I am soooooooooo behind in blogging, mainly because of a combination of two things: the holiday season, and my need to SLEEP or just chill online doing mindless things at night after the boys go to sleep. I have a million things I want to say, but I'm going to start little by little in hopes of getting a few things jotted down.
I've been wanting to post this for a while.... Our current bedtime routine:
Every night, usually around 7pm, I tell the boys it's time for stories. OH...first, we get into our jammies, which both boys protest. When Mike and I are both home and not busy, we turn it into a "contest".... Mommy and Eli vs. Daddy and Liam (or vice versa) to see who can get into Jammies fastest.... It's amazing how Eli will go right along with it when it's a contest. :) Eli is allowed to pick out three stories (2 regular stories and one "bonus" story) to read. I try to read one while Liam is hopefully running around playing. The alternative is Liam crawling alllll over me and Eli. It's nice on the days when Daddy is here, because then Daddy can read a story or two or 16 (Liam's attention span is about 10 seconds) while I am reading to Eli. When I'm reading stories 2 and 3, it's time for Liam's bottle and he usually cuddles with me and feeds himself. When stories are over, we go to brush our teeth. Both boys stand together on the stool (even though they don't both fit) and I hand Liam his toothbrush with toothpaste and he goes to work. God forbid I put water OR toothpaste on Eli's... he MUST do that himself. After Eli brushes (and gets toothpaste intentionally all over his face), I finish up for him. It's VERY challenging to get a toothbrush into Liam's mouth and I am only successful about 25% of the time.
Then we head to bed.... Liam goes into his crib, demanding usually to press the button for his music (Eli gets to push it half the time and Liam gets to push it half the time). Liam also demands a sticker. It's amazing how comforting stickers are to him.... put one in his hand and he instantly pops his thumb in his mouth and cuddles with his sticker. Most of the time, Liam is down for the count, though he sometimes protests by crying for a few minutes.
Eli's routine is a bit more involved. He has to be the one to turn off the light, and then of course he can't see to get to his bed, so I have to hand him a flashlight so he can make it there. Once he gets into bed (God forbid I put covers on him), he hands me the flashlight so I can charge up his Glowworms... (old school ones...) that he then lines up on the windowsill next to his bed. Then, it's story time. I have to tell him a variation of the exact same story every night. It always involves Wolverine and Iron Man and always involves a factory of some sort. It has evolved from a simple goodnight story to a massive tale, and usually takes about 15 minutes or so to tell. If I try to divert from the story, he'll correct me, so it's always the same basic thing...every...single...night. It usually goes a little something like this:
Once upon a time, Wolverine and Iron Man were going to the.... (then Eli fills in the blank. It's either the blueberry factory, the ice cream factory, the chocolate factory, the pie factory, the kit kat factory, the gingerbread boy factory, the lollipop factory, etc...). We'll go with the pie factory... So then they parked their car and went inside and asked the manager if they could see how the machines worked. So then they went downstairs and saw the big machines. The first machine mixed all of the ingredients together (he lists the ingredients) and the second machine pours them into the pie crust...the third machine bakes the pies (sometimes he'll tell me the temperature or how long, which is usually something like 7,000) and then the machines put the pies into boxes, which are then put into bigger boxes and shipped out to pie stores. THEN... all of a sudden.... (and it always has to be this order).... it gets very coooold in the room, the lights go out, and they heard splat splat splat on the ground. Who was there? (If I say the names, Eli gets angry... HE has to be the one to tell me that it's.... Mr. Freeze, Electro and Green Goblin. Juggernaut is always waiting outside in the parking lot with the getaway car. The make of the car is always decided by Eli. It used to be a black van, but now it's usually a purple or white Limo...so they can all fit. Then the guys run out of the room carrying all of the boxes of pies and jump in the car and Juggernaut drives them to his house as fast as he can. Wolverine and Iron Man take off after them as fast as they can. Once the bad guys get to Juggernaut's house, they unload the stolen goods into his house and eat them. Juggernaut always gets VERY full and sleepy and lays down for a nap, and the other guys always decide to leave and go to Green Goblin's tree house. Most nights, this is where Dr. Doom and either Scorpion or the Vulture or both appear. They always decide to go to Dr. Doom's house in the woods. While Juggernaut is sleeping, Wolverine and Iron Man finally make it to his house. Iron Man breaks the lock on the front door and Wolverine uses his very sharp claws to dig a huge pit in front of Juggernaut's front door. They then fill it with animals. Eli lists of the animals (quite the collection): Buffalo, spiders, lions, tigers, Dubaks (from Star Wars), Tyrannosaurus Rexes, snakes, and a variety of other animals. Then Juggernaut wakes up from his nap and wonders two things.... where are his friends and why is his lock broken? He goes to investigate and to find his friends. He opens the front door and falls into the pit and OH NOOOO all of the animals eat him up. That is the end of Juggernaut. (Each bad guy has to be killed off before we finish the story. Some nights, bad guys just keep appearing....those are the really, really long nights). Then Wolverine and Iron Man decide to go down the road to Green Goblin's treehouse. Wolverine uses his very sharp claws to climb up the tree and when he gets up there, he knocks Green Goblin's sled off into the bushes (this was my attempt to not have a getaway plan for Green Goblin, but even if the sled breaks into a million pieces, Eli always makes him fix it and fly off). Then he signals for Iron Man to fly up and join him and then together they break through the window to get the bad guys.
