Evelyn is patiently waiting for Uncle Pat's birthday cake at the empty table until everyone was ready.  She didn't want to miss it.  She enjoyed every bite then after her shower she tried to convince me that she hadn't really wanted it so she should be entitled to another treat - a chocolate treat.

The Musium

Today was a great day to go to the museum. They ended up doing a reading of Evelyn and William's favorite book "Go Dog Go" See William below sitting mesmerized on my lap (I just need to figure out how to turn the photo)...

The two dogs that did the reading

Even mom got into the spirit of the museum of play! Go Mom Go!

I sat out the merry go round this time how everyone else had a great time even if they got dizzy!

The car adventure

Today driving home from work I was driving away and my car decided to just stop working.  The engine just decided to turn itself off and I could not convince it to start again.  I eventually gave up and coasted to a stop - thankfully I had already gotten off of 490 and was pretty close to home when it happened.  we pulled over to the side of the road and I called J to come and get us.  Evelyn was in the back getting a little panicky and wanted to get out of the car, though she calmed down a little bit after talking (and me convincing her that the car was not in fact going to catch on fire).  She still was a little nervous and was re-leaved and excited to be in daddy's new car.  William on the meanwhile was getting very cranky and hungry thankfully that waited until I put him in daddy's car.

After J pulled up and was getting Evelyn's car seat in his car a nice gentleman pulled over to see if we needed help.  (he was an off duty law enforcement official - which explains why he stopped).  He asked me a few questions which i deferred to J and told him I really just wanted to get the kids home.  Still I wish I had gotten his name...

After getting home it was a rough evening of Evelyn being a little wound up and William being a little cranky.  I was just getting William down when Grandpa showed up to help.  He thought she was on a sugar high until i told him that she was on a Grandpa high.  it took her some time to calm down though she did enjoy Grandpa reading to her.  her first book was "Go Dog Go" he was three pages in when she said "Wait, I want to show you something".  She searched the book until she found this page

pointed to the broken car and said "this is mommy's car"!

Yup that makes the day almost worth it...

So begins an obsession

Mom had the great idea of going to the play "Go Dog Go" at the JCC.  The kids had not been exposed to the book and since we were there I went ahead and got it for them.  Mom read the book to Evelyn to keep her occupied while we waited for the play to start as I chased William around the theater.

William is ready to go complete with snack.  After running around I kept him still and in his seat with a snack.  After the play started he didn't need the snack to sit still.

Evelyn and her favorite dog the "Princess dog"

William however did not want his picture taken with a dog...

We all enjoyed the play and have already read go dog go 10 times!

Evelyn's songs "Thomas My Bed" and "The Easter Bunny Song"

Climbing

William is getting more advanced and daring in his climbing.  Today he pushed a chair up to tthe counter top, climb up said chair, stand on said chair, climb up onto the counter top, army crawl across the counter, grab a banana, reverse crawl back to the edge, down to the chair where he sat and proceeded to peel and eat the whole banana.  Boy am I glad that dad was there to watch.  and yet I wish he had stopped him from climbing on the counter...

day three

Today did not go as well as Monday or Tuesday but I guess I was due especially after the crying fit William had in the middle of the night last night. he woke up at 9:30 and I managed to get him back to sleep he woke up again at midnight and I didn't have as easy of a time getting him back down.