3.19 Thomas & Post #251

By