St. Pattys Parade & Other Things...

Carter was very "in to" the parade - he watched the entire thing...


Firetrucks are always popular -


Connor got a few pieces of candy - although he is not aggressive enough yet, as the big kids get the most.


Horsing around at the parade...


Connor and Dad's journey to the park - I made him walk - to see if he could do it - as I made Connor do it at his age = there will be no whiney kids always wanting to "ride" everywhere in this household ;) To my surprise - he made the 7 blocks all on foot with no "ups". Although he liked to pick all the utility flags and political signs out of the ground.


The next day - we tried again - he did it, but was much more distracted with all 4 of us there.

Connor loves manufacturing those smiles...

Fun in the community sand box...


Soccer star...
The 2nd bubble machine - the one from last summer got left out in the rain and rusted out...oops.



Connor and Carter both got there first trip to the house. Both were pretty mesmerized...Connor called it his house.

Carter was not too happy to be on foot in the dark basement...

Winter is Over...

...or at least thats what Tom Skilling pronounced in the Saturday Trib as "meteorlogical" winter ended at midnight on Saturday. Only to wake up this morning with a dusting of snow on the grass. Oh well. 60 by Friday sounds good to me.

Given it was all of 30 on Sunday, we made a journey to the Chuck E Cheese 1 mile down the road to play games for an hour or so to get the kids out of the house for a bit. Yes, we are those folks that go to Chuck E Cheese and dont actually eat. Anyways, it was just enough for them, as after an hour they were ready to go. Looking forward to starting to get outside on weekends again and heading to the park.

Big news on the potty front - last night Connor finally agreed that wearing "pull-ups" was cool, so he is now off diapers - or thats at least what he says. He says "I no wear diapers - diapers for babies - Carter wear diapers." Little does he realilze its still a diaper. Will see how it goes at school today - where he occassionaly goes potty on the potty.

And after over 2.5 years of absoluting banning the Wiggles from ever being present in our household, somehow, someway, Connor saw them somewhere and now asks for it TV. At least it is in HD now...but my god, what an absolute waste of 25 minutes that show is. I just dont get it. Every other show on PBS or Disney at least has some sort of story or learning element. This Wiggles stuff is just awful - no story, no learning (other than dancing), and the same "schtick" every single show. I'll take Thomas Train, Handy Manny, Mickey, or Imagination Movers anyday over the Wiggles crap - ughhh. And I get that its an "Australian" import - but some of those dudes are a wee bit creepy.

Fun at the museum...

What Connor and Carter did with the $3 each they got from G'Ma for Valentines...split a Portillo's "ham-burger-burger" as Connor calls them.



Drawing at the museum.


Riding with Chuck E...

Cruising with Bob...

Calling G'Ma...

Riding the ponies...
267 prize tickets later (thanks to Carter hitting the jackpot on some game) - 10 Laffy Taffy pieces and a silly straw.