We've been busy for the past few days, especially since the boys are finally feeling better (knock on wood) and it was Memorial Day Weekend. Saturday it rained and was freezing cold. I had to turn the heat on in the house because it was so darn chilly and raw. Gross way to start the weekend that supposedly kicks off summer!!! We had breakfast at Brianna's with my dad--it was his birthday--Happy Belated Birthday, Dad! Then we headed home because our former neighbor from Watertown was doing some electrical work for us. We finally installed ceiling fans in the three bedrooms, put overhead fixtures in the living room, changed out the light fixtures in the hallway, and fixed the plug for the AC in the boys' bedroom. (It wouldn't support the voltage without an adjustment.) It took the electrician and Carlos ALL DAY LONG. I left the house around 11 so the boys could nap and then had a birthday party to take them to from 1-3. They don't nap well in the car these days so they were pretty tired when we arrived at the party. But they were good overall. They at pizza and chocolate chip cookies and fist bumped everyone around them at the party. I was worried they'd be too much to handle on my own in someone's house, but they were fine.
Sunday we went to my dad's in Hull. It was the first time I'd seen the house since he remodeled the kitchen and added on. It looks great! They boys were fairly good, but it's just chaotic to have them anywhere with people around! They are always underfoot!! The highlight of their day was probably climbing on my dad's Adirondack chairs...
After two days of interrupted, lousy naps, the boys were exhausted. We vowed to let them nap at home on Monday. We went to Savers first thing at 9AM when they opened and cleaned house on clothes for the boys. They were having a great 50% off sale and I bought a bunch of 2T shirts, pants, and shorts. I love that store for used kids clothes! They usually also have good books for kids. Got a few of those too! I manage to only buy good brand name stuff there (I never buy Circo, Cherokee, or other Target brands used because I can get higher quality stuff for cheaper than those brands new!): Gap, Children's Place, Gymboree, Ralph Lauren, to name a few. After Savers we hit BJs to load up on diapers and wipes and summer BBQ essentials. Then home for naps! Those boys were exhausted--they slept almost 2.5 hours each.
After naps we loaded up our "new"(used) bike trailer from Craig's List and our bikes and headed to Borderland State Park in Easton. The boys have their cute little helmets and looked adorable in the trailer. Unfortunately, I didn't take a single photo because Sebastian was screaming the entire time he was in the trailer! He hates movement and motion lately--he cries a lot in the car, hates escalators and elevators, and now this...no bike trailer for him! We rode for about 5 minutes with him screaming the whole time before we gave up and went back to the car. Adrian loved it, by the way...! Anyway there were just too many people for it to be enjoyable given the amazing weather after three days of gloom and rain, and I was too embarrassed to have everyone hear him screaming. I guess we'll have to ease him into is slowly by going around the neighborhood with him in the trailer. Maybe it was a good thing he couldn't take it--I was pulling the trailer, and if you calculate that each boy is about 25 pounds, plus probably another 10 for the trailer (at least), I was pulling a lot of weight and am very out of shape. My legs were burning after 5 minutes of off-road (unpaved roads with lots of loose dirt and rocks) biking!!! Yikes. I really need to get on my bike and get in shape!
On an unrelated note, the boys turned 18 months on Saturday. Wow. That is a big one in my mind. So here are some milestones. Sebastian now says "papa" and boy does he say it all the time! He's said "mama" to me before, but only once when he was mad and wanted my attention. He says car every other word. Everything is a car, including a truck, bus, or actual car. He continues to say "ca-ca" for cracker, and "pee" for please (I didn't hear this one--they told me he said it at daycare). He also waved and said "bye-bye" the other day but won't repeat it. He can also say "mine." If you ask him a question he will now nod yes or shake his head no. Adrian doesn't have as many new words, but he was saying more than Sebastian from the start so they are now about even. He says, "no no no no no" a lot, which is cute. He also nods yes or shakes his head no, but much less often than Sebastian, who seems to have stronger opinions about things! (Big surprise...)
The boys LOVE to cage fight in their pack and play. If you put them in there they don't want to come out! They roll around and roll on top of each other and basically wrestle. It's funny to watch, but I can no longer leave them in there alone at all because they will pull each other's hair, poke each other's eyes, or try to strangle each other. They play hide and seek with each other and genuinely seem to enjoy being around each other and interacting. I love to see that they seek each other out. Both boys give fist bumps and high fives. Sebastian is in love with fist bumping and will do it to anyone--even Adrian. Sometimes Adrian leaves him hanging, but he often will reciprocate.
Adrian has this thing where he just crouches down and hits the floor with his fist. It's like his way of announcing that he's there or wants attention. And he's always very very busy pushing his Home Depot Tool Truck, Music Truck or the school bus with whatever toys he can stuff in the top.
Love these boys...they are more and more fun by the day. I love how interactive they are suddenly.
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