Lincoln and Mommy Day

Sunday was Lincoln and Mommy Day. I told Lincoln we were going on a date. Lily's response was Mommy why is your date so short, ha, ha. We left the house at about 11:30 this morning and headed to Easton to the Build a Bear Workshop. Lincoln has never gone there before and Lily agreed to let us go by ourselves. I was worried she would be jealous but she was such a big girl about it. Lincoln and I brought her back a new outfit for her build a bear she had made years ago. When we got there Lincoln was amazed by all of the stuffed animals and after looking and touching almost all of them he decided on the panda bear. As soon as he picked him up he said "Oh soft, I get it." He got to help with the stuffing and chose a heart to put in his bear. We went over to name his bear and I asked him what his bears name was, of course he said baby Evan:) For those of you who don't know Lincoln is obsessed with his new cousin Evan and ever since he has met him every baby, doll or apparently stuffed animals name is Evan. So Evan it is..... He brushed him and then chose an outfit for him. You won't believe this but he saw a Cleveland Indians hat and noticed it looked like Chads so he wanted that for his bear. I so wanted his bear to be a fireman to match his new room but he had other plans. That was fine though it is his bear. After building his Evan bear we headed off to eat lunch. I took Lincoln to Bob Evan's because my kids always eat well there. Lincoln had french fries and grilled cheese while I had a salad, rolls, and their yummy chicken and noodles. I should have just shared with Lincoln because he hardly ate his but ate at least half of my noodles. We had a fun time with each other.

Lily and Mommy Day

Since Lydia will be here on Thursday I decided to have some one on one time with Lily and Lincoln this weekend. It started on Saturday with Lily and I. We woke up early took a bubble bath and then headed off to Bob Evans for some breakfast. Lily got her usual which was the little farmers breakfast and chocolate milk while I got oatmeal with pecans and banana nut bread. After breakfast we headed off to the nail salon to get well deserved pedicures. We sat in the comfy chairs that messaged our backs while the lady did our toes. Lily decided to get purple for her toes and I opted for hot pink. The lady also put a pretty design on our big toe, we are too stylish!!! I included a picture of Lily's cute pigs but decided to leave my fat feet out of the picture:) After our pedicure we went to Barnes and Noble and got Lily a Dora paint book. We had a great time.

My Big Boy

So last night I decided to ask Lincoln if he wanted to sleep in his big boy bed. I have been talking to him about his big boy bed and how when Lydia arrives she will need to sleep in the crib. When I asked him last night he said, "I sleep in Big Boy Bed." I figured I would give it a shot, I tucked him in, kissed him, and told him to stay in his bed. I shut the door except for a little crack and to my suprise he stayed in there until 7:30 this morning. I couldn't believe it. He cried this morning when he got up but I think it was because he wasn't sure where he was. Today he even said that he wanted to take his nap in there and he did. I can't believe that it was this easy, Lily was this easy but I thought my little explorer would be different. I'm excited that I might have transitioned him to his big boy bed before Lydia arrives, now if I can just get him to potty on the toliet:) I know one step at a time. Eventhough I'm excited for him to be in his big boy bed it's a little sad to think that by baby is not a baby anymore, he's turning into a toddler. This picture is of him taking a nap in there today. I ordered a fire truck picture for his room I can't wait for it to arrive so I can finish his room now, especially since he is going to be using it!!

Watching American Idol

Lily and Lincoln both like watching American Idol with me. Wednesday night it usually comes on at 9:00 and that is too late for them so we tape it and watch it on Thursday. Here are the both of them all snuggled on the couch together.

Puppets

Today I had a snow day so the kids and I decided to make puppets.

Pictures of our new house

This is for you Kelly. I know you've been asking to see some pictures of our new house. For those of you who don't know but in mid Novemeber we moved to a bigger house, we were growing out of our other one. Everything moved so fast. We decided to just put our house on the market to see what would happen, never in our wildest dreams did we think that our house would sell in 2 days. The first people who walked through it bought it. We were excited but then we thought we don't have a house and how are we ever going to find one in a month. Well luckily this house came up on the market the day after, it must have been meant to be. We were lucky because our new house was bank owned and just needed paint and a few other things that the bank took care of. I say it just needed paint but Chad and my Dad probably wouldn't say that because it was a lot of painting. It was so fun though to pick out all of the colors and I think it turned out just right!!! We love our new house and we are excited for all the memories we are going to share in this house. It was sad to leave our old house but any house can be a home if your family is with you. I think we have done a good job so far making our new house a home. I took pictures of everything but the basement because I didn't want to pick up all of the kids toys, the basement is there play area and has a guest bedroom that isn't quite finshed yet for our parents.

Play-doh

I had today off from school because of Presidents day and I also get tomorrow off because of a school day, YIPPY!!!! I love being a teacher!!! So today the kids and I played with Play-doh it was a good time. The love it except we were making pretend food and Lincoln sometimes forgets to pretend, YICKS. Luckily he only put a little in his mouth and he spit it out right away and said, "Mama Yucky."

My first attempt at making a tutu halter dress

So I've been turned on to this new website Etsy.com. For anyone who has kids and can get addicted easily don't go there:) Too late for me. Anyways they have these tutu's and tutu dresses for little girls and they are adorable. So I thought I would give it a whirl. I'm not done yet but here is the one I'm making for Lily. I'm going to be making a tutu for Lydia that matches Lily's. I already bought Lydia this adorable crocheted hat that is fuchsia with a big hug zebra bow so I wanted to make these to match. I also purchased a crocheted fuchsia hat for Lily but hers doesn't have the bow. So far it has turned out cute for my first attempt anyways:)

Lincoln's b-day party

This year I decided to have Lincoln's b-day party be Dr. Suess. I served green eggs and ham and we also had a cat in the hat cake. Since Linc and Dad share the same b-day I made him a Thing 57 cake that is just like Thing 1 and 2 but put 57 because that is how old he is. Lincoln had a fun time as I think everyone else did. I helped Lincoln and Dad blow out their candles:)