Uh oh... naptime is over. To be continued....
Friday, December 21, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Liam is 16 months!
Time keeps on flying by and now Liam is 16 months old!!! Here's a snapshot of his life right now:
-He can now say "Car" and says it frantically and furiously whenever wanting one of his "cars" stickers. He is OBSESSED with stickers. He looooves cuddling with them. As soon as I give one to him, he puts his thumb in his mouth and rubs the sticker all over his head and face and is instantly comforted. We now have to give him a sticker when we lay him down for naps and at night time. Sometimes, he will stick them on his cheek or forehead to save it for later.
-He LOVES trains. He loves Thomas and Percy. He carries them around for a lot of the day and loves saying "WOO WOO" when playing with them. I got him a pair of Thomas jammies and he loves wearing them.... he always gets very excited and points to them all, saying "WOO WOO!"
-He now knows to look up in the sky if I say "Airplane" or "Helicopter." He loves seeing subways go by. He also loves trucks, especially garbage trucks.
-When we go out in the double stroller, he very much enjoys sticking his leg out to try to hit things (walls, the elevator, etc).
-He likes the rain
-Still in size 3 diapers (4 would fit fine, but 3s are cheaper!). He wears size 5 shoes (though they are a bit big), size 12-18 everything else, though closer to the 18. At his 15 month check-up two weeks ago, he was in the 7th percentile for weight and the 46th percentile for height. I didn't write down the actual numbers and have already forgotten what they are.
-He copies anything that Eli does. If Eli climbs something, he's right there, climbing. If Eli lays on the ground, he's right there. When they watch TV, they sit RIGHT next to each other, always.
-He still loves Cookie Monster and enjoys seeing Elmo, Bert, Ernie, Big Bird and Grover, too.
-He MUST climb whatever he can find to get up to the kitchen table. If I push the chairs away, he pushes them right back. At least I can hear him! He also learned how to climb up the bookshelves this week.
-He still loves shoes. He loves carrying shoes around and getting me his shoes when it's time to go outside.
-We finally got him a new car seat! WOOHOO! We went with the Radian cause it's the most narrow, and we'll be able to fit all three kiddos in one row. He seems to really like it!
-Picky, picky eater. Hard to tell what he's going to like from one day to the next. He usually love strawberries, but he has been throwing them the last few days. (When he doesn't like what you give him, he throws it, sometimes across the room).
-I took him to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens last week to meet up with my friend Jocelyn and her baby Zahra, and Liam could NOT stop kissing the baby! It was very cute.
-He LOVES giving kisses and does it all day long. I love that.
-He can now tell me what a cow, pig, dog, sheep (sometimes), cat and snake say! It's very cute to hear him trying to talk.
-He's a very smart little guy. He's good at figuring things out.... to get up on the bed, for example, he will pull out the drawers we have underneath, so he has something to climb up on. If there is something he wants (to splash in a mud puddle, for example), no amount of distraction will deter him from going right back.
-He very much enjoys painting and coloring, though they are very messy activities. He likes coloring on the table and tray.... and loves painting himself.
Can't wait to see what surprises this month have in store for us!
-He can now say "Car" and says it frantically and furiously whenever wanting one of his "cars" stickers. He is OBSESSED with stickers. He looooves cuddling with them. As soon as I give one to him, he puts his thumb in his mouth and rubs the sticker all over his head and face and is instantly comforted. We now have to give him a sticker when we lay him down for naps and at night time. Sometimes, he will stick them on his cheek or forehead to save it for later.
