To Market, To Market To Buy A Fat Pig!

We had a great time with Nana and Poppy. Grady and I even got a night away which meant sleeping in the next morning -- it was great! We met downtown at the market on Saturday morning and caught Annie hungrily shoving a warm homemade powdered sugar doughnut in her mouth and Nana and Poppy standing by with more! I think she got away with eating at least 3! When we were leaving the market Annie told me, "there's no pigs mama." Poppy had to explain that he told her the nursery rhyme about buying a fat pig at market. We forget Kids are so literal sometimes. Harry starting pointing for Nana and now he wont' stop. You carry him around and he just points at everything. Its pretty cute. We had a great day at the zoo and both kids had a lot of fun climbing and playing at Camel's Back Park. Harry crawled/climbed up all the playground equipment by himself. He also discovered our stairs at home and climbed all the way from the bottom to the top as quick as he can go! He loves doing this and when you take him away he cries. Actually, he's been getting pretty good at throwing little fits when you take away something he wants. Annie and Nana set up a "store" upstairs with jewelry and haircare products. Annie played in her store for hours - and making everyone come up to buy something including Uncle Dan and Erika (same name, same spelling, different person). We also had fun rocking out to Steven Stills in the car - Nana riding in the back, back with Jelly! "Think I'll go back home!" We can't wait for their next visit!

Harry's growing up!

Annie likes to tell us, "Harry's growing up." Indeed he is. He took 3 and 4 steps yesterday so we're officially calling it: He's walking! Unbelievable. They really do grow up too fast. Here is Harry showing off his mohawk! Isn't he cute.

Banned from the YMCA

We took the kids swimming at the YMCA pool downtown today. They have a great little kids pool that doesn't get deeper than 1.5 feet and the water is nice and warm. There's even a little kiddie slide. Both kids had a blast. It was Harry's first time in a pool. He was not at all afraid. He loved splashing all around and hanging on to the side and bouncing up and down. He leaned forward a couple of times and got a face (and mouth) full of water. Annie loved it too. She was swimming around screaming and laughing for about 30 minutes before she settled down. Both kids went on a big twisty water slide with Grady and had quite a splash at the bottom. Annie must not have minded because she did it twice. Then, just before we were getting ready to leave Annie said she wanted to ride the big slide one more time, but not before she left behind a nice little brown floater. We didn't quite know what to do. All the signs said: all children must wear a swim diaper unless fully potty trained. She's been potty trained for months so I didn't even think about putting one on her. After apologizing profusely to the pool people (who sadly had to fish it out with a net), they had to close the pool to make sure it was sanitized. Thank goodness most of the kids had already headed home for nap time. Grady took Annie straight to the bathroom and then to the shower. While I was drying Harry off, one of the life guards said, "Man, that was a big thing to come out of such a little guy!" I told him his big sister was the culprit. We may not go back there for awhile!!!

Snow in Seattle!

That's right; we actually got snow while we were on our trip to Seattle. So, the weather wasn't the best (even for Seattle), but we made up for it having a LOT of fun. We flew in on Thursday and Kellie, Alex and Isabella picked us up. Annie went with Alex and Isabella to their swimming lessons and they all had some fun riding around in a big rubber boat. Then, they had a nice warm bath and Annie's first slumber party. The next day we went to the Children's museum. The three girls were so fun to watch with each other. They tired each other out running, jumping (including off furniture), and eating lots of snacks (Harry liked that part too). We also made it to the Science Center and the Aquarium. I think the Science Center was a family favorite. They had a very cool toddler play area for Harry to actually get out of the stroller and play. Annie played forever in the big tree house, held sea creatures, and pet a live cockroach. Grady was holding everybody up trying to read all the science exhibits. Harry got to sneak in the bath with the girls one night - not much cuter than 4 little ones in a tub together. Annie loved Pisco the cat, who did not love Annie chasing him around the house quite as much. Harry made himself at home crawling and climbing all over the house. Annie had to get used to sleeping with her buddies. One night she told us: "tell those guys (Alex and Isabella) no talking." Alex and Bella, who have always slept together do quite a bit of talking, tossing, turning and trading blankets, toys and binkis before they finally crash out sideways and out of the covers. Annie, who barely moves, likes the covers over her head and silence. Kellie also graciously hosted our cousins: Mary Beth, Jason and their daughter Maddie (who was great entertaining the kids). We all had to catch up on our sleep once we got back home, but we can't wait for Alex and Bella to come to Boise soon.