Memorial Day Weekend

Wow, what a busy weekend. Saturday we went to a BBQ at the Bacons, where Trent got to hang with Ben and Otto. Three boys all within 7 months of age... oh my.

Monday we took the kids to the big rock... err... Stone Mountain. We took the gondola up to the summit. Here is Trent enjoying the view.



We all got to walk around on the top.




And we got to see the view. And quite a bit of smog! It was a smog alert day. We went outside anyway. (Whistling) That's downtown and midtown Atlanta to the left and Buckhead to the right. (Try to lean forward towards the screen and squint to see through the smog.)


Afterwards we had a picnic lunch at the children's play area. Check out that play structure!




We went home after lunch. It was hot and the kids were tired.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Laine!

Laine is now two! AAA, I AM OLD! (Why are you snickering mom?)

This means I can officially blame her behavior on her age and not on other things... like plain old stubbornness. I did get a "no" from her today when I told her to pick up her jacket. She put it on the ground when I wouldn't carry it for her. (I was already carrying my jacket, my work bag, their school bag, and Trent in the car seat.)

On the plus side she has been acting like a typical two year old for a couple months now so I am thinking that not much will change.

Have I mentioned that Trent and Laine love each other? Laine was taking a bath last night and I had Trent sitting up playing with blocks in the bathroom. Trent kept whining. I couldn't figure out why. He started lifting his arms, so I picked him up and put him on my lap. He very quickly leaned towards the tub, got a hold of the edge, then pulled himself up so that he could see Laine. The two of them then proceeded to giggle and laugh and exchange tub toys back and forth. It was amazingly cute.

Tonight was Trent's bath night and Laine was kind enough to get Trent's head all wet by dipping the washcloth in the water then holding it over his head. He didn't mind. He was busy playing with the tub toys that Laine given to him.

Aquarium

"Gree," "Grump/Papa," Dada, Mama, Laine, and Trent all went to the aquarium today. The kids had a blast. Even though they skipped their nap, there were no melt downs, no whining, and no back-talking.

Trent was in awe of the big fish. (Look at his face in the reflection.)




Laine was in love with the little fish. Her favorite room was the wave pool in the tropical reef exhibit.




She really likes the river otters. She called them water kitties. Well, her exact words were "meow water." We knew what she meant.



The touch pools were a big hit as well.

Excellent progress

To my surprise, Trent did not refuse to eat dinner. He even opened his mouth as the spoon came! I gave up on trying to feed him rice cereal. He decided that he likes oatmeal cereal with the fruit already in it. While I am not doing the traditional veggies before fruit... well hell... at least he ate something finally!

Trent now freely rolls from his front to his back and his back to his front. Couple that with his love of grabbing onto things, is the perfect recipe for baby wraps. Yup, he grabs onto the blanket he is on, rolls, and wraps it right around himself. He just leaves his little legs poking out. He finds this to be quite entertaining.