Thursday, October 28, 2010
Auntie comes to visit and A. Ru's 100th Birthday!
Auntie Kristin came to Belmont to help celebrate A. Ru's 100th Birthday which meant we got to play with her! Auntie stayed at our house and Nana Sue also came over to play, we had a great time at the park. In some of the Photos Jackson has a black eye- b/c he fell in the bathroom on night while washing his hands. Here are some photos of the fun at the park.
Happy 2nd Birthday!
Dear Shane and Jackson-
Happy Birthday my little guys! I can’t believe that you are two years old, time has passed so quickly!
You are getting bigger every day and pretty soon you will not be able to stand under the island like you do today! Talking is coming along and every week you seem to have another word or two. (working with Ms. Anita and Ms. Jen from Early Intervention is helping in the speech department). You both love to play and especially jump up and down on any surface. Washing hands has become a favorite thing- well you just like to play with the water but I like to think that you are washing your hands. We had visits from Auntie Kristin this month and your cousins Katie, Abby and Zach were here in September for Uncle Jay’s wedding. (By the way you both like to walk around the house with your cousins photo). This year has been full of beautiful days, in the summer we enjoyed the water table in the back yard and we did have a few outings to the beach- the big hit was the spray park at beaver brooke- we went almost every weekend and many a week night after supper. Trish is a GREAT nanny and takes you to the park or the library every day! Now that fall is here the water table is getting less and less use and we are playing in the leaves a bit more and before we know it snow will be on the ground! Most recently we helped your Great Grande Auntie Ru celebrate her 100th birthday! Plus you have been busy going to other kids birthday parties this month as well.
Jackson- you are a strong willed little guy. You know what you want and will make noise until you either 1.) Get what you want or 2.) Get a time out. You have occasionally taken to biting the other person (Particularly your brother) when you don’t get what you want but you follow up the bite with a hug which is very cute to watch. Your newest thing Jackson, is taking mommy or daddy’s hand to show them what you want- be it milk, putting on shoes or just walking in the other room, you love to hold hands. Your curly hair and smile while holding hands warms the cockles of my heart- as A. Ru would say. You love to read books and have most recently started to squirm onto mommy’s lap at random times with a book to read. Your favorite book hands down in the Vegetable ABC book- you want to read this every night!
Shane, like your brother you are a smiley little one. You love your sleep and sometimes when you are tired you walk over to your crib and pat the mattress as to say please let me go to sleep, there are many a morning where Jackson will be standing up in the crib yelling and you are sounds asleep with your arms folded – too cute! In addition to your smiles you can also pull out the tears very quickly when you don’t get something that you want, this sometimes results in a time out (which you don’t seem to mind). You have figured out that if you say please or as you say PEASE (and you say it squinting your eyes with a big smile) you get want you want faster. You love to give kisses and hugs and have started to play more on independently- you can play for a good 5 to 10 minutes on your own with a toy. I think one of your favorite things to do is the ride on toys- you love to ride around the house and say beep beep.
You are both very smart little boys and mommy and daddy cherish every second we have with you. I can’t believe that we have made it through 24 months of parenthood and growing up! I am not pretending to know what we are doing but we seem to be getting along pretty well. You are mommy’s sun, moon and stars. Happy 2nd Birthday Shane and Happy 2nd Birthday Jackson!
All my love-
Mommy
Happy Birthday my little guys! I can’t believe that you are two years old, time has passed so quickly!
You are getting bigger every day and pretty soon you will not be able to stand under the island like you do today! Talking is coming along and every week you seem to have another word or two. (working with Ms. Anita and Ms. Jen from Early Intervention is helping in the speech department). You both love to play and especially jump up and down on any surface. Washing hands has become a favorite thing- well you just like to play with the water but I like to think that you are washing your hands. We had visits from Auntie Kristin this month and your cousins Katie, Abby and Zach were here in September for Uncle Jay’s wedding. (By the way you both like to walk around the house with your cousins photo). This year has been full of beautiful days, in the summer we enjoyed the water table in the back yard and we did have a few outings to the beach- the big hit was the spray park at beaver brooke- we went almost every weekend and many a week night after supper. Trish is a GREAT nanny and takes you to the park or the library every day! Now that fall is here the water table is getting less and less use and we are playing in the leaves a bit more and before we know it snow will be on the ground! Most recently we helped your Great Grande Auntie Ru celebrate her 100th birthday! Plus you have been busy going to other kids birthday parties this month as well.
