Landon's first boat ride (Kai's too)

Friends of ours invited us out on their pontoon boat this past Sunday. It was the 1st time for both of the kids. Landon wasn't too sure about it before we left, but we talked about the life jackets and the sun screen and he was ok. He hasn't been wanting to put the sunscreen on lately, but it was 86 today soo.... We get on the boat, Landon runs to his seat and says"ok mom, where is the sunscreen and my life jacket? Let's go!" He is all smiles. Kai on the other hand, hates the life jacket, which is understandable since the jacket is as big as she is-very cute, but huge. We dock on a little beach and he wants nothing to do with the water, but after seeing all the kids having fun, he gets braver. We went with 2 of Chad's soccer girls and he was in hog heaven. They played with him on the edge of the water. He even put on his swim trunks. Chad offered to throw him in and have one of the girls catch him-that didn't go over too well, he did it,but I doubt he will do it again. He got to sit on the edge of the boat with the girls and eat his lunch-he thought he was hot stuff. The girls just love him and he got to eat with the big kids. Kai got to wiggle around all over the boat and be loved on by everyone. we tried to get her to sleep in the pack-in-play-didn't happen. She usually sleeps for 3 hours starting around 12 or so. At 3:30 she was still up and running. We started back home at that point. She was out 5 minutes after we left. All in all, it was a great day. Landon wants to go back and we know Kai can have a good time too.

Landon has been helping with my garden. He helps me dig the holes and water the plants. He likes to look for the baby fruits and veggies that are growing. Hopefully he will like to eat them just as much. Kai has helped too. She pulls out everything I just put it and brings it to me. She is so proud of it too.

In the last week Kai has outgrown her shoes and gotten 5 new teeth.She is growing fast!

Muffins with Mom

Landon's preschool class had "Muffins with Mom" this morning. The kids had made cute little crafts for us and we ate muffins and had juice together. I was just about out the door after having said goodbye to Landon. He was off playing with his friends when he saw me getting ready to leave. He yelled "Mommy, wait! I have to give a hug and a kiss!" It was so sweet and the best Mom's day present I could ask for.

Landon is sick

Landon has this weird illness. He will stop for a second and look like he may have burped up something into his throat, then he screams for a few minutes about it hurting. He then says his tummy, throat and head hurt all at once and wants to lay down. After about an hour, he just gets up and is fine. He did this today and at my brother's house when he was with his cousins and grandparents-in other words, when he was having tons of fun and wouldn't want to take a break. He id it again today, this time while we were at the playground, getting ready to play hide-and-seek, again, when he wouldn't want to take a break. I don't know, we hope it won't happen again.

He spent the weekend with his 4 cousins and had a blast. He got a new bike and wants to ride it all the time-too bad he can't use the breaks yet!

Kai is up and walking. She can take around 6 or 7 steps before she falls. She is getting the hang of it and I'm sure she will be up and running soon. Landon helped me plant my veggie garden last week. It is doing great-too bad it is supposed to get into the low 30's tonight-late April in North Carolina and I may have to cover my plants! Hope they make it, I don't want to start over. My lettuce is growing well. I had my 1st salad from the garden last week and it was so tender an sweet. Landon tried it from the plants and was not impressed. He loves to tell people about the veggies he planted. It will me great when we can just go outside an pick a snack from the vines.

Getting lost.

I was at the YMCA last week to teach a kids yoga class that Landon is in with me. I left him in the room with a counselor to go get my stuff. When I returned 10 minutes later, Landon was no where to be found and the counselor had no idea he was missing-that sent out an alert among the staff-we all know what to do-drop everything and find the kid. It took a few minutes and quite a few staff, but finally a member heard a little child screaming for his mommy in the bathroom. Landon had run to the bathroom without telling anyone-couldn't reach the light switch and couldn't open the door himself-it is very heavy. I have no idea who the member was that found him, but want to send a great big GOD BLESS YOU! I was very calm when it happened, but later that night I about had a meltdown. Until (not unless) it happens to your child, you have no idea how it feels, but every parent will experience it at some point. Luckily, we were at a safe place where everyone knows him. It happened to my brother when we were at Disney World, I was worried, but now I can't imagine how bad it was for my sister-in-law. My niece was only gone for a minute, but it seemed like forever. The night it happened, Landon came to me and said "Mommy, I was yelling for you. You should have been there." How heart-breaking is that! It did lead to a good conversation about what to do if he gets lost and can't find me. He started to learn our phone number but then decided he needed to have his own and made up a number. Not sure what country code he was using, but I bet it would cost a fortune to place that call!

Pictures finally!!!!!

I finally got around to downloading pics-thanks for the dig Judy. The 1st is of Kai in Landon's favorite (and Dad's) soccer jersye. The 2nd is Landon in our only snow of the year and the 3rd is Kai sorting socks-see, I told you my kids are cute:)

Wii bowling

I got Chad a Wii for his birthday.-very good investment. Landon loves it (not to mention Chad and I do too). We can actually play a game together and not have to let Landon win. he can almost beat me in bowling. He is so funny about it. He really gets into moving the controller. He also likes tennis, but is a little too rambunctious with that one. We have to make sure Kai is not around-her head is the perfect height for him to whack!-which he has done a few times.

Landon wiped out on is scooter-I could just see his arm breaking, but after 3 minutes and 4 kisses, he was fine. I didn't even see his scratches until he was in the tubby. He is so tough.

Easter Princess

We went to Grandpa's beach house for the week and had a great time. Kai got a pair of Easter bunny ears and she loved wearing them. She thought it was hilarious to see herself in the mirror with them on. She would crawl over to them, pick them up and hand them to the nearest adult with a big smile. We were sitting outside by the pool one day and she had on her hat and sunglasses-the cutest little picture. One of the girls that played soccer for her grandpa is nicknamed "Queen." Bob sent her the picture with the caption "You may be the Queen, but the princess has arrived." Very apropo.

Landon was great the entire weekend-or at least for most of it. He has so much fun in the sand. We dug holes and ran races. His favorite is to stand at the dunes, with your back to the ocean. Then you have to run backwards to the water, then sprint back to the dunes. The boy is very fast. I actually have to run to keep up with him. He completely wore out grandpa.

Kai was holding onto a side table beside the couch. I didn't think she was strong enough to do anything. I was wrong. She pulled the table over on herself and fell flat on the hard-wood floor. She is fine, but was pretty upset for awhile. It also caused her "full" diaper to explode. She had pooh all over her back and I mean about 1/4 inch thick. But, she was crying so hard and I was afraid she was hurt, that I held onto her to comfort her. I didn't realize what happened until I felt something on my arm and then realized my pant leg was covered as well. Again, I couldn't put her down because she was screaming. Anyway, after numerous wipes and changes of clothes, she is fine and our clothes are washed.