poor Brady being stung but he took it like a total champ and was back in the water playing like nothing happened in less than 10 minutes. How many 2 year olds can say they braved a jellyfish sting on a Caribbean beach? Also, every person on our trip got sick with the cruise flu bug to varying degrees with the exception of Mimi. It started with Aunt Phil around Tuesday and lasted a day or so and she recovered. Chad got extremely sick on Thursday night and recovered by Friday afternoon. I got so sick on Saturday night I had to go the infirmary and get a shot to stop my nausea, and Chloe and Brady got sick in quick succession in the early morning hours of Sunday, the day we were supposed to disembark the ship and travel back home. We were extremely lucky that by 9 AM on Sunday we were all feeling better and we were able to travel home that day without any incidents. <br />
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Any time you travel you take a risk that you are going to run into some issues along the way, and you can just about double those chances when you are traveling with two toddlers, but overall our trip was amazing, even withstanding our illness. The children got to see so many amazing things. In St. Thomas they saw so many beautiful sea creatures at Coral World including sea turtles, sharks, and sting rays. In Tortola they swam with the dolphins and interacted with them up close and personal. In Antigua and Nassau they played on the beach and swam in the beautiful Caribbean ocean. Aside from all of the great experiences the kids were able to have, we were very lucky to get to spend so much quality time with them for 8 days and also that they were able to spend so much time with their Mimi and Aunt Phil. They bonded with them so much during our trip and it was difficult for us all to say goodbye when our trip was over. <br />
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Below are some pictures from the first port, St. Thomas. This was our first day off of the ship. We did not have a scheduled excursion on this day. Instead, we planned to arrange for transportation to visit Coral World. Coral World is like an aquarium that also has some outdoor exhibits including a beautiful sea turtle cove. We explored Coral World in the morning and made it back on the boat in time for nap time that afternoon. It was a beautiful place!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chloe and Chad at Coral World. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The port of St. Thomas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mimi and Phil with Brady and Chloe at Coral World</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mimi and Chloe checking out the sharks at Coral World</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sea turtles were beautiful to watch and my favorite part of Coral World</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chad and Brady at a scenic overlook in St. Thomas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brady and Chloe looking out at the sea turtle cove at Coral World</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our whole group in St. Thomas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sea turtle cove at Coral World is pictured here</td></tr>
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We enjoyed our morning in St. Thomas and our visit to Coral World very much! Stay tuned for my next post which will have some pictures from our time on the beach in Antigua.<br />
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Jessie & Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12204726139719864020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542619044567953968.post-43614755164904247182013-01-14T12:29:00.001-06:002013-01-14T16:16:02.709-06:00Big Kid Beds!Over Thanksgiving break Brady and Chloe both caught a relatively mild form of a stomach bug that was going around at the time. It involved a lot of not eating much with the exception of Pedialyte freezer pops (bless those things!) and one middle of the night incident with Chloe. This is exceptional because I can count on probably one hand the number of times Chloe has gotten up in the middle of the night since she started sleeping through the night at 10 weeks old. Girl loves her sleep. <br />
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We knew something was up when we heard her stirring the night before Thanksgiving. I went to her room and found that she had been sick in her crib. It took both Chad and I working together to get everything cleaned up and in the washer with new sheets changed and Chloe into some clean new jammies. We got her settled down and let her come back to our bed with us for a little while, but eventually decided it was time to return her to her crib when she showed no signs of being sick again. I placed her in her crib like always, but she hiked one of her legs over the crib rail, and before I knew it she was up and over the side of the crib and on the ground, like a ninja! </div>
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Needless to say, that night marked the end of Chloe's crib dwelling days. Chad was hopeful that maybe it was an isolated incident and she would forget that she'd climbed out of the crib the night before. That was definitely NOT the case at nap time the next day, so we knew it was time to convert the crib to a "big girl bed" with toddler rails. Everything we read said that if you saw your little one get out of bed, go into their room, pick them up, and put them back in bed. Do not talk to them or engage them in any way. Do this as many times as necessary until they fell asleep on their bed. We had to do this about 5 times per night for 2 nights with Chloe, and on the third night she just slept in her new bed with no problems for naps and night time. We are very proud of her and thrilled at how well she transitioned! </div>
