It's springtime in February and we are soaking it up.
I've had this lovely, wholesome evening with my children that I just need to share with you all. Our activity for the night? Going to the carwash, where Jack and Ivy helped to vacuum out the van by running around inside of it. Then we took it through the automatic wash and it was hilarious to watch Ivy's face change from apprehension to awe to delight as she got used to the onslaught of water and foam. Jack helpfully pointed out to her exactly when the water would hit her window, insisting that she "LOOK! LOOK!" each time. It was a noisy time in our car, for sure.
When we got home it was just too darn lovely out to stay in the house, even for a minute. We tromped right through and spent some time in our backyard. The dog ran and jumped and generally obstructed our games of hide-and-seek and tag, and Ivy wanted to swing instead of playing so I had to keep running back to push her some more....it was delightful.
Inside for supper and the kids wanted to stay in the kitchen while I cooked. So out came paper, markers, glue, and little bowls of random small items. The two of them sat and crafted while I made dinner. I actually had to pull them away from their coloring to get them to the table...where both of them actually ate.
I felt good about tonight, like it was a nice, well-rounded evening. I also managed to get both kiddos tucked in by 8:30, which also helps. I did not, however, take any pictures. So here are a few from Sunday instead.
The kids and I went swimming in the morning, which may just be a new weekend tradition, it is such fun. On the way home we enjoyed another stunning, spring-like day with some dancing in a garden bed at Eton place.
They are two of the funniest people I know.
Jack went to a Planetarium show on Saturday, "Cosmic Collisions", and now enjoys talking about the earth's electrical field, solar flares, and what happens when two space rocks "klurnk" into each other.
Ivy adds new words to her lexicon by the moment. Recent additions include: Cookie, tights, dots, puppy, nice, cute, moshe (more, of course), wet, owie, lap, nap (as in,"doggie nap!")... I could go on! She is stringing words together more and more. Today she happily said "Goodnight poop!!" as we disposed of a diaper. She is a true comedian and the sunniest of little girls, too, just the happiest thing, almost all of the time.
That is, unless she is screeching at the dog for licking her. Or at her brother for taking a toy.....
Tonight I read to both kids up in Jack's room in an effort to get our worn-out little boy to bed a bit earlier. It worked out fine but I did regret the decision several times as I tried to read a book to my snuggly boy while live-wire-the-sister got into stuff around the room and demanded my attention in any way she could manage. But it was all worth it when I tucked Jack in and he excitedly called Ivy over to snuggle in for a good night cuddle, too. And he just wrapped his arms around her and seemed so happy to have his sister in there, saying goodnight to him. It was perfect. Until Ivy started flailing and screeching and I had to extricate her from the bed. Jack didn't get his nice, long mommy-snuggle... but that didn't keep him from going to bed perfectly, about an hour earlier than normal. So we may be trying this bedtime arrangement again sometime...
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