-He LOVES trains. He loves Thomas and Percy. He carries them around for a lot of the day and loves saying "WOO WOO" when playing with them. I got him a pair of Thomas jammies and he loves wearing them.... he always gets very excited and points to them all, saying "WOO WOO!"
-He now knows to look up in the sky if I say "Airplane" or "Helicopter." He loves seeing subways go by. He also loves trucks, especially garbage trucks.
-When we go out in the double stroller, he very much enjoys sticking his leg out to try to hit things (walls, the elevator, etc).
-He likes the rain
-Still in size 3 diapers (4 would fit fine, but 3s are cheaper!). He wears size 5 shoes (though they are a bit big), size 12-18 everything else, though closer to the 18. At his 15 month check-up two weeks ago, he was in the 7th percentile for weight and the 46th percentile for height. I didn't write down the actual numbers and have already forgotten what they are.
-He copies anything that Eli does. If Eli climbs something, he's right there, climbing. If Eli lays on the ground, he's right there. When they watch TV, they sit RIGHT next to each other, always.
-He still loves Cookie Monster and enjoys seeing Elmo, Bert, Ernie, Big Bird and Grover, too.
-He MUST climb whatever he can find to get up to the kitchen table. If I push the chairs away, he pushes them right back. At least I can hear him! He also learned how to climb up the bookshelves this week.
-He still loves shoes. He loves carrying shoes around and getting me his shoes when it's time to go outside.
-We finally got him a new car seat! WOOHOO! We went with the Radian cause it's the most narrow, and we'll be able to fit all three kiddos in one row. He seems to really like it!
-Picky, picky eater. Hard to tell what he's going to like from one day to the next. He usually love strawberries, but he has been throwing them the last few days. (When he doesn't like what you give him, he throws it, sometimes across the room).
-I took him to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens last week to meet up with my friend Jocelyn and her baby Zahra, and Liam could NOT stop kissing the baby! It was very cute.
-He LOVES giving kisses and does it all day long. I love that.
-He can now tell me what a cow, pig, dog, sheep (sometimes), cat and snake say! It's very cute to hear him trying to talk.
-He's a very smart little guy. He's good at figuring things out.... to get up on the bed, for example, he will pull out the drawers we have underneath, so he has something to climb up on. If there is something he wants (to splash in a mud puddle, for example), no amount of distraction will deter him from going right back.
-He very much enjoys painting and coloring, though they are very messy activities. He likes coloring on the table and tray.... and loves painting himself.
Can't wait to see what surprises this month have in store for us!
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Eli in September (at 3 yrs, 4 mo)
Eli's a busy little guy these days!
He's HUGE into superheroes, and every day we watch things like... Spider-Man, The Mighty Avengers, Iron Man, etc. He loves being Iron Man and loves showing me his repulsor blasts. That's still how I get him to eat most of the food he doesn't want to eat... by telling him his repulsor blasts are weak and (fill in the blank) will strengthen them. Last night, I got him to eat 5 raviolis because I told him they were Iron Man Repulsors.
He's back into watching Fireman Sam and still occasionally watches the Backyardigans. He's still big into Dora and Diego.
He loves pulling things around with strings.... he loves tying up his action figures (most often spider-man) and having them fly around/hang around. I need to remember to get that kid a thing of yarn...he'd be in seventh heaven. He also continues to love tying spider-man up in his basketball net.
He's back into playing with cars and especially loves the rescue vehicles. His most favorite is the police tow truck... he tows everything around with that thing.
I must watch EVERYTHING he does. "Mommy, look! Mommy, look!"
He got his first really big cold last night... Sept 18th. He was up most of the night coughing, poor guy. Today, he told me that "something is wrong with my neck! In the throat part!"
He LOVES reading.... his biggest favorites this month are: zomo the rabbit by Gerald McDermott, Curious George and the Ice Cream Surprise, Curious George and the Ice Cream Shop, Curious George makes pancakes, any books about Superheroes... books about dinosaurs and books about insects/spiders. He LOVES talking about dinosaurs and can spurt out facts like "He has four sharp spikes at the end of his very powerful tail." Yesterday, I heard him telling Liam that a certain dinosaur was "60 feet long." Grandma gave him a dinosaur placemat and he LOVES it. He is fascinated by spiders, mainly because he knows that Grandma hates them. Every time he sees a picture of a spider, he tells me "Grandma wouldn't like that!"