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Once Chloe was established with her new bed situation, we considered when would be the best time to switch Brady to a "big kid bed" too. He seemed happy and comfortable in his crib for the time being. He usually gets up before Chloe in the morning and also at nap time, so he always came in her room with me to say hello to her when she woke up. He saw that she was sleeping in a "new" bed and would even climb up and play with her on it every day. By Christmas we decided it was time to say goodbye to his crib as well. We figured it would be a good time to do it since Chad would be off for several days and he could help me during the nighttime if Brady had a difficult time adjusting. We were concerned it may be harder to switch him over since he hadn't tried to leave his crib on his own yet, and also because he has always been not as avid a sleeper as Chloe. He still is a great sleeper (and we thank our lucky stars we have two great sleepers!) he is just more prone to have the occasional middle of the night wake up and is always an earlier riser than she is. </div>
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So proud of my big kids! I cannot believe that soon we will be celebrating their 2nd birthday! Can we just freeze time please??? </div>
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Oh my word, I have neglected the poor blog since November! I am so sorry about that. I wish I had some brilliant reason why, other than life is just busy with two very busy toddlers and two parents just trying to keep our heads above water. A major part of my recent neglect of the blog is our ongoing pursuit of becoming healthier and losing weight. We have been working on this weight loss and fitness goal since June. As a couple, Chad and I have lost over 100 pounds and counting. When we are not spending time with Brady and Chloe, working, or catching up on errands and household chores, more than likely we are in the gym. This leaves two very exhausted parents with very little free time for blogging. Excuses aside, I want to be able to connect with friends and family that may not have Facebook and that want to keep up with what we are up to. So I am going to try and check in with the blog more frequently than I have been in the last few months! <br />
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The month of December was very busy with many fun holiday activities. I want to share some of what we did last month with some family pictures, so here we go!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was at our neighborhood event where Santa came for a visit, I love this picture of Chloe with her Daddy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chad and I went on a date to see The Nutcracker by the Houston Ballet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was beautiful and we had great seats! Can't wait to take Brady and Chloe when they are older!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We set out cookies and milk and a note for Santa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy read us The Night Before Christmas before bed on Christmas Eve</td></tr>
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We had a wonderful holiday season and we started many new family traditions that we hope to continue for years to come. Christmas this year was a lot of fun for us, because Brady and Chloe were more interested and aware of everything this year and it was a joy to see their faces light up when experiencing different events and experiences associated with the season. </div>
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Our family sends our best wishes to you and yours. We hope that you had a joyous and peaceful holiday season and a Happy New Year! </div>
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Jessie & Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12204726139719864020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542619044567953968.post-44009477439357163902012-11-12T12:46:00.000-06:002012-11-12T12:53:43.759-06:00Girls' Weekend at the River Market in Little RockI got home late last night from my girls' weekend, and boy was I tired! My exhaustion was definitely worth it though, because we had such a wonderful time. Our weekend was packed to the brim with lots of shopping, trying out the local restaurants, visiting a park, going to the mall, attending the local holiday craft market, and we even made it to a comedy club and a piano bar! <br />
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One of the most amazing parts of our trip was when we ran into my great friends Chris and Carrie from high school/college. I knew Chris and Carrie lived in Arkansas, but I wasn't sure which part exactly in relation to where I was going to be over the weekend. I also knew that Chris works in a famous and very beautiful hotel, but again I wasn't sure which one or where it was. Being the ditz that I am, I didn't think to contact them on Facebook to see if I was going to be near them before we left for our trip. On Saturday morning several places we were thinking of trying for breakfast ended up being closed, so we decided to have breakfast at The Peabody hotel. When I walked into the lobby I was struck by how beautiful it was. No sooner were we seated for breakfast than my phone was ringing and it was a number from my hometown! I had a bad connection and couldn't hear who was speaking on the other end. Not a minute or two later, here come my friends Chris and Carrie! What an amazing surprise! Not only did I get to hug them and chat with them, but we also got to meet them for dinner that evening. How funny that of all the places to have breakfast I went to have breakfast at my friend's hotel without even realizing it! I am very excited that if we make this an annual trip I can make plans to see them again, and this time I can do it in advance! :-)<br />
