Day Camp Fun

A day camp near us hosts fun days, and we've been to several in the past. We went to two in March: one with a Dr. Seuss theme, and one with a Winnie the Pooh theme.

Dr. Seuss Day
This was a beautiful early spring day (with no indication of the many winter storms to come later in the month!), so we enjoyed the sunshine and fresh air. We went to the playground with friends after, so I've included those photos here, too.

Taking turns riding on the foam truck

Matt riding on the quad bikes

Andy the percussionist

Play doh time

 

A nice day for a drive

Barnyard round up

Nothing runs like a Deere... unless the one riding it is maybe a little too big.

Not interested in a horse ride

Playing the xylophone

Digging in the sand

"Camping" in the wooden shelter

With the pot-bellied pig

Petting the chick

Matt on the quad bikes outside

In the schoolhouse

Time for a tasty break in the diner

 

Working at the grocery store to restock the shelves, shop, and ring up the orders

Whee, swing!

 

Trucks in sandbox fun

Watching friends

Bouncy horse and dinosaur time

Winnie the Pooh Day

The weather was not as nice this day, so we were happy to have something to do inside.

Back on the quad bike

Slam dunks

 

Balloon swords (Andy's popped and had to be replaced before we left, but even still only Matt's made it home.)

The boys on balance beams (photos courtesy of Maplewood)

Matt swinging on the gymnastics rings by himself (for the first time?)

Andy crawling through the tunnel

 

Andy on the bar (photo on right by Maplewood)

Matt playing toy cars in the garage (hmm, I think we had one of those houses when we were little...)

Andy pushing around a cart, of course

Playing with trucks in sand never gets old

Happy Easter 2018!

Apologies for the belated post, but here are our Easter celebrations:

The weekend before Easter, the town egg hunt was cancelled due to the still snowy ground. However, we took advantage of the opportunity to see the Easter Bunny. (Matt informed everyone that we saw the "real" one.) Andy was less sure than Matt, as you can see.

We dyed some Easter eggs.

We attempted to make some butter cookies. As you can see, some dinosaurs snuck into our spring-themed cookie cutters.

Checking out their Easter baskets

Egg hunt in the backyard

 Enjoying the nice weather for some outside play (and using some of their new Easter goodies)

Yum, jelly beans!

Happy 20-Month Birthday, Andrew!

I know I didn't get around to posting for Andy's 19-month birthday, so it's time to catch up with the now 20 month old (as of March 25th).

Andy continues to grow and develop more and more each week. He is noticeably bigger and more able to explore than even a couple of months ago. He enjoys reading more, although that doesn't necessarily mean he's interested in sitting through all of storytime at the library or a full chapter being read to his brother.

Andy's vocabulary is exploding. He is up to over 100 words total. The past couple of months he has added basket/box, sweep, oh oh (for monkey, specifically Curious George), choo choo (for train), wee wee (for fire truck), horse, baby, walk, cluck cluck, moo, hat, Pooh, cook, beep, waffle, hot, boat, uh oh, dog, wee (for swing and slide), cracker, mouth, pig, bunny, baa, bee, woah, cricket, bat (the animal), moon, medicine, kick, my/mine, catch, bounce, woof, more, bus, tea, milk, coat, dip, owl, sit/seat, and sheep. He needs to work on the ends of words; he tends to make similar sounds for the beginning (a lot of "bah," "bee," "beh/bih," "boo," and "buh"), with context supplying the rest. But he'll get there. He can identify his head, nose, mouth, ears, and belly. In fact, he'll show off his belly button when he feels like it.

Andy is still all about vehicles, especially "cucks" (I feel like he's blended "cars and trucks" to get this pronunciation). He is still a big fan of Curious George, but he also likes Pooh, Cars, and Thomas the Train. He continues to like dinosaurs, especially on his clothes or the large plastic ones we have, although maybe not quite as much as before. And of course he remains interested in the cat far more than she is interested in him.

Andy gained two of his 2-year molars, so he only has two more baby teeth - the remaining 2-year molars - to go. He is now wearing 3T. He is actually wearing 3T in both shirts and pants (he has a slightly longer torso in proportion to his legs, but not to the extent Matt does), although the pants are a bit long. He is somehow still in his size 6 shoes, but I expect him to wake up any morning now and require a size 7. (Luckily we have a bunch of shoes waiting from his brother!)