He's big into puzzles again and it gives me a nice break when I'm trying to cook dinner. He's really good at them, though, so I need to look into getting more!
He loves playing Dora Candyland and is now starting to get upset if he loses. NOT COOL.
He loves playing hide and seek and even though he hides in very obvious places and giggles or pops up, I pretend I can't see him. We alternate hiding. Liam always gives me away.
He's still in size 5 diapers. I just read a book about how to potty train in one day and we're going to go for it. I was going to try this week, but it's not going to happen with him being sick, etc. Maybe next week!!!
Yesterday on the train, he told me his name was Eli Rylan Flores, Liam is Liam Rhys Flores, I am Jenny Rylan Flores and Mike is Daddy Rylan Flores. :)
He's back into being a pirate and has dressed up in his pirate outfit the last few days. He is now telling me he wants to be a pirate for Halloween instead of Spider-Man.
Yesterday on the train, he told me his name was Eli Rylan Flores, Liam is Liam Rhys Flores, I am Jenny Rylan Flores and Mike is Daddy Rylan Flores. :)
He's back into being a pirate and has dressed up in his pirate outfit the last few days. He is now telling me he wants to be a pirate for Halloween instead of Spider-Man.
Ok... Liam's nap is over and Eli's trying to tackle him, like usual, so off I go to referee!
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Liam is 15 months old today!!
My little chia pet monkey is 1 5 months old today!!! (We are letting his hair grow out for the upcoming cold seasons and he TOTALLY is rocking the mini chia pet afro).
What's my little guy up to at 15 months???
-He climbs EVERYTHING. His main mission in life right now is to climb up/onto the dining room table. We have to literally put the chairs away in a different room so he can't climb up there. If I merely turn the chairs on their side or push them to another corner of the room, he knows how to push them back over to the table. Climbing up and down from the couch, up and over the couch....he does approximately once every 2 minutes.
-He LOVES sitting at the table, pushing around his trains or playing with the toy garage or spider-man house we have. He LOVES trains. If you ask him what a train says, he says "oooh-oooh!" If he sees a train outside, he also makes his little choo choo sound.
-He still loves pushing around his little car. He is now finally figuring out how to sit on it, but he can't quite figure out how to make it go when he's sitting on it, so he prefers to get off and push it around. He's now tall enough to get up onto Eli's motorcycle, but because he's fallen off a few times, he doesn't really like to do that.
-He's still in size 3 diapers and wears 9-12 month pants and 12 month shirts. He can still fit into 12 month onesies, and occasionally 9-12 month onesies. He currently still wears a size 3 shoe, though I bought him two pairs of 4s for the fall. (One of which is a pair of cookie monster shoes...he was SO excited when I put those on him!).
-He drinks 3 bottles a day... one 10 oz bottle in the morning when he wakes up, one sometime before or right after his second nap, about 6 oz, and one at night before bed, anywhere from 7-10oz.
-My amazing little eater is no longer an amazing little eater. He prefers to throw most of his food and won't even try things if they don't fit his ever-changing list of favorites. I can only get him to eat a handful or so of cheerios (though he does eat quite a few more off of the floor). He's very selective with his fruits... right now really only going for watermelon, strawberries and grapes. He used to really love blueberries, but now most of the time he throws them. He will occasionally eat a fish stick or a chicken nugget. He likes pancakes and/or waffles and/or bread about half of the time. Cereal bars are an occasional hit, an occasional toss. Pasta, he will usually go for. He definitely likes ice cream and screams if he sees Eli eating it and he doesn't get it, but he definitely has a threshold and turns his face away after about 10 or so bites. He still LOVES yogurt.
-He LOVES watching Dora. If he's in another room and it comes on, he'll go RUNNING to the TV and start dancing. His dancing is very cute...he always does the same thing... stand still and twirl in a circle. He also very much enjoys the spider-man themesong.
-His favorite song is Kookabura!
-His favorite Sesame Street character is cookie monster. He LOOVES cookie monster and makes this funny growling grunting sound whenever he sees him.