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By the way, if you have never been to Little Rock, the River Market area was beautiful and so much fun! There were so many interesting shops and places to eat, and none of them were chain restaurants, they were all unique and for the most part seemed locally owned. A lot of places in the area had different things they were famous for: one place had amazing Chicago deep dish style pizza, another place was known for great beer that was brewed in the restaurant (not that I like beer, just an example), another had an awesome brunch, and one place was even known for having a purple milkshake! </div>
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It was a weekend of kid-free fun and I enjoyed every minute of it, but I did miss my babies quite a bit and I thought about them a lot, and wondered what they were doing and if they were having a good time with Chad. The report from Chad was that they were really great for him all weekend. He took the kids to the mall and rode the carousel and the train with the kids by himself. He even took them to Red Lobster for dinner one night and he said several people remarked on how well behaved they were. Chad even managed a trip to Walmart with the kids in tow to pick up a few extra groceries. I was so glad to hear that everything went so smoothly, although I was not shocked, since I have such great kids and they have such an awesome Dad. </div>
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Here are a few pictures from my trip:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and my girls' weekend companions! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner with the awesome Chris and Carrie!</td></tr>
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Whew! This morning I was so glad to be home and get to see my babies! I have been giving them even more hugs and kisses than usual, just because I can! </div>
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Up until these sessions, we hadn't taken any professional family photos probably since the babies' Christmas card photos last year. I am so happy we were able to capture so many precious moments and I am so thankful for my friend <a href="http://www.carleajphotography.com/index2.php?v=v1">Carlea</a>, who was so amazing to take these photos for us (while 8 months pregnant I might add!), and so patient with our wild toddlers. <br />
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I hope you all are having a great weekend! I will be back tomorrow! :-)<br />
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That being said, for my weekend posts I have prepared some of our favorite pictures from two recent family photo sessions we had in October. Some of you that follow the blog know that we are very lucky to have a very dear family friend who also happens to be an AMAZING photographer. She took Brady and Chloe's newborn photos and also their Christmas card photos last year when they were about 10 months old. Her name is Carlea, and if you live in the Houston/surrounding suburbs or even the Austin area and are in need of photos for any occasion, you will not find a better person for the job. Her business is Carlea J Photography and her website is <a href="http://www.carleajphotography.com/index2.php?v=v1">here</a>. Currently she is on maternity leave as they are expecting their first child right around Thanksgiving, but I believe she will be available in January or February 2013. <br />
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We ending up doing two photo sessions since the first one was a little rainy, although I still think the pictures turned out so great. The first one is a fall theme and featured our family, while the second one is more summery and focuses on the kids playing in the park. Today I will feature some of our favorite photos from the first shoot. Hope you enjoy! <br />
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I know my husband will do an amazing job watching over the kids, but I will miss my babies and I will miss him too!<br />
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While I was pleased with our handprint ornaments this year, when we were done I felt they lacked a "certain something," so I added more glitter paint (what <i>doesn't</i> get better after adding more glitter paint?!?) and the kids' initials to their ornaments. I think it added just the right amount of Christmas flair. </div>
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I am looking forward to sending these out soon to the grands and great grands. I am already getting in the holiday spirit this year! Before you know it I will be one of those crazy people who starts playing Christmas music waaaaay too soon! :-)<br />
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Brady and Chloe wore costumes to this event that were given to them last February by their Nana and Doodah (my Dad and Stepmom). They were a lion and a chicken and they looked so adorable in their costumes! Many thanks to Nana and Doodah! <br />
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They had a blast getting treat bags, running around on the playground, but by far their favorite part of the Halloween social was jumping in the bounce house. I was a little nervous to let them do it since most of the kids at the social were older and bigger and I couldn't go in the bounce house with them, but they weren't afraid at all and loved every minute of it. In fact, we had to practically drag poor Brady from the bounce house. <br />
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It was a fun family event and I am so glad we are part of a community that has so many family friendly things to do! I have some pictures to share with you:<br />
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What a fun day we had! Well folks, I think that is a wrap for Halloween posts for 2012!
