Colored Pasta

I have dyed rice and dried pasta for playing with the kids.  I have even dyed pasta in an attempt to get the kids to eat it :-)  but never to play with.  This morning I decided to give it a try.  I dyed it all and got it set up for Killian because the girls were else where.  

 

Killian loved it and is not so sure about Kayden joining in..

Looked at me....

Back at Kayden....

Then decided it would be okay to play along with them.

 

 

Girls started to separate it away from Killian's tub...

You'll notice a lot of the other things I included were removed..

He notices but is not too concerned...

Killian liked to mash and scoop.

The girls were cooking soup.

 

 

 

So fun.  I will definitely do it again more intentionally.  The kids all played for about 45 minutes which is forever I think AND Killian didn't climb in the tub which is a first!

Sick kids

I have two very, very sick kiddos at home.  We have probably only had 4 ear infections total for all the kids...and this week both of these sweet kids each have a double ear infection.

Some reading before Killian's nap time.

Gymnastics

Now that we are wrapping up our swim lessons, I've been struggling to figure out where to get the girls involved so they stay active.  Neither is interested in team sports and they were not thrilled with dance, so I suggested gymnastics.  They may be the cutest gymnasts I know!

Killian noticed we were taking pictures...

and he needed to be in the shot too.  He scooted up there, looked at Keeley, looked at me, and said "cheese".

  How cute are those kids!  I am pretty in love with them :)

Painting

Some painting fun with the two kids before we picked up Keeley from school.  I love to do activities with Killian and the girls at the same time because they watch each other so carefully. 

Not sure exactly what he was trying to paint.  You'll see that some did get on his paper and he is pleased with himself!

So deliberate.

Not a baby

Yesterday I took all three of the kids with me to get leotards for Keeley and Kayden to start dance (not a great plan, but it was what it was).  Killian entertained himself running in and out of the girls' dressing rooms as they changed clothes.  A set of three year old twins watched him and kept saying, "Mommy!  Look at that baby!"  The mom corrected them each time saying, "That's not a baby, it is a little kid.  See, he's walking."  While it is true, it made me sad to realize that even other people notice he isn't a baby.

Today we went to a new park area to explore.  He would wander a few feet from me and then turn around and ask for my hand so that he was brave enough to explore more.  I was happy to have a break from my hip baby, but sad as I realized he is getting further and further from "baby" in all regards.  It won't be long before he is running off without even a glance toward me.

Rollerskating

 We were invited to help a friend celebrate a surprise birthday at a skating rink in Garland.  It was a family friendly event and the girls love both the birthday girl and the daughter.  Couple that with the fact that they had never been skating and you have two very excited little girls.

I'm fairly certain nothing has changed in this rink since I used to skate here...Kayden very much wanted to try on her own.  She was surprisingly a very good sport about it.  Typically she gets a little freaked out if there is an element she cannot control (skates, ice, water...) but she did great.

Keeley was independent too, but a bit more cautious.

 

 

 

 

 

We had such a great time!

All done!

Kelly and I had decided to use this long weekend as a way to end Killian's nursing.  He's been down to just the morning nursing and I told Kelly that I thought if Kelly were to get up with him 3 days in a row that he would not ask for the nursing again.  Last Saturday, I started talking to Killian about it.  I would tell him every morning that there were not be "momma milk" for much longer and that we were almost done.  He would get really sad and cry every time.  Then, on Thursday, he just didn't ask for it and we skipped it.  We are  now three days in and he seems totally over it.  I was so thankful that I didn't have to force it on him and am so happy to be done!!