"Playing" Together

Paul and Kaitlyn have been having a lot of fun 'playing' together recently. Here they are up to a few recent antics.
Playing together in the 'ball pit' (mommy didn't let Paul get out the big ball pit to play with Kate, so we used her one-ring pool instead- the entire downstairs room was covered with the balls within a few minutes!):

Kaitlyn trying to hunt down Paul for a few tickles (translation: she climbs all over him):
Getting some blocks ready to build something:
Kaitlyn has also done a good job of stealing Paul's gloves off his hands in the car when he reaches over to say on the way to work/daycare. And when she drops her cube toy between their seats, Paul gets it for her... which they did about 5 times one morning!

A fun weekend

What a fun weekend- there was tower building, a visit from Aunt Kerry, some sunshine on Saturday and then a little bit of snow on Sunday, a visit from Gram and some of mommy's friends from work. Paul has continued to be a great big brother and is getting very good at holding and kissing Kaitlyn (although he seems to have his back molars coming in- good timing!).And daddy's big highlight was getting to see the Bullets win the conference basketball tournament yesterday!

Pepperoni

Tonight we had some fun while Paul learned how to say "Pepperoni" check out the short video below:

Mommy and Daddy song

Here is Paul III singing the Mommy and Daddy and Baby song from over the weekend when the Uncle's were visiting

Getting ready for the game...

In case you don't live in our house, you might not have known that the Giants are playing in a NFL playoff game today. Daddy, mommy and Paul went to Perkins for breakfast (this became a playoff game ritual for daddy and Paul last year and they decided it was okay to bring mommy today) and then we stopped at WalMart so that Paul could pick out a 'new' football (a little foam one)- although the child-sized John Deere Gator (just like BB's) was of much stronger interest to Paul!

When we got home, daddy decided it was important to teach Paul how to play another important aspect of the pre-game ritual: Madden. Mommy went upstairs for a few minutes and this is what she returned to find...

Paul's first date

Last Friday Paul had a date with his friend Elizabeth (20 months old), who is the daughter of mommy and daddy's good friends Mary and Rob - which meant mommy and daddy got to have adult company for dinner as well! Not only did they get to play on Paul's bed and read some books together but then they shared a romantic dinner together. Paul has been pointing at the chair where Elizabeth sat for dinner all week and saying "Bet chair" (Elizabeth's chair).

Mommy playing piano

Daddy posted this without mommy knowing... sorry for scaring all of you :)

200 Post - Happy Thanksgiving

We started this blog on Sunday April 8, 2007 and now 200 posts later it is still going strong. We traveled to NJ to visit with Nana and Pop Pop during this holiday. Paul has learned a few new words on the trip so far including the words to the song "To grandmothers house we go" as well as "Pancake house" We enjoyed a great thanksgiving dinner with Aunt Mary Ellen and Uncle Bill and our cousins Will and Katherine.

Uncle Chris came over this morning and gave Paul III his birthday gift since he couldn't make the birthday party. As you can see Paul III loved it and has already started moving blocks with the battery operated "bucket".

Yes that is a blob of ice cream in Paul III's left hand eating dessert on thanksgiving night.

A family photo after dinner last night.

Paul was playing with a back massager and got a real kick out of everyone watching him.

Playing with legos with Aunt Katherine and Nana.

Pop Pop eating a "thumper" with Uncle Bill looking on.

Loving Uncle Chris.

LYLA and chrissy

Aunt LYLA and Aunt chrissy came to visit this weekend from NYC. LYLA is in all caps because Paul clearly loved to say her name over and over again. While he, struggled with Aunt chrissy. We had a great weekend with Paul and the girls as we did puzzles, did some drawings and played outside.

Building BIG Towers

Paul continued his tower-buidling over the weekend and made more "biiihhgg" towers (as he describes them). Uncle Ryan and Nana were great construction helpers.

Birthday #2 Wrap Up

This Sunday was Paul's 2nd birthday. We can't believe how quickly time has passed. We celebrated on Saturday evening with our family and some friends with a gathering at our house. Nana, Pop Pop and Uncle Ryan also stayed with us for the weekend. Here are some of our memories from the weekend.

Paul trying out his new bike- his feet are within a hair's length of the pedals, so I'm sure we'll see him cruising on his own soon!

Testing out his new comforter with BB - they both cuddled up and decided to suck their thumbs to get ready for "bed."Playing the piano with Brian Sowers- they were quite a duo! There were a few duets with the working (yes!) microphone... .thanks, Uncle Ryan, for making our house a bit louder (including at 7:15 on Sunday morning!).
Opening up a gift with Uncle Ryan and Gram's help. Paul was intrigued with his gifts but didn't tear them open as quickly as we may have expected. Although he did say "more" a few times when we were opening gifts!Aunt Char was reading Paul's new "I am a Dump Truck" book when he proceeded to pretend to drive the dump truck.

On Sunday (wearing his cool new tractor turtleneck) he was showing off his teeth to PopPop.

Reading his new "Things That Go" book with Nana and Pop Pop.

One more piece of cake and a candle to blow out with daddy on Sunday night. More pictures to come throughout the week as we re-cap Paul's big weekend.

Blocks are the Best

Uncle Ryan brought Paul some new Mega Blocks to add to his collection, including some "puhple" ones (they seem to be the favorite so far- as you can tell in this picture).

Paul created quite the construction this evening and was very proud of his work. Mommy was maybe more proud that he helped to put them all away at bedtime!

Uncle Ryan comes to visit

Uncle Ryan came to visit us this weekend. We had a good time playing golf outside, grilling hamburgers, and as you can see here playing with the Curious George jack-in-the-box.

Bear Time

Paul decided to help mommy to update our family of Vermont Teddy Bears this afternoon with some new seasonal outfits (including the birthday items for Paul's bear). He found that some of their accessories were tons of fun...
Easter and the Fourth of July are a while away, but he's ready.

Our son the bag man...

While we were getting ready for bed the other night Paul III decided to play with a bunch of plastic bags that we were getting ready to bring to daycare. We were also playing with Cookie Monster (a gift from Uncle Chris) and George eating mommies toes!

Summer Vacation Part One

Here are some pictures from our first week of vacation in Raquette Lake, New York. You can see Paul's first kayak ride, a picture swimming at the beach, with his life jacket, Jimmy Buffett night, playing with BB, and going to bed with Gram in his new moose pjs.