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/339/2CBBC0011E36E23938E9A47D84B5C2A4.png" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a>Jessie & Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12204726139719864020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542619044567953968.post-32567749115210442002012-11-04T11:40:00.000-06:002012-11-04T11:40:04.735-06:00Pumpkin PaintingOne day last week while Grandma was visiting we decided to paint pumpkins. Brady and Chloe both had a small pumpkin to paint, we used Crayola Washable Kids Paint, and I set up their picnic table in the play room with a plastic shower curtain liner underneath as a drop cloth. I picked just two colors to start (purple and green) and squeezed a small amount in reusable applesauce cups. <br />
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Once we showed Chloe how to paint, she really got into it and enjoyed the process quite a bit. Brady was not interested in painting his pumpkin at all. He was way more interested in playing with his truck.<br />
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They turned out really cute and it was actually a lot less messy and time consuming than carving a pumpkin. We had intended to carve a big pumpkin this year too, but we ended up not buying a pumpkin at Dewberry Farm this year so we didn't have a big one to carve. We used our painted pumpkins as decoration outside our front door and that actually seemed to work out well. <br />
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Here are a few pumpkin painting photos:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The artist concentrating hard on her creation. :-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brady observing, but not too excited to join in. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The end result!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We used our painted pumpkins and the ghost craft we made at Story Time to decorate our front door where we left our candy bowl while we went trick or treating. </td></tr>
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This was the first year the kids painted pumpkins but I believe we will continue this tradition again next year! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandma on the carousel at the mall with Brady.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chloe's "hat" is actually a bowl I ordered off of Etsy, not knowing how small it was. It makes a fun hat though!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting pumpkins with Grandma, look how hard they are both concentrating!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading a story to the kiddos, so sweet! Also the puppy Chloe is holding was a present from Grandma.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom and I made Halloween cupcakes one day during the kids' nap time. They are actually the kind made from diet soda. Mom was really unsure about how they would taste, but I think she loved them in the end! </td></tr>
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We love you and miss you already, Grandma!
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/339/2CBBC0011E36E23938E9A47D84B5C2A4.png" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a>Jessie & Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12204726139719864020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542619044567953968.post-42580594313125369372012-11-02T11:55:00.000-05:002012-11-02T12:13:46.654-05:00Dewberry Farm 2012Since I will be catching up on some of our October activities on the blog for at least the first week or so of November, my posts may jump around a bit in terms of chronology. Today's post is about a recent trip to Dewberry Farm last Sunday. We went to this pumpkin patch <a href="http://www.ringleyfamilycircus.blogspot.com/2011/10/dewberry-farm.html">last year</a> and fell in love with it. We were very excited to find out that our new house was much closer to the farm this year and we were looking forward to taking the kids when they were older and able to participate in more of the fun activities. <br />
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We went late in the season this year since we wanted my Mom to be able to accompany us while she was here visiting. Since we went just days before Halloween, we found to our great disappointment that the pumpkin fields were almost completely bare with the exception of a few clusters of pumpkins people had clumped together in order to take pictures. Even the few pumpkins that remained were almost all either split open or in bad shape. We ended up not even taking a pumpkin from the patch home with us this time. </div>
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The kids still had a lot of fun running through the fields of wildflowers and running wild through the empty pumpkin patch field. This year we also paid a visit to some of the farm animals including goats, horses, pigs, and chickens, which they loved. Another big hit was the "Moo Cow" ride as Chloe called it. Chad rode with Brady once and Chloe twice, since she somehow managed to finagle a second ride from Daddy per usual. :-)</div>
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We brought along our wagon and did a lot of walking. By the end of the afternoon, I think Mom, Dad, and Grandma were all tuckered out! Maybe next year we will try a smaller pumpkin patch. Even though I like Dewberry Farm it is HUGE and it is always very crowded with lots of people and lines for everything. We also learned our lesson to go earlier in the season next year if we plan to actually pick a pumpkin! </div>
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Here are some of our pictures from our Sunday afternoon at Dewberry Farm:</div>
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Jessie & Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12204726139719864020noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542619044567953968.post-77730338440602267992012-11-01T17:12:00.000-05:002012-11-02T12:14:04.367-05:00Halloween 2012First off, let me just apologize for my dismal blog posting record in the month of October. One post in one month has to be an all time low. While the blog was quiet, as a family we were very active in the month of October and I have a lot of fun activities to post about on the blog. In a moment of temporary insanity, I signed up for <a href="http://www.blogher.com/sign-novembers-nablopomo-and-join-blogging-party">NaBloPoMo</a> 2012, or National Blog Posting Month. This means I will be attempting to write a blog post every day in the month of November. I did this last year before I had walking talking twin toddlers and somehow I have decided to do it again this year! So for those of you who still check the blog from time to time, there should be some fresh content on a daily basis for this month at least so please stop by and see how we're doing! <br />
