Birthday party...

Today was Isaac's birthday party. They love going to the Lords house because they have a trampoline. Hannah is shy and doesn't go near it but we have to peel Benjamin out of it. He loves to jump on the hard floors in our house, so jumping on a trampoline is 100's of times better.

Playgroup...new friends...

As you may know I run a playgroup. This has been a hard thing to start and keep going and get people to keep coming to the park to play. Last week I set up a big meeting spot for all potentially new people. We had a nice turn-out and I hoped that they kept coming. This week, more newbies came and Benjamin and Hannah had a ball! They ran around with all the kids and didn't want to leave. It was as if they knew each other for a long time and were best friends! It was nice to have that kind of day after so many weeks of not having anyone show up!

Elmo...

Elmo is Hannah's constant companion these days. We cannot leave the house without bringing him along with us. We sleep with Elmo, we play with Elmo, we change Elmo's diaper (even though he really doesn't wear one) and we take him for walks in the stroller. We are never without him. Hannah left Elmo at the Home Depot the other day and...well, needless to say it was a sad night. He did have his blanket with him and we did find him the next day but boy that night was sad.

The potty...

Another post about the potty training. For the last couple of days, Hannah has been sitting on the potty after she gets out of the bath. Tonight she sat and sat and sat and sat for a long time...she went!! This was her fist time! She was so excited that she jumped around and sang about it! It was so cute, we all danced around the house with her. Let's just hope she keeps trying!!

the zoo...

Today we went to the zoo. We try to go once a month and see the animals. We walked all over. As we left we stopped into one of the stores. We usually stear clear of the stores because the kids will pull everything off the shelves. But today I was feeling daring and we went to look around. Benjamin found a stuffed snake and Hannah found a little panda bear that they 'couldn't live without' so we bought them. They love them! They have named them Panda and Snake! They sleep with them. They take them everywhere and play with them all day...it's all good until something else comes around that is better!

computer games...

Benjamin and Hannah love to play the computer games that we have for them. They play them together. Hannah usually watches and Benjamin usually does the work with the mouse. They take turns where each wants to go in the game. They love to re-enact the beginning and ending of the games. They play Reader Rabbit with his friend Maddie. We will have to get them some new games soon as they are flying through the ones we have for them.

new trees...

We got some free trees from the City to compensate for the underground utilities that were installed last year. The kids love to water them. They grab their buckets and fill them with water and splish-splash them all the way down to the trees. The trees only end up getting a few drops from them but Benjamin and Hannah have so much fun knowing that they are helping them grow!

Mother's Day...

All the days leading up to Mother's Day were exciting for the kids. They love to give presents because they realize that it gives people joy to get presents. They went shopping with Daddy and bought me a present but it was so hard to keep the secret because their present was so big! They had to help Daddy find places in the back yard to hide it. It was a half barrel for a water fountain. They wanted to set it up right away and show me what it was! So cute! I love the gift and think of them every time I go outside and hear the water falling.

My fountain...for now. We may get a new liner for it!

Family pic...

After Mother's Day brunch at Il Fornaio in Coronado.