the mind of a 3 year old

Day 4 of hanging in the basement and The Mayor created a new game...yoga run. The Mayor took our yoga mats, laid them on the floor and then ran back and forth on the mats...cracking up the entire time. Then he wanted D and me to join in on the fun. "Come on momma, come on dada", so D and I followed behind The Mayor running back and forth on the yoga mats. Not sure why or how this game was created but it provided The Mayor with tons of entertainment.

Considering we have not been in our car and left this house since Sunday, I am surprisingly not about to climb the walls. And I know it has to do with D being home. Having him here all week has definitely helped. He will be here tomorrow and Monday is a holiday so worst case scenario, I will be with the kids alone one day this week. Not too shabby.

And a huge apology to my daughter. All this snow and I totally bypassed mentioning her 10 month birthday 2 days ago. It did not go unnoticed but it did go unmentioned in the blog. Sweet girl is changing so much. She now pulls up without batting an eye. She even takes some steps now while holding on...today she went from one end of the couch to the other while holding on to the cushions. She is learning how to sign "more". The sign is both hands having a semi-flattened 'o' shape and taping the fingers. Her interpretation is taking her right hand and waving it above her head. To her that means more and we understand it. The girl is inventive. She is completely off baby food now. She much prefers table food and I can't deprive her. She is eating table food much faster than her brother ever did...but that is my fault. I was too nervous to let him eat anything that wasn't pureed until he had some teeth. She has 2 bottom teeth and would eat a steak if I put it in front of her. Amazing how things change once you have a 2nd child. Suddenly you realize they won't choke just by looking at a piece of food.

Our county went ahead and canceled school for the rest of the week, so The Mayor will miss both days of preschool this week. He hasn't noticed and I'm not complaining. It has been an awesome week with all 4 of us here together. And we chose a great week to get serious with the potty training since D has been here and both of us have been able to tag team the training. He now tells us when he has to go and he hasn't been in a diaper in 3 days (except when he is sleeping at night). He may be able to handle big boy underwear when he does finally go to school next Tuesday...here's hoping!

yoga run

loves to stand

the Love Bug pose...she loves to tilt her head to the side