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So, yesterday was Halloween! It feels like we have been celebrating Halloween in our household for at least 3 weeks now since we have attended so many Halloween related events and participated in so many Halloween community activities including: the local Parents of Multiples Halloween social, two different dress up days at our local library story times, a dress up walk around the mall, visiting a pumpkin patch, making Halloween cupcakes, painting pumpkins, and trick or treating around our neighborhood last night. We wore three different costumes at various occasions and we have just really done Halloween BIG time this year! <br />
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Like last year, my Mom (Grandma to B & C) came to visit a few days before Halloween and just left us this morning. We had so much fun during her visit and we were so sad to see her go back home today! On the actual day of Halloween (yesterday) Chad even took the day off of work to spend it with the family. That made us feel so special! We loved having both Grandma and Daddy home with us. <br />
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We started off our Halloween celebrations around 11:00 AM. We had planned to meet several of the Moms in my local Parents of Multiples group at the mall to walk the kids around in their wagons and strollers with their costumes on. We had a small turnout this year (there were only 3 of us) but we still had a great time. Here we are in our wagon at the mall: <br />
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While strolling around, we stopped at the Bass Pro Shop because they had a Halloween Photo Op set up:<br />
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And we also had a chance to check out the tank full of fish they had at Bass Pro Shop:<br />
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After our fun time strolling around the mall, we took the kids to lunch at Rainforest Cafe in the mall. Boy did they LOVE seeing and hearing all the animals and watching the lightning storm that happened every 15 minutes or so. What a fun lunch experience for all of us! Sadly, I didn't think to take any pictures while we were there. <br />
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Somehow, we didn't manage to leave the mall until we'd had a ride on this Ice Cream Truck, twice, because Grandma and Daddy are pushovers:<br />
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I can't really blame them, when this little girl pouted and wanted another ride, it was hard to refuse:<br />
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After an eventful morning at the mall, the kids came home and took a long nap while we prepared for Halloween. When they woke up they had dinner and changed into their costumes:<br />
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If you don't know, they were the Minions from the movie Despicable Me. They love to watch the movie so we thought it would be a cute costume idea. <br />
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Our friends Jeff and Kristen and their children Matthew and Madison came over to trick or treat with us, and we headed out around the neighborhood. Here are a few family trick or treating pictures:<br />
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This was Brady and Chloe's first year of real trick or treating and I was amazed at how well they did. They walked from house to house for an hour and a half trick or treating. They held our hands and walked up to each house, and often would pick out one piece of candy themselves. We told them to say "trick or treat" and "thank you" at each house. By the end of the night Chloe was saying "trick" and "bye bye" to the people at each house. :-)<br />
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By the time we got home we were exhausted from such an eventful day and put the kids right to bed. I think the kids had a lot of fun on Halloween and it was extra special because they got to spend the day with their Grandma and Daddy too!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Speaking of Toddler Time, we went to a different library this week and boy was it a different experience! They had a power point presentation, read three books, sang songs, and did a craft. There were also rules about staying in certain areas of the room and sitting still and not making too much noise during reading time. Nerve wracking for a mother with TWO littles to try and wrangle! The picture below is of maybe about 1/3 of the crowd. Quite a few people clear out and do not stay for craft time, but this was the first chance I had to snap a picture of the room. When it was full, there were at least 150 people there. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was at the much smaller library where we have our regular story/toddler time. We made it to 2 story times this week! Awesome!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We enjoyed playing on our very own NEW swing set in the backyard!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last Saturday I went to the local Mom of Multiples yard sale and snagged all of these cool toys for under $60! I was psyched! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have been attempting to let the kids use plates, bowls, and utensils. But they are still not sure if the plates are for eating, or if they make better hats. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to take poor Brady to the doctor on Saturday morning. He got a bug bite on his face on Friday during our walk and it caused his right eye to get red and swell completely shut! He is much better now and we are so glad! We went to a different doctor's office and they had this cool magnetic wall! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorry this photo is a little blurry, but I couldn't help including it. Her shirt says: "100% Angel---when I'm sleeping." So TRUE! :-)</td></tr>
