Tots and Technology

Another little wizard?

 

 

Sloan is 20 months

Sloan has enough words in his vocabulary to carry on a little conversation with Daddy when he calls from California.  It typically goes something like this:

Daddy:  Hi Sloan!
Sloan:  Hiiiii

D:  How are you?
S:  Doot

D:  Who is there with you?
S:  Mo-Mo (Marin), Mama, Parkey (Parker)

D:  Are you having fun?
S:  Uh-huh.

D:  I love you, Buddy.
S:  Ovvv ou!

S:  Bye.

We have been keeping a list because we were curious how many words he knows and we came up with almost 100!  Marin teaches him so much and he wants to mimic everything she says!  It's amazing how much he knows and understands for being such a little guy. 

Feeling Better

Just two days after being on antibiotics, Marin was back to her spunky little self.
Some lovies arrived in the mail and made her day.  Soon, there will be no room for her in her bed!
 

 

 

 

 

 

Thirty Something

My mini-me singing 'Appo Bufday do mommy'.

Jason took the day off of work AND arranged to have a sitter come over so that we could sneak out to a movie.  (Best gift ever!!)  This was such a treat…even if we did have to go to a Sci-Fi thriller.  :o
By the time we got back, Sloan's eyes were full of matter (pink eye) and Marin was hacking beyond belief.  We buzzed to the doctor to learn that Marin indeed had pneumonia and Sloan had pink eye AND an ear infection.  Both kids ended up on antibiotics--their first time!
Happy Birthday to me…everyone is finally on the mend and sleeping through the night!  (Second best gift--sleep!)

Birthday Girl

Marin has always been our little morning bird…happiest right when she blasts out of her room.
Normally, she has to stay in her room until she sees a '7' on her clock, but today she was especially excited because we told her she could come out on a '6' if she was up!

Hello, 6:01 a.m.  I am FIVE!!!!

Let's get to it!

A new book…squeal!

A new lovie….squeeze!

A new watch…swoon!  Have I mentioned that she is obsessed with time?

Sloan is not an early morning bird…he likes to roll out around 8:00 a.m.
He joined the party about two cups of coffee later.

Typical boy…let's sit on the balloon!

More squealing with balloon delight!

Later that morning, Marin wanted to go to her favorite park that has two donkeys, Poco and Amigo.

 

 

Frisbee with Daddy.

Giving advice.

More presents back at home.  

Zingo! 

 

More treats and wishes for the birthday girl!

 

Later in the afternoon, Marin ended up spiking a fever--103*, so we buzzed over to Urgent Care before it closed (Sunday).  The doctor suspected pneumonia, but her chest x-ray came back clear which was a relief at the time, but the pneumonia showed up two days later when we went back to the doctor.  Poor little birthday girl.  

A Party, a Piñata and a Fish

More piñata fun as everyone scrambles for the goodies.
 

Sara, Trudy, Amy…and the only picture that I have of Jason from the whole day.

Jocelyn, Marin & Olivia…stairsteps!  Almost 4, 5 and 7.

At our house after the pool, Trudy, Jeff and Oliver give Marin her first fish, Rainbow!
Trudy is giving Marin all of the 'how to' instructions.

Over the moon with excitement!

So Trudy...

Getting Rainbow all set up in her new bowl.
That was exciting for about 2 minutes and then Marin remembered there were MORE presents!

 

 

Jeff loves Sloan and Sloan loves 'efffff'.

She was so sad that Oliver had to leave.

But then she realized there was more cake, presents and her 'real' birthday the next day.

Rainbow cupcakes.

This spunky little girl makes us laugh every day!  

Happy Birthday, Goosey!  Tomorrow is your day.