Colorado Wedding

Eloise and I made a quick trip to Colorado two weekends ago for Spencer and Bethany's wedding.  I was so grateful to go.  We flew in Friday night and left Sunday afternoon.

She didn't know what to think Friday night.  It was a long afternoon but she was so wonderful on the plane.  I see why people take strollers. If i have to fly again while pregnant, I'll make sure I bring one.

Saturday morning started early.  Dad made breakfast for Spence, wheezy and me. Then I ironed Dudo's shirt.  Mom and I took off for flowers and the cake.  We made it up to the cabin quickly and decorated with flowers and candles. We both thought it looked fantastic. Hopefully the couple did too.

People arrived, ceremony, delicious cake, pictures and then we headed back to town for dinner at PF Chang's. Eloise held on all day, but near the end of dinner she was done and ready to leave. 

Sunday we spent the morning chatting and they played with Eloise. She loves Papa. (Grandma too, but papa is a favorite)

Sore Loser

He does great with Uno. He has a harder time with Connect Four-and a harder time losing too.

We Seriously Love Bagels

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs were a huge success.  I don't know why I doubted whether or not two boys would like learning about them.  We studied their skeletons and compared how ours are similar.  They colored their own dinosaurs too. 

We made bones and the next day they were able to dig for them in some "sand" I made that was awesome. It was flour and mineral oil mixed. Surprisingly not oily at all and held together like perfectly wet sand at the beach. They loved pretending to be paleontologists and using their teamwork skills we've been trying to cultivate in the last year.  Just like paleontologists they had to figure out which bone went in which spot (although ours were just by size).  Then of course the sand play developed into adding a monster truck and a cow.  They played for a long time.  I do wish it could have been on the ground, but Eloise would have been way too much to handle with that scenario.

We read Harry and The Bucketful of Dinosaurs and although I didn't put them in a bucket, we did play with a bucketful. They pretended to hatch and obviously roared a lot. 

We actually read quite a few research books-the boys loved the pictures and dinosaur facts. They love seeing school buses and trying to remember the names of the dinosaurs that are bigger than them.  We also read Curious George's Dinosaur Discovery, How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food, and If I had a Raptor. 

We finished the week with The Land Before Time-no dinosaur week would be complete without it. 

Freddie's temple he made with the leftover clay.

E-lois

She is so fun. Common nicknames we have for her-that she actually responds to: wheezy, wheezer, wheezy-roon, wheezer-rif, eloisey, wheeze, E-loyze. 

She loves to eat and I'm pretty sure that she and Freddie were going to be twins. They could eat together all day and not get bored.

She really wants to be outside and when the boys get ready to play in the snow she grabs her coat and stares at them through the door...until I go into the kitchen, then she comes to vacuum up the floor. 

The boys got in the truck one day and left the garage door open.  For some reason it didn't register to Jordan or me and we got lost in conversation. I finally realized the door was open and went to find Eloise. She was in the street walking on all fours... In the ice/snow and water. She was a mess. And she was SO mad at me. She screamed and screamed. I think this summer we'll have to be in the backyard a lot. Maybe she'll make us more outdoorsy.

She's trying to walk and has taken some steps.... But she cares much more about talking, and her Dad. Her days always start better when he gets her up in the morning. She blows kisses and waves at everyone. Everyone is mesmerized by her. Completely mesmerized.