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Well, I would say these pictures pretty well sum up the last week or so for our family--- a lot of story time, a lot of playing inside and outside, plus one relatively non eventful trip to the doctor's office. Hope you all have had a good weekend and are getting ready for another fun week ahead! <br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/339/2CBBC0011E36E23938E9A47D84B5C2A4.png" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px;" /></a>Jessie & Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12204726139719864020noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542619044567953968.post-80908799523756216802012-09-30T11:56:00.002-05:002012-09-30T12:02:38.411-05:00Fun with Magnets! We discovered magnets recently by chance, as the cabinet locks we have installed are magnetic and have a little magnetic knob that "unlocks" the cabinets. Somehow Brady got a hold of one of the magnetic knobs and it stuck to something. He was amazed! So that day I got out a metal cookie sheet and put some of the magnetic knobs on it for him to play with. He loved it, so I decided to look into purchasing a few magnets. They arrived the other day and boy are they neat! I am extremely pleased with the items we received so I wanted to share them with you. <br />
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The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Red-Tool-Box-Magnetic/dp/0439893577/ref=sr_1_1?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1347471430&sr=1-1&keywords=little+red+tool+box+magnetic+tabletop+learning+easel">Magnetic Easel</a> I purchased is really neat because you can set it on the floor and it is at kid-level, like in this picture:<br />
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It is sturdy and is magnetized on both sides. I imagine one day when they are older I can assign a side to Brady and a side to Chloe and maybe they can both play in peace! <br />
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I have been looking for more and more ways to incorporate letters into our everyday play, so I was very pleased with these Melissa & Doug <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Magnetic-Wooden-Alphabet/dp/B000IBPD76/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1347471314&sr=1-1&keywords=letter+magnets">Upper and Lower Case Letter Magnets</a>. I haven't used any of the lower case letters yet because we have just started the process of learning letters, so I don't want to make it even more confusing by also using lower case.<br />
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Another way I like to use the magnet board is to associate letters with words that begin with those letters. I bought these wonderful <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Smethport-60-Foam-Magnetic-Objects/dp/B0015KEB2M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347471227&sr=8-1&keywords=foam+magnets">Foam Magnets</a> that have 60 objects in them. I've found that they have approximately 2 items for each letter of the alphabet in the set. Here is the magnet board combining the letters and objects:<br />
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Chloe now can recognize and name all of the letters in the alphabet I think, with the exception of maybe U and V (she gets these confused). Brady has started to vocalize his recognition of letters as well this week, I've heard him correctly identify several. He may recognize and know more and just hasn't vocalized it yet. I have even started to dabble in associating letters with spelling small words. I recognize it may be a long time before they understand spelling and words, it is just fun to play with the magnets in general, and I don't think it can hurt to expose them to it. <br />
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We play with the magnets on a daily basis. Sometimes they are used for learning letters, identifying objects and building vocabulary, and a lot of times they just play with them for fun. <br />
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I hope you all are having a great weekend! It is rainy here so we are having a relaxing weekend at home watching football and playing with toys (including our magnets!).<br />
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I am behind on the blog again it seems. I have so much to tell you about our big kids and all the things they are learning/saying/doing/getting into. But before I can do that, I want to share a few pictures from our trip to Oklahoma and by doing so maybe share a little of what we did on our trip with you. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got off to a little bit of a rough start. Our plane was delayed 3 hours because of weather, and we had arrived at the airport 2 hours early for our original flight time. So we spent roughly 5 hours in the airport waiting to board our 1 hour flight to Oklahoma. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once we got to Oklahoma, we had a great trip. We got to participate in a Cure Search walk in honor of my niece Mia. Brady and Chloe held our hands and walked nearly the entire mile. I was shocked and proud! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While we were in town we got to visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial. I had never been before. I was amazed at the arresting beauty of the grounds. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chad and Brady walking among the chairs symbolizing all the victims of the bombing. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This nice Park Ranger befriended us and let us take pictures with his hat! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside of the Memorial/Museum they had these squares where you could leave messages in chalk. Chloe did NOT want to leave these when it was time to go. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The children's area of the Memorial Museum was really neat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The children's area of the museum also had a place where the kids could dress up as a police officer, a fireman, or a doctor or nurse. Chloe LOVED this hat! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While driving around OU's campus, we found the OU Football team's equipment truck. Of course Brady and Chad had to take their picture beside it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trucks and OU Football! My guys' two favorite things! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This picture was taken at my nephew Max's football themed 1st Birthday party. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We borrowed Mia's awesome car to scoot around the party for a while. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More scooting, they were in heaven getting to play with and try out Mia and Max's toys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brady and Grandpa had a stare down at Max's party. Not sure who won, but it was intense.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the morning we had to leave, we took all 4 cousins to breakfast and to play at McD's. Here is my attempted picture at 4 kids ages 2 and under. </td></tr>