Jackson- you are a strong willed little guy. You know what you want and will make noise until you either 1.) Get what you want or 2.) Get a time out. You have occasionally taken to biting the other person (Particularly your brother) when you don’t get what you want but you follow up the bite with a hug which is very cute to watch. Your newest thing Jackson, is taking mommy or daddy’s hand to show them what you want- be it milk, putting on shoes or just walking in the other room, you love to hold hands. Your curly hair and smile while holding hands warms the cockles of my heart- as A. Ru would say. You love to read books and have most recently started to squirm onto mommy’s lap at random times with a book to read. Your favorite book hands down in the Vegetable ABC book- you want to read this every night!
Shane, like your brother you are a smiley little one. You love your sleep and sometimes when you are tired you walk over to your crib and pat the mattress as to say please let me go to sleep, there are many a morning where Jackson will be standing up in the crib yelling and you are sounds asleep with your arms folded – too cute! In addition to your smiles you can also pull out the tears very quickly when you don’t get something that you want, this sometimes results in a time out (which you don’t seem to mind). You have figured out that if you say please or as you say PEASE (and you say it squinting your eyes with a big smile) you get want you want faster. You love to give kisses and hugs and have started to play more on independently- you can play for a good 5 to 10 minutes on your own with a toy. I think one of your favorite things to do is the ride on toys- you love to ride around the house and say beep beep.
You are both very smart little boys and mommy and daddy cherish every second we have with you. I can’t believe that we have made it through 24 months of parenthood and growing up! I am not pretending to know what we are doing but we seem to be getting along pretty well. You are mommy’s sun, moon and stars. Happy 2nd Birthday Shane and Happy 2nd Birthday Jackson!
All my love-
Mommy
Sunday, October 10, 2010
stoneham get together
Last week the stoneham girls got together with families. It was a busy house but we had a blast. Shane and Jackson were the smallest guys there (Cheryl and Ethan couldn't make it) so they just ran around watching all of the other kids wrestle with daddy and have a crazy time! Jackson especially enjoyed seeing is Godmother, Kim. (I'd post some photos but something is up with the camera so they will have to wait).
We went to our first birthday party!
Jackson and Shane went to their friends birthday party yesterday and oh what fun we had. Owen and Cole also turn two this month so we went to Arlington for a little celebration. Yes, there were lots of twins and older kids there as well. Happy Birthday and Owen and Cole- Jackson and Shane really didn't "play" with any other kids but they did have great time going down the slide and then leaving the party to go into the front yard to look at their dog, Sophie.
Hopefully this will be the first of many birthday parties they attend, in fact we have two more next week. Jackson and Shane will have their own party at the end of the month.
We are still slow to speak but Jackson has perfected the word "up" and in fact both boys have figured out how to climb up to the island, they like to watch U Tube up there. It is getting crazy around here.
This morning we did our weekly trip to the dog park and they boys both climbed up a big hill in the "forest" with daddy- they are getting very adventerous. As always, we had a great time with Sandy, Dale and our pet friends Charile and snowball.
Hopefully this will be the first of many birthday parties they attend, in fact we have two more next week. Jackson and Shane will have their own party at the end of the month.
We are still slow to speak but Jackson has perfected the word "up" and in fact both boys have figured out how to climb up to the island, they like to watch U Tube up there. It is getting crazy around here.
This morning we did our weekly trip to the dog park and they boys both climbed up a big hill in the "forest" with daddy- they are getting very adventerous. As always, we had a great time with Sandy, Dale and our pet friends Charile and snowball.
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