Matthew was so cute this morning waiting for his Grandma, Poppa and Auntie Sammy to arrive. He knew they would arrive sometime after Michael had his nap, so from about 10 am on (a few minutes after Michael had gone down) he kept running to our tiny front window to see if they were here yet. Every little noise he heard, he would jump up and yell, "I think they are here!" and run to the front door. He didn't relax until we called them to find out exactly when they would arrive.
John and Bucca even snuck a nap in while Michael was napping and Auntie Sammy ws entertaibning the big guy.
Matthew loved his soccer class Tuesday, and had a great time at his Fitness for 3's class this morning. They played tag, ran around the indoor track, played other informal games, kicked balls around, and Matthew even got to teach his class how to play "tickle catch", his only little ticklish tag game. He loved it so much he asked to go back to the Rec. Center for Jungle Gym time this afternoon. 3 hours of running, and he didn't collapse into bed. Where does his energy come from?
Michael has been working hard learning how to get around the living room. He has almost mastered this whole crawling thing. He is getting up on his knees, rocking back and forth, putting a leg forward, and then lunging forward instead of moving the other leg. It isn't a pretty sight, but it gets him from A to B. Nothing is safe now. He is pulling baskets off the shelves (mostly filled with his toys so it is okay), opening the DVD player, turning the stereo on, and trying to eat Matthew's books. Pretty soon he'll be fast enough I'll have to put up the baby gates to keep him off the stairs. The next 6 months should be interesting.
Matthew had another playdate today, this time with Robyyn officially instead of accidentally. Darcey and I decided to meet at McDonald's to ensure that the kids would eat their lunch and have somewhere to play while we relaxed, chatted and tended to the little babes. Darcey even treated us to dessert (when the kids weren't watching) and introduced me to the cinnamon melties - Mmmmm...too good! Matthew and Michael were fascinated with little Natasha. It just amazes me the difference 5 months can make - Michael seemed so big sitting up in the high chair next to sweet sleeping Natasha in her car seat.
Wednesday was going to be a lazy day for us all, until my friend Lauretta called and invited us to join her and her daughters at a local indoor playground. We met up with them around 11am and did not return home until after 3pm! When we got there Matthew immediately started climbing, sliding, and jumping around with Katie. He also really liked the ride in cars. Much to our surprise my friend Darcey's daughter arrived at the center about half an hour later with her playdate Kai and Kai's mom, Tammy (we met them at the pumpkin patch with Darcey in October). All 4 kids started playing house, pet shop and other imagination games. I got to have a chat with the moms and feel like a real person (Matthew and I have great conversations, but he is only 3).
For those of you who are into digital scrapping booking, I used a template from Ikea Goddess http://ikeagoddess.blogspot.com/, and a freebie digital kit called Winter Spell from http://scrapmalin.com/. I recolored some of the images to match my photos.
If you are wondering why there are only 4 photos for week one, it is because all my other pages will be full weeks (Monday to Sunday). So I started on Jan 1st and ended this week on the Sunday Jan 4th.
Christmas night just before dinner we even had a brief visit from my Uncle Brian, Aunt Sheila, Thomas, and Pat. It was wonderful to see so much of our family, and we spoke to most of the rest of the family on the phone at some point in the day.