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We had the best time on our trip to Oklahoma, and we actually got to do and see many things on our trip, some of which I didn't get any pictures of sadly. Not included in the pictures was a fun dinner out to meet Chad's friends from OU, Liz and her husband Jeff. We met them for dinner one night and frozen custard afterwards. They are such nice people and I am looking forward to them joining us on the cruise we are going on in January! We also got to drive out to see another one of Chad's friends from OU, Ben and Susan and their sons James and Nathan at their farm. The kids had a blast one morning playing with James and Nathan and all of their toys, and running around the farm chasing after their cat, dog, chickens, and goats (bless their poor hearts). Another highlight of the trip was a dinner out with my brother Charlie, my SIL Beth, their kids Mia and Max, Beth's Mom Kay, Mom and Dad, Chad and I and Brady and Chloe. We needed 4 high chairs for all of our kiddos! The restaurant wisely stuck us in our own room in the back and it was awesome! We had an amazing dinner and a good time was had by all. We didn't even have any meltdowns! <br />
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We truly loved our time in Oklahoma and the chance to visit with so many family and friends. Since it is only a short one hour flight to get there (provided you don't have a 3 hour delay) we hope to make many more trips back in the future! <br />
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I am so sorry for neglecting the blog for so long! This is probably the longest I've gone without posting to the blog in a looooong time! We've had kind of a crazy couple of weeks around our household as I managed to get Shingles in my right eye and on the right side of my face, and that same week Brady also got Strep Throat. This all occurred around/during Labor Day weekend, which also happened to be the weekend of our 5th wedding anniversary and Chad's birthday. </div>
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We all made it through thanks to Chad, who basically stayed home from work for a week and played Mr. Mom to all of us. Yet another example of what an amazing husband and father he is! We are so lucky to have him as the Dad of our family! :-)</div>
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Even through all the illness we still managed to have some fun, but now we are all feeling MUCH better and we are so thankful! Here are a few pictures of what we've been up to during this long blog break:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We celebrated the opening of college football season! Boomer Sooner! This picture was also taken on Chad's birthday! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even though we were sick, I still made and we still enjoyed a delicious birthday cake on Chad's birthday!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just eating a snack with his truck by his side! A happy boy! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I ordered this bow to go with a fall/Halloween/pumpkin patch outfit for her, just trying it out! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Friday night Chad and I did get to enjoy our belated anniversary dinner at the Melting Pot. It was AMAZING! </td></tr>
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We are so glad to be getting back to normal, and we are looking forward to a fun trip to Oklahoma that we have coming up soon to celebrate my nephew Max's 1st birthday! I am so excited for Chloe and Brady to meet and play with their cousins Mia and Max for the first time! Four cousins---ages 2 and under! It should be a LOT of fun! <br />
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Happy Monday everyone, I will try not to go another 3 or so weeks before posting again!<br />
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Today Brady and Chloe are 18 months old! Where did the last 6 months ago? Dear me! WHY is their second birthday ticker already to the halfway mark??? They don't go to the pediatrician until this Friday, so we won't know their stats until then. I will save my big post until after they go to the doctor. They are so grown up I can't even believe it! <br />
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Today we had one of our last classes as Birdies (10-19 months) at The Little Gym. In a couple of weeks we will start the fall session in the Beasts class (19 months to 2 1/2 years). After watching them in gym class today we could tell they are more than ready to move up to Beasts class and hold their own with the older kids. We have come so far since we started going to the The Little Gym at 10 or 11 months old and they couldn't even walk yet! <br />
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We are also going to move them up to the Toddler story time at the library. We were going to "Infant" story time (for ages 0-18 months) but now we will be going to "Totally Toddler" story time (for ages 18 to 36 months). <br />
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Today after gym class and their nap, we took the kids to a new park in our town. We only had a short time there since it started to thunderstorm, but the kids still seemed to really enjoy it. We then went out to lunch and to Babies R Us to pick up a few things. We let the kids each get a little toy, Chloe picked out a dolphin, and Brady picked out a toy truck (who is surprised!). Brady was with Chad while I had Chloe in a cart with me in another part of the store. The funny thing was Brady and Chad picked out the exact same truck that Brady always takes out of the toy pile to play with during story time at the library! Chad wouldn't have recognized the truck since story time is during the day when he is at work. How funny that he and Brady would pick that same little truck to buy out of all the toys at Babies R Us/Toys R Us! <br />
