Mini's House

Last Monday, we went to Mini's house to play.  As usual, the boys got right to work playing.  Mini had moved the Fisher Price toys out onto the porch.  

Sebastian has a John Deere hat on, but he was so proud when he got out of the car to show Mini his "Mexico" hat.  It looks similar to Papa's Mexico hat...we played along because he was so happy to have a hat that was "the same" as Papa's.  

Some scenes from the town...

Sebastian is in the crib for a time out.  Mama's in the background watching TV.

 They call this one Nick because he wears a hat like Nick's!

After playing, the boys had some cheesecake Mini made.  Adi went at it with a fork all by himself.  He devoured the whole piece--and part of Papa's too!

Then we played ball.  The boys enjoyed throwing the ball into Mini's tree branches.

When we got home, Adi cooked me dinner.

This week one of my favorite images was Adi mowing the rug with his mittens and his Mickey hat on.

I had to snap a shot of Adi's curls...they will get a hair cut from Maria on June 10.

Yesterday I came home to find the boys outside with Natalie.  You can hardly tell in the picture, but Tony, our neighbor, was out mowing.  So Adi was mowing our lawn, too.  They both also like to imitate Papa when he mows the lawn.

Adi has been enjoying the car...He figured out how to push the pedal and make it go right away.  For some reason, Sebastian cannot do it.  He just can't figure it out.  I'm surprised since he usually picks up new things right away.

 Poor Sebastian watching Adi fly by...

Today we had an afternoon playdate with their NICU twin friends Max and Mikey.  These boys have a good time together.  We met at a park near Milton/Dorchester and had a great time!

And now I'm pooped!  Busy day tomorrow, too.  We were at the park for two hours today with the four boys.  Hopefully they will sleep soundly tonight!

As an aside, the other night while taking a walk while the boys were in bed, I snapped these photos of the house.  For no particular reason!  We haven't done anything to the yard except plant the garden.  It just looked so green and the lawn was freshly mowed!

 And here's my garden.  I had just trimmed a bunch of leaves.  Look at the size of the broccoli and cauliflower!  Finally, one of the broccoli plants has a head.  The others are all just leaves.

And this is the one with the spinach, chard, and kale.

On another note, last year I bought a blueberry bush at BJs.  I thought it had died.  But it looks pretty good this year--it just flowered.  Maybe someday we'll actually have blueberries?

Summer Adventures List

I plan on adding and adding and adding to this list!  :-)

1. Go to beach in Hull often
2. Swim in Mini's pool
3. Watch Season 4 of Downton Abbey
4. Re-watch LOST
5. Bike trailer to Cape Cod Rail Trail, Esplanade
6. Hit every playground in surrounding towns. 
7. Splash pads: Hyde park, Plymouth, Boston
8. See the animals at Blue Hills
9. Visit Harvard
10. Use Milton gym on rainy days
11. Buttonwood Zoo
12. Sheep Pasture
13. Water table and sprinkler
14. Make PVC car wash
15. Potty Train!
16. Davis Farmland
17. Providence Children's Museum 
18. Visit Papa at work
19. Visit Baby James
20. Walk the walls at BSU
21. Heritage Museum and Gardens

Memorial Day Weekend and Happy Birthday, Grumpy!

First off, I made Paleo Chocolate Chip cookies the other day that were delicious.  Even the boys ate them (at least when they were warm.  The next day they ate the chips and spit the rest out.).  I'd make these again (recipe here).  Next time I'm going to replace the coconut with oatmeal and just see what happens.

Saturday there was no music class so we didn't even have to feel bad about skipping it. :-)  We picked up some stuff at Target and then headed to the Salvation Army in Bridgewater for their monthly 50% off sale.  I picked up a Melissa & Doug latch board for just a few bucks.  It was in good shape.  Also found some books and some clothes, but didn't buy much.

 In the afternoon, I was alone with the boys so we checked out a new (to us) playground in Easton.  They boys loved it, but it was FILTHY, and there were other people there that were super NACO.  (means tacky or kind of like "redneck" in Mexico)  So we left and went to Hansen's Farm to see the animals and have ice cream.  The boys were really good.  There was one moment, though, when Adrian started to run away, and I yelled out his name.  A cow let out a really really loud "MOOOOOOOOOO" as if to help me--she was, in fact, watching the whole scene unfold--and it scared the boys.  She totally yelled at Adrian for me, and it worked!  I have never loved a cow more, even though she was covered in cow poop and flies.  Poor cow.

After the animals, we had frappes.  I had coffee and the boys shared an oreo cookie frappe.  They *LOVED* it.  Sorry for the extreme amount of pictures of the same things.  I love their expressions in ALL of them.

Apparently the cold in ice cream makes Adi close one eye as he drinks it....

The sugar in the ice cream at 4pm wound them all up and they were awful for me at bedtime.  They are usually pretty good, especially when I'm alone, so it always throws me when they are bad.  They just wanted to run and scream and splash bath water all over...But when they went down, they were fine and slept immediately.

Today is Grumpy's birthday so we invited him over after nap time.  He went with us to Borderland State Park in Easton to try to tire out the boys.  First we went to see the "agua."  They were fascinated with it and didn't want to leave.

 I love how the sky is reflected in the water in this photo.  It was a gorgeous afternoon.

After looking at the agua, we played ball for a bit under the trees by the mansion.

Then we went home and we cooked grilled salmon and cauliflower and a salad (with homegrown greens) for my dad.  

I'm pooped, and glad to have tomorrow off, too!