18 March 2011

St. Patrick's Day


 



Evyn made a leprechaun trap, which she left by the front door on Saint Patty's Eve.



The little guy outsmarted us, though, and escaped capture - but not before turning our bathroom tap water green.







She wanted something green to wear to school, and picked this dress from the back of her closet.



Hmm, that dress looks familiar!



After school she had to change into dance clothes for dance class, and Andrew took the opportunity to try it on:

17 March 2011

2

On Saturday we celebrated Andrew's 2nd birthday.



2!  Can you believe it?   It hardly seems possible.

The day started out with a test run on his new balance bike  (Yes, that's the bike we were going to give him for Christmas.  We ended up saving it for his birthday gift...  shhhh!  He'll never know)






Then it was time to party!  The grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, and cousins came for the fun.



There was one gift he couldn't wait to dig into....  chewing gum!



Evyn and Emily spent the rest of the afternoon playing with Andrew's new Giga Ball





His 2 year checkup isn't scheduled until the middle of next month, so I'll post stats then.

15 March 2011

having a little brother can be a lot of fun - #3






... because he still loves to let his sister dress him up!

03 March 2011

the best $20 I ever spent


I bought a spray mop.
Evyn has been asking to use it a couple times a day.  Yay!

I know some people have children who are similarly smitten with Swiffer mops.  Not being a fan of Swiffer myself, but enticed by a $5 rebate on Libman's website, I decided to give it a try.  Good thing, because I don't think our dining room floor had been mopped since well before Christmas.  Now it sparkles - and I didn't have to lift a finger!