Drawer Baby

"Momma put Woodrow away because no matter what he's too cute for me to see"

Ikey decided we should put him in a drawer. I don't agree with that but I do agree that he's too darn cute! 

He carried... what??

"I woke up and I had to poop so bad so I jumped up and I carried it to the bathroom!"

(Thank god he means he carried it in his bottom!!) 

In a plant nursery:

"What are these things?"

"Tomato cages for tomato plants to climb."

".... Noooooo, they don't have hands!"

Ikey Days?!

I need a new blog title!!

Preschool musings

Hmm, not much going on around here to write about, but I'm waiting for Travis to finish putting Ikey to bed so we can watch Deadwood, so I might as well write something up! I'm on the preschool search which is a bit overwhelming. Many thanks to my mom for talking me through it, though I've yet to officially decide. Why's preschool gotta be so expensive?! I'm so excited for Ike to start, I know he's going to love it. He's such a smart kid I'm excited for him to learn new things and to find challenges and to work with his peers as well as adults who will become so important in his life (forever! who doesn't remember their preschool teacher?). I definitely have that "oh my gosh, my baby..." thing going on, but ultimately he is going to thrive in school and it will be fun to see that. He also isn't going to start until September so I'm not in the sending him off process just yet, only in the making the choice and writing the checks process. I figure we will pay for Ike's preschool for the next two years and then for kindergarten, and just as we are done paying for him it will be time for Woodrow to start, and just as we are done paying for him it will be time for....wait, what?! Haha, if Travis is reading this he just started sweating bullets! Preschool is an investment, that's for sure. I guess you want to have a good foundation, right? Hopefully after kindergarten we'll be able to get these boys into the Montessori public school because there's no way we're paying beyond kinder!!

In current events: yesterday we went to the zoo and were charmed by the most amazing orangutan, watched a polar bear dive over and over onto a barrel in his pool, and rode a carousel for the first time--fun! Today we watched Irish dancers and listened to Irish music at Kennedy School, tomorrow we are going to the Children's Museum to celebrate this beautiful weather (aka: three whole days with no rain, hallelujah!) in their fantastic outdoor learning and play space. Last Friday we had a notable experience in Ike's first MAJOR public tantrum. Oh man. Did I say major? It was something else, I mean it was so unreal that I was actually trying not to let him see me laughing as it was happening because it was blowing my mind. We survived, I'm still not sure what the cause was ultimately, but it happened seconds after he finished his special treat of going out for ice cream, so sugar must have had something to do with it. That stuff is no good (but I love it so...).

Anywho, bedtime complete!! It's Deadwood time! Here are some pictures (though none of the tantrum, unfortunately, oh if only you could see the crocodile tears..)

These two with their sweet love..swoon

Belly

"look! I tied a tie!"

Such twinkles with their long hair

Carousel!

This one makes me laugh :)

Lunchtime & tummytime!

A day in the life of Woodrow Zeke

These pics pretty much sum it up:

Sick Days

Sick day #2 around here. Ike caught a cold that seems to be really concentrated in his head, lots of snot, gooey eyes, headache. He might have pink eye, we're not sure but have decided to treat it as such. He's contagious until tomorrow, hopefully the rest of us (especially Woodrow) can avoid it. In the meantime...it's too much TV. Luckily there are some good tame show and movie options on Netflix, and we also have some DVD's from the library. It's the best way to get a boy who never stops moving to stop moving!

I'm also preschool shopping which is proving pretty difficult. Have some tours lined up next week and will need to see what options we like and can afford (so expensive). I'm excited for Ike to start preschool in the Fall, I really think he'll enjoy it. We are hoping for 3 or 4 half days a week at a Montessori school. We'll see what we come up with.

In Woodrow news, he rolled over for the first time yesterday! Big boy!! I left the room with him on his tummy and came back to him on his back! Then I made him do it over and over for me which he wasn't thrilled about, but it's so cute when they meet milestones like that, so I had to see it many times :)

Here are some pictures:

Visiting a friends farm

Serious work at the Children's Museum

Future piano prodigy

Angels sleep too

Slim in all black ;)

Tired & happy