Saturday in the Park

On Saturday we love to eat lunch at Little Matt's (aka Dog Bone) and then we head to the park!

Here we are with Daddy last weekend...

And with GiGi today...

Lane loves to do everything Reese does, like seesaw...

And ride horses (known as Bullseye and Eeyore).

He wanted to go back to the seesaw, so we did. Some other girls joined us, but he didn't like it as much as he did with Reese!

He has mastered climbing the slide and going back down on his tummy!

Turning around and getting into position.

Today we added another treat to our afternoon, Pacugio! Lane showed us how he can feed himself with a spoon. Wow!

I was trying to feed him and he acted like he didn't want it, so I put the spoon down. He proceeded to grab it, scoop some ice cream and put it in his mouth. He did a pretty good job even though the spoon was upside down.

??? !!! NEW TOYS !!! ???

About every two weeks, I notice NEW never seen before and not purchased by me toys! Such as ...

Links (notice how they are hidden in the cabinet to "entertain" Lane in the kitchen)

Stackable animal blocks (also hidden in the drawer in the kitchen)

Big textured colorful balls (we already had the small ones in this ball ring in the game room)

So who in the world are these coming from?

MaMa Pat!

(Now I must admit that I too have a kid shopping problem as my vice is clothes from Mini Boden, Hanna Andersson and Baby Gap/Gap Kids. In addition, Pottery Barn Kids gets me every season. GiGi too. ) 

Two kids snacking is just cute!

Got to love goldfish! I get a kick out of this every time!

The Year of the Dragon (Big changes are coming)

A few weeks back Reese and her class celebrated the Chinese New Year. Reese got to try Chinese food and hear a story about the Chinese New Year. This is the Year of the Dragon.

Two of the parents arranged the celebration and Reese really enjoyed it. When I picked her up she showed me her chop sticks. Later that night she showed me how she could eat with them. She told me, "Chop sticks are cool!"

So cool, she had to use them again the next night.

The following weekend we celebrated Reese's birthday with the family. We learned from Jingya, Chris' girlfriend, that The Year of the Dragon is supposed to be a good year to have a baby. In addition, it is supposed to be a year of BIG change for Virgo's (i.e. Matt and Scott). So what do we think the BIG changes will be? Well I had guessed right that Scott would become a dad - yes, Lauren is pregnant and due August 28th!!! So happy for them and can't wait for baby Sicinski to arrive. (Funny story - a few weekends later Lauren told Reese she was having a baby and if it is a girl they will name her Elle. Reese responded, "I like M better!" (Get it M over L). So funny, we cracked up. Reesie!)

I am also guessing Matt will have a BIG change related to those weekend drills - hmmm .... deployment anyone? Time will tell.