Ethan begins to push all types of wheeled things down the slide. The wheeled-ducks especially enjoyed the ride... Ethan and his lovie Reindeer, "Nah-nah".Sophia Plum... Ethan Pepper... Up on the radiator cover and looking out the window... Sophia, Mum-Mum, and Ethan... Daddy and Sophia... Ethan was enamored by our good friend Kathleen... Sophia has figured out how to put on her own boots! :) Sophia enjoys the sheep at Drumlin Farm... Ethan with the sheep... Ethan with the chickens - our favorite breed are these Polish chickens that have large plumes on their heads! Sophia loves the chickens... Sophia and Ethan enjoyed the table and chairs at Ariail's house... Drumlin Farm again... those chickens! Sophia and Ethan enjoying the egg sorter at Drumlin Farm... Aunt Jo-Ann started playing the clarinet a couple years ago and is part of a band. Steve took the kids for the afternoon while I went to summer concert. :) Sophia has figured out how to climb on and off the bouncy dinosaur at the park all by herself!
We celebrated Grandma Chrisanne's 70th birthday by taking her out to a yummy brunch near the ocean. Ethan was looking at the boats, and Sophia thought the ceiling fan was cool... Two out of five looking at me is pretty good! :)
We also helped to celebrate cousin Jessica's first birthday with a very yummy strawberry cake! Sophia... Ethan... Ethan loves to pet our friend Rachel's dog Riley... Our moms of twins playgroup walks to the park together (and makes quite a scene!) - from left to right - Ethan and Sophia, Elin and Amalia and their mom Kerstin, Nancy with Niels and Finn, and Jessica and Dan with Joshua (Maya was already in the stroller)... The Boston Marathon 2009!Ethan and Sophia watch in awe... someday they'll run like that, too! :) My sweet Ethan and Sophia in the grocery store, on harnesses (very briefly for the first and last time). For some reason, I thought I would just tether them to the grocery cart and we would all shop along in relative bliss. Then reality hit. Not only did they HATE the harnesses, they also played tug of war with the grocery cart by going in opposite directions as far as they could go. When they began to lose ground, they both sat down and screamed in protest (this was in front of the deli counter). So, of course, my first response was to snap a quick pic on my iPhone before attempting to gather them up and sit them in the cart. Little did I know that they would be so outraged at having to RIDE that they would continue to protest until we left the store.
April was both busy and a lot of fun! Ethan and Sophia are changing and growing a little bit each day.
Steve and I both have a bit of news as well. Steve had a minor surgery in mid-April to repair a hernia. He wasn't able to lift the kids for 4 weeks. While Steve was recovering I got a couple new freelance projects that made my hours-per-week skyrocket. Between freelancing and taking care of the kids 100% on my own (how do single moms do it??), I didn't have much time for blogging. I'm writing the April blog tonight and hope (fingers crossed!) to write the May blog tomorrow. For all you fans out there, thanks for being so patient!
Ethan and Sophia have started doing things for the sole purpose of being funny. For example, Ethan decided to put a bib on his head and wear it like a hat...
Needless to say, Sophia thought this was pretty funny... Hee, hee, hee! :) Ethan and Sophia love to help put the groceries away... "This is so much fun!" Daddy's little girl... Ethan plays hide-and-seek behind the bouncy chair... Sophia gets in on the fun... "Where's Sophia??" "There she is!" Ethan decides to expand on his wear-a-bib-like-a-hat routine and put a circular piece of cardboard on his head like a hat... Hee... :) We went to Aunt Jo-Ann's house for Easter and all enjoyed Aunt Jo-Ann's fabulous ham... David, Aunt Jo-Ann, Cindy, and Barb... Aunt Jo-Ann has a curtain that hangs between her kitchen and pantry. Sophia and Ethan must have run through the curtain about 100 times! They had so much fun! Ethan is back by the curtain, and Sophia is giving the curtain her stick-out-my-tongue seal of approval. Ethan... Ethan and Sophia doing another lap... Aunt Jo-Ann reads to Sophia... Ethan was more interested in grabbing Aunt-Jo-Ann's glasses!Tired snuggly toddlers... Ethan and his lovie reindeer... We got a new easel and the kids had fun drawing side-by-side on butcher paper. Their first collaborative effort is below. Sophia's picture is on the left and Ethan's is on the right. Second drawing - Sophia's is on the left and Ethan's is on the right.
03.24.09 :: Sophia on her bike
03.25.09 :: Ethan and Sophia develop their silly signs - Ethan developed his first, and Sophia thought it was so funny that she decided to develop her own, unique silly sign...
04.02.09 :: Ethan and Sophia brush their teeth, and their cups and their trays...
04.07.09 :: Sophia on our new indoor slide
04.08.09 :: Bo bo bo with Sophia
04.12.09 :: Sophia and Ethan on the slide (in their Easter clothes)
04.16.09 :: Sophia tells me to get the phone...
04.16.09 :: Sophia tells me to get the phone... take II
04.20.09 :: Ethan and Sophia play in the nursery...
Sophia Plum...
Ethan Pepper...
Up on the radiator cover and looking out the window...
Sophia, Mum-Mum, and Ethan...
Daddy and Sophia...
Ethan was enamored by our good friend Kathleen...
Sophia has figured out how to put on her own boots! :)
Sophia enjoys the sheep at Drumlin Farm...
Ethan with the sheep...
Ethan with the chickens - our favorite breed are these Polish chickens that have large plumes on their heads!
Sophia loves the chickens...
Sophia and Ethan enjoyed the table and chairs at Ariail's house...
Drumlin Farm again... those chickens!
Sophia and Ethan enjoying the egg sorter at Drumlin Farm...
Aunt Jo-Ann started playing the clarinet a couple years ago and is part of a band. Steve took the kids for the afternoon while I went to summer concert. :)
Sophia has figured out how to climb on and off the bouncy dinosaur at the park all by herself!
