Sick Day

Our family is home sick.  Everyone but Pitty Pat (who is caring for the rest of us) has bronchitis. 

 The boys can't really figure out what's going on, but they are enjoying staying in their PJ's, riding their cars in the living room and eating daddy's chicken noodle soup - thank you Sara, it's delicious!

Hopefully the medicine will kick in soon and we will be on the mend.  

In the meantime, we're enjoying cuddling in our pj's!

High Crime Mugging!

The boys had their friend, Isabella, over this morning for a playdate.  As usual, she came perfectly dressed, with shoes and ribbons to match her outfit.  In addition, she had a beautiful purse filled with her "treasures".  At the end of the playdate the boys finally saw the purse and trouble began!  

Basically, Isabella was mugged in our home.  Patrick and Finnegan chased her up and down the hallway and would not give up.  But, Isabella is a tough cookie and put up one heck of a fight!  

Hmmm...I hope this doesn't mean my boys are going to be the bullies on the playground, beating kids for their lunch money!?!?

Little Things Thursday

As you may know, the boys and I have been going to Storytime at the Library.  It's taken quite a while for them to get acclimated.   For the last few sessions, I have found the trick for Patrick.  When we walk into the room, I give him a sippy cup with apple juice and 2 trains.  He sits in the stroller, happy and a clam, and enjoys the music & stories.  He rarely participates, but that's OK.

Today, the first 10 minutes went as usual, but when it was time to dance, Patrick asked to get up.  PERFECT!  He danced with me and Finnegan.  Yes, he clung close to me.  No, he did not let go of my hand.  But we did DANCE!

After, the kids were in the center of the room, but Patrick was still by my side.  I watched as a larger boy (in a crazy fedora hat, I may add) walked over to Finn and shoved him, knocking him over.  Before I could get to Finn, Patrick was there!  Patrick asked Finn, "Finn Finn OK?" and gave him a big HUG.  

Finnegan was fine, he was not hurt at all.  The only thing that ached was my heart.  Patrick overcame is fear of the large group for his brother, nothing could be sweeter - and I couldn't be more proud.

All Aboard the Birthday Train!

On July 5th we had the Finn and Patrick's 2nd Birthday Party at the Charlotte Trolley Museum.  Since the boys are so into trains these days, we thought it would be a perfect location.  Inside the museum was an actually trolley that all the kids could play on.

To entertain the boys and their friends, we had train tables set up, cardboard trains & conductor hats for them to wear, stickers, train whistles and lots of sweets!

  

After the party was over, we all got on a special trolley ride through downtown Charlotte - it was a blast!!  The boys got to visit the conductor and while Patrick cuddled up with his daddy and took it all in, Finnegan acted like a big boy and sat very proudly by himself.

   

  

It was a great day.  Gill and I loved seeing our boys so happy.

Happy Birthday Patrick, Finn and AMERICA!!

On July 4th we celebrated the boys' second Birthday.  It was a day filled with family activities and just perfect!  

We were thrilled to have our parents in town for the special occasion, plus Aunt Suzy came in from Milan!

We started the morning off with a delicious pancake breakfast that Gill made for all of us.  Patrick had 5 helpings of pancakes (if you're counting, that's 15 in total) and Finnegan ate about a pint of strawberries!

After our birthday breakfast we headed over to the YMCA waterpark.  The boys had a blast!  Finn loved going down the whale waterslide while Patrick had a great time just walking around the pool with his daddy.  

The boys were both intimidated by the large sprayground, but once the lifeguards turned it off, 

Patrick loved splashing in the puddles.

Our day ended with a July 4th BBQ complete with patriotic cupcakes for the boys.

Birthday Movie!

We made a special Birthday Video to play at the boys' birthday party this weekend and then I forgot to show it. Ooops!  We had a wonderful weekend and I will post all the fun in the next couple of days, in the meantime, enjoy the movie! 

Little Things Thursday

Sometimes even little boys like to play dress up!

Patrick loves to put on our shoes while Finn likes to put on hats - the bigger the better!

  

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