-Last week, he surprised us by answering what a cow says (he says booooo instead of moo) and what a monkey says (oooo oooo ooo). He's still pretty non-verbal so far.... only really saying dada and boo. (He used to be able to say mama and up). He doesn't say uh oh as much as he used to, unless something in his little world has gone terribly wrong. He definitely knows how to get our attention, though, and has his own little language for what he wants... "ah! ah!"
-He still LOVES hanging out with Riley and gets excited whenever he sees either one of the cats. He understands how to pet Riley "nice, nice" so they have become little buddies.
-His favorite books are Peek-a-Who, the first 100 animals book (he makes that same funny little grunt/growling sound whenever he sees an animal like a bear or a tiger), and a few books about machines. He also REALLY enjoys books with Sesame Street characters, especially the ones with monsters.
-He HATES being in the carseat or stroller when not in motion. He is not an easy guy to travel with.
-He LOVES hanging out with big brother Eli and often copies exactly what Eli is doing.
-He looooooves walking around outside and even at this young age refuses to hold my hand.
-He's currently cutting 4 molars, so he has been miserable when it's time to put him down for a nap! He's also been waking up super early (in the five hour) again. Hoping he sleeps a little better when these teeth finally come in!
Happy 15 month birthday, Liam!!!!
What's my little guy up to at 15 months???
-He climbs EVERYTHING. His main mission in life right now is to climb up/onto the dining room table. We have to literally put the chairs away in a different room so he can't climb up there. If I merely turn the chairs on their side or push them to another corner of the room, he knows how to push them back over to the table. Climbing up and down from the couch, up and over the couch....he does approximately once every 2 minutes.
-He LOVES sitting at the table, pushing around his trains or playing with the toy garage or spider-man house we have. He LOVES trains. If you ask him what a train says, he says "oooh-oooh!" If he sees a train outside, he also makes his little choo choo sound.
-He still loves pushing around his little car. He is now finally figuring out how to sit on it, but he can't quite figure out how to make it go when he's sitting on it, so he prefers to get off and push it around. He's now tall enough to get up onto Eli's motorcycle, but because he's fallen off a few times, he doesn't really like to do that.
-He's still in size 3 diapers and wears 9-12 month pants and 12 month shirts. He can still fit into 12 month onesies, and occasionally 9-12 month onesies. He currently still wears a size 3 shoe, though I bought him two pairs of 4s for the fall. (One of which is a pair of cookie monster shoes...he was SO excited when I put those on him!).
-He drinks 3 bottles a day... one 10 oz bottle in the morning when he wakes up, one sometime before or right after his second nap, about 6 oz, and one at night before bed, anywhere from 7-10oz.
-My amazing little eater is no longer an amazing little eater. He prefers to throw most of his food and won't even try things if they don't fit his ever-changing list of favorites. I can only get him to eat a handful or so of cheerios (though he does eat quite a few more off of the floor). He's very selective with his fruits... right now really only going for watermelon, strawberries and grapes. He used to really love blueberries, but now most of the time he throws them. He will occasionally eat a fish stick or a chicken nugget. He likes pancakes and/or waffles and/or bread about half of the time. Cereal bars are an occasional hit, an occasional toss. Pasta, he will usually go for. He definitely likes ice cream and screams if he sees Eli eating it and he doesn't get it, but he definitely has a threshold and turns his face away after about 10 or so bites. He still LOVES yogurt.
-He LOVES watching Dora. If he's in another room and it comes on, he'll go RUNNING to the TV and start dancing. His dancing is very cute...he always does the same thing... stand still and twirl in a circle. He also very much enjoys the spider-man themesong.
-His favorite song is Kookabura!
-His favorite Sesame Street character is cookie monster. He LOOVES cookie monster and makes this funny growling grunting sound whenever he sees him.
-Last week, he surprised us by answering what a cow says (he says booooo instead of moo) and what a monkey says (oooo oooo ooo). He's still pretty non-verbal so far.... only really saying dada and boo. (He used to be able to say mama and up). He doesn't say uh oh as much as he used to, unless something in his little world has gone terribly wrong. He definitely knows how to get our attention, though, and has his own little language for what he wants... "ah! ah!"
-He still LOVES hanging out with Riley and gets excited whenever he sees either one of the cats. He understands how to pet Riley "nice, nice" so they have become little buddies.
-His favorite books are Peek-a-Who, the first 100 animals book (he makes that same funny little grunt/growling sound whenever he sees an animal like a bear or a tiger), and a few books about machines. He also REALLY enjoys books with Sesame Street characters, especially the ones with monsters.
