I Scream,You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!

     It was finally nice enough for our first walk into town to get ice cream! The kids were so happy that we were going to get ice cream and I was happy that we got to be outside for more than the walk from the door to the car! Big Brother walked and held the handle on the stroller pretty well when we were close to the road and ran a little crazy when we were closer to our house. He used up a lot of energy and asked for ice cream with sprinkles when we got there. 

She made this face with every bite she took!

SPRINKLES!

     Froggie ended up grabbing her ice cream and then crying because her hands were cold. Big Brother told her over and over that she was ok and even offered to share his ice cream with her. For how crazy he is most of the time he's always surprising me with how sweet he is in situations you wouldn't expect from a 3 year old. 

     He walked and talked to Froggie on the way home and then tried explaining to me this crazy move Hubby taught him that's hard work. It kind of looked like a cross between a squat and some weird superhero pose. After the third or fourth time he did it I asked if I could take a picture and he agreed (which is rare).

Walking together

Here's his pose!

Visiting Daddy

     I had a dentist appointment today so afterwards we made a pit stop to visit Hubby in his office. The kids ran around and visited for a little bit before deciding that Hubby's desk was a nice place to hide and play. They didn't sit still for long but I thought it was adorable!

A nice little fort

Refusal to Nap

     Every so often one (or both) of my kids decide that they don't want to nap despite being exhausted. Usually this is Big Brother's deal and he fights napping and refuses to settle down until it is simply too late in the day to make him try any longer. Today was Froggie's day though and so she laid on the little couch with her cup, blankie and pony and watched Frozen while she relaxed.

Relaxing

Musician in the Making

     I'm a firm believer in the fact that creativity fosters language development in children along with a better ability to express themselves. That being said, I work with one year olds and to go along with my previously stated belief I frequently let the kids play with a variety of art supplies (they LOVE paint!) and once a week they have some time to freely play with the rhythm instruments.

     Like the rest of my kids at school Froggie LOVES when the instruments are out but seems to have a hard time deciding which one to play with!

Decisions… decisions...

My Little Pony… babies?

     Hubby tends to work later than ideal for toddler bed times so when he's stuck in one of his offices and we have the ability to visit or go have dinner with him we do. It just so happens that there is a consignment store a few doors down from one of the offices he utilizes and this is typically the office we meet up with him at since it's closest to restaurants and our house. We're fortunate enough to be able to pick up things every so often and the kids honestly don't care that they used to belong to another little boy or girl.
     Anyway, the last time we headed up to meet up for dinner we found a baby My Little Pony. Big Brother's love of the show apparently was infectious because Froggie gets equally excited when we turn it on. It was love at first sight for Froggie and she cuddled her pony and showed it off to hubby when we got back to his office. She even took it to school the following day, which I don't typically let the kids do but she was so stinking cute I couldn't make her leave it in the car. She carted it around the room taking care of it and showing (and sharing) it off to her friends at school.

rocking her pony

snuggling with Rainbow Dash on the chair

it's love!

Working Out With Froggie

     Hubby decided to join in with me and buy a Fitbit to track his steps/distance/etc. After he set it up he decided to do a whole bunch of stuff his Flex wouldn't track, like push ups, because he was convinced it had a heart rate monitor… Anyway, Froggie decided to get up from where she was sitting, walk over to Hubby and climb on his back - with her cookie.

Helping Daddy

Looked like a comfy place to eat her cookie

Frozen Party

     Disney's Frozen came out today and Hubby picked it up on his way home today so after dinner we got into our comfy clothes and settled in to watch our new movie.

Happy with their present

They were hooked

She sat pretty well for a lot of the movie

we had a few of these left over from the other night. 

How Big Brother finished the movie

     In addition to it being Frozen's release date today is Hubby's sister's birthday, since she doesn't live close by the kids took a picture to wish her a happy birthday. Happy Birthday Aunt Amy!

Birthday wishes.