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Here are a few pictures from our day:<br />
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Happy Thursday everyone! Almost time for the weekend!<br />
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Over the weekend we took the kids to get haircuts. This was Brady's third haircut and only Chloe's second. They were both really great, and nobody cried or got squirmy or upset. They both look so big and grown up now! </div>
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I hope you all had a fun weekend and are having a great start to your week!<br />
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The babies loved and enjoyed the blankets for a long time, and they even had their newborn photos taken with one of the blankets. Below is one of my favorite photos from their newborn session, and that is Brady's pristine baby blanket they are all wrapped up in. <br />
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Unfortunately with time Brady loved that blanket for all that it was worth, until it started to unravel. I kept just cutting the loose strands and hoping it would stay together until I could figure out what to do. He had become attached to his blanket and needed it to sleep for nap time and bed time. <br />
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After looking on Etsy for a baby present for a friend of mine, I came across a baby blanket that was pretty similar in style and color to his old blanket, and I decided to buy it and see if we could switch the blankets out. Here is a comparison of his poor old blanket on the left, and his new blanket on the right:<br />
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I undertook the baby blanket switch on Saturday morning while the kids were busy eating breakfast and watching Sesame Street. I was very anxious to see how he would react to the new blanket at nap time. Would he notice a difference? Would he be upset, and would I have to give him back the old blanket? At nap time I put him in his crib, and then waited for a while and snuck in when it was quiet to find him like this...<br />
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Operation Baby Blanket Swap was a success! Whew! He seems to have accepted his new blanket and loves it just as much as the old one. I have saved the old one as a keepsake. A friend suggested framing a piece of the old blanket and hanging it in his room, so I may do that. <br />
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Here are some pictures of Brady with his baby blanket 2.0:<br />
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Here's hoping he can enjoy and love on this new blanket for a long time to come!<br />
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They are doing/saying so many new things so quickly these days sometimes it catches me off guard. In my mind, they are still little babies and they aren't "old enough" to be doing these things. Except that they are, they can, and they do. <br />
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One main thing is their relationship as siblings has really evolved over the last couple of weeks. Before during playtime Brady and Chloe would be off doing their own separate things most of the time, especially since Brady is obsessed with cars/trucks he prefers to spend most of his time pushing them around and Chloe prefers to do puzzles or read/be read to. Recently I have found them more and more frequently doing an activity or playing with things together. They also seem to want to get into trouble together (getting into things they shouldn't as a pair and often helping the other person make a bigger mess, etc). The last day or two I have heard Chloe refer to Brady as "brother" several times. In addition, yesterday Chloe put herself in time out alongside her brother as a sign of sibling solidarity, I suppose. Today, after he fell down she went to comfort him, by patting him on the head and asking him, "You OK, you OK?'. The beginnings of a lifelong friendship and sibling bond are already blossoming, and I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see. <br />
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Another thing is their verbal skills, particularly Chloe. In addition to naming objects, she has started to put little two and three word phrases/sentences together. Here are some of the things she has said recently:<br />
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"I go night night" (this is a favorite of hers)<br />
"I go Mommy" (she was in the playroom dancing with her brother and Daddy and wanted to find me)<br />
"You OK?"<br />
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I am sure she has said more, but I have already forgotten them, which is why I wanted to write them down now! <br />
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The last thing is some progress with the potty, although nothing major. We've had the potties for quite some time, but I have been pretty lax about asking the babies if they want to sit on them. I think my relaxed attitude about it has actually helped to move things in a positive direction, since they have been showing interest in sitting on the potty more and more frequently, not just at night after their bath, but during the daytime too. Another big breakthrough is that Brady has started to show interest in sitting on the potty over the last few days, which I consider to be a huge win, since he wanted absolutely nothing to do with it for the last month and a half. He didn't even want to be around or near the potty, and now he voluntarily sits on it at least once a day. My plan is not to push potty training anytime soon, but to just continue with this voluntary sitting on the potty, encouraging and praising them when they do sit on the potty, etc. <br />
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I will leave you with just one picture today of BOTH children sitting on the potty. Granted Brady is sitting sideways and more IN the potty than ON it, but I will take what I can get! <br />
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