-He HATES being in the carseat or stroller when not in motion. He is not an easy guy to travel with.
-He LOVES hanging out with big brother Eli and often copies exactly what Eli is doing.
-He looooooves walking around outside and even at this young age refuses to hold my hand.
-He's currently cutting 4 molars, so he has been miserable when it's time to put him down for a nap! He's also been waking up super early (in the five hour) again. Hoping he sleeps a little better when these teeth finally come in!
Happy 15 month birthday, Liam!!!!
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Names
We asked Eli what we should name his baby sister. Here is his list:
#1 choice: Turtle
2) Lobster
3) Octopus
4) Whale
5) Crab
What do you think?
#1 choice: Turtle
2) Lobster
3) Octopus
4) Whale
5) Crab
What do you think?
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
It's a GIRL!!!
Not sure if I've blogged here yet about Baby #3, but it's a GIRL!!!!!! We had our early anatomy scan on the 10th and found out (after about 30 super looong minutes of checking out other stuff...) that it's a baby GIRL!!! We asked the ultrasound tech if she was sure, and she said yes. We later confirmed it with my regular OB, telling him we knew the gender but weren't going to tell him until he told US. He also said GIRL. WOOHOO! Mike and I are really excited. It's sure going to be different raising a girl, but we're ready (I think?!?) for the challenge.
She's due around Valentine's Day. The official due date is Feb 15th, but I'm betting on the 12th. :)
She's due around Valentine's Day. The official due date is Feb 15th, but I'm betting on the 12th. :)
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Ocean City 2012
We had SO much fun at the beach this year! We went Mon thru Friday... Monday and Tuesday, we were joined by my mom and my cousin, Emily... And Tues thru Friday we were joined by Mike's parents as well as his sister Ann and her family. I was worried the house was going to seem too full, but it was perfect and everyone had a good time.
My biggest wish was to get to the beach every day, and we did! Almost, that is. We didn't go on Friday. Monday, we went with my mom and Em to Assateague and it was amazing... we had SOOO much room to run around on the beach. Liam had a great time running on the beach, chasing the sea gulls. He was not a fan of the water and much preferred being held while WATCHING the water. I was wondering how he would do with the sand...he LOVED it. So did Eli! Eli loved jumping the waves and wanted to spend much of his time down at the water. We had a ton of fun.
That night for dinner, we picked up food from Panera since we left the beach late. After we put the boys in bed, my mom stayed with them while me, Mike and Emily went to play Putt-Putt. Let the record show that I CREAMED Mike this year. I think I beat him by like...12 points. It was amazing. We got home late and immediately went to sleep.
The next morning (my birthday...wooohoo! what a way to spend a birthday!) , we woke up and went to the beach in Ocean City. It was much smaller and much more crowded, but we thankfully got parking right next to the beach and got a good spot. We had a lot of fun and stayed til almost 2pm. Subs from Tommy's for lunch!!! Mike's family arrived and we hung around until dinnertime. We took the kids to a restaurant called Dead Freddy's.... it had a pirate themed playground for the kids, a brilliant idea! We had nearly an hour wait, but it didn't matter since we had the playground! Eli and Jaymin chased each other all over the place and Liam loved sitting in Jaymin's lap to go down the big slide. The meal was great and I had a great night.
Wednesday, we also got up and went to the beach. We had tons of fun and the little kids loved hanging out in the baby pool. Sandcastles, trips to the water to jump waves, etc.... it was a great, great day. That afternoon, we took the kids to Baja where we went on go-karts and the kids rode rides. Ben and I took the kids home and had taco night while Mike, Ann and his parents went to Phillip's for a nice seafood meal. Another successful day.
Thursday, we went to the beach and as we were leaving, hit the pool. Liam fell asleep RIGHT as we got to the pool deck, so he spent the hour sleeping on Lola's shoulder while she and Lolo watched from the pool bar. Eli had TONS of fun jumping into the water, having us catch him. He was shivering and his lips were turning blue..... otherwise I think he could have stayed there all day! We came home for a little rest and then headed out to the boardwalk. Both of my boys were so knocked out that they even kept sleeping while we took them out of their car seats and moved them to the stroller. We had a nice stroll on the boardwalk and stopped for Thrasher's Fries and Fisher's Popcorn....and fudge/candy at Candy Kitchen! We ate at the Dough Roller for dinner and then the boys woke up. A trip to the Kite Loft didn't disappoint... I LOVED that store when I was little and it's still amazing. We then took the kids on the rides and they had a blast. Liam rode the choo choo train with Tita Ann and the SUPER FAST carousel... and Eli rode the carousel, the fire trucks, the cars, the helicopters, the bumper boats, the bumper cars (!!! by himself!!!!!)...and had a blast. We were intending to go to the horse races after the rides, but we stayed much later than expected and headed home. Long, successful day.
Friday was a chill day.... Mike's parents left after breakfast, and Ann and Ben and the kids left around noon. We spent the day relaxing and left the house around 4 or so. We headed into ocean city and stopped for dinner at Grotto's Pizza (I've been craving that for months!!!!). We drove up route 1, admiring the houses along the beach, and stopped at a few of the outlets. The drive home was pretty uneventful and made for a nice end to our vacation.
I can't wait to go back!!!!!!!!!!
My biggest wish was to get to the beach every day, and we did! Almost, that is. We didn't go on Friday. Monday, we went with my mom and Em to Assateague and it was amazing... we had SOOO much room to run around on the beach. Liam had a great time running on the beach, chasing the sea gulls. He was not a fan of the water and much preferred being held while WATCHING the water. I was wondering how he would do with the sand...he LOVED it. So did Eli! Eli loved jumping the waves and wanted to spend much of his time down at the water. We had a ton of fun.
That night for dinner, we picked up food from Panera since we left the beach late. After we put the boys in bed, my mom stayed with them while me, Mike and Emily went to play Putt-Putt. Let the record show that I CREAMED Mike this year. I think I beat him by like...12 points. It was amazing. We got home late and immediately went to sleep.
The next morning (my birthday...wooohoo! what a way to spend a birthday!) , we woke up and went to the beach in Ocean City. It was much smaller and much more crowded, but we thankfully got parking right next to the beach and got a good spot. We had a lot of fun and stayed til almost 2pm. Subs from Tommy's for lunch!!! Mike's family arrived and we hung around until dinnertime. We took the kids to a restaurant called Dead Freddy's.... it had a pirate themed playground for the kids, a brilliant idea! We had nearly an hour wait, but it didn't matter since we had the playground! Eli and Jaymin chased each other all over the place and Liam loved sitting in Jaymin's lap to go down the big slide. The meal was great and I had a great night.
Wednesday, we also got up and went to the beach. We had tons of fun and the little kids loved hanging out in the baby pool. Sandcastles, trips to the water to jump waves, etc.... it was a great, great day. That afternoon, we took the kids to Baja where we went on go-karts and the kids rode rides. Ben and I took the kids home and had taco night while Mike, Ann and his parents went to Phillip's for a nice seafood meal. Another successful day.
Thursday, we went to the beach and as we were leaving, hit the pool. Liam fell asleep RIGHT as we got to the pool deck, so he spent the hour sleeping on Lola's shoulder while she and Lolo watched from the pool bar. Eli had TONS of fun jumping into the water, having us catch him. He was shivering and his lips were turning blue..... otherwise I think he could have stayed there all day! We came home for a little rest and then headed out to the boardwalk. Both of my boys were so knocked out that they even kept sleeping while we took them out of their car seats and moved them to the stroller. We had a nice stroll on the boardwalk and stopped for Thrasher's Fries and Fisher's Popcorn....and fudge/candy at Candy Kitchen! We ate at the Dough Roller for dinner and then the boys woke up. A trip to the Kite Loft didn't disappoint... I LOVED that store when I was little and it's still amazing. We then took the kids on the rides and they had a blast. Liam rode the choo choo train with Tita Ann and the SUPER FAST carousel... and Eli rode the carousel, the fire trucks, the cars, the helicopters, the bumper boats, the bumper cars (!!! by himself!!!!!)...and had a blast. We were intending to go to the horse races after the rides, but we stayed much later than expected and headed home. Long, successful day.
Friday was a chill day.... Mike's parents left after breakfast, and Ann and Ben and the kids left around noon. We spent the day relaxing and left the house around 4 or so. We headed into ocean city and stopped for dinner at Grotto's Pizza (I've been craving that for months!!!!). We drove up route 1, admiring the houses along the beach, and stopped at a few of the outlets. The drive home was pretty uneventful and made for a nice end to our vacation.
I can't wait to go back!!!!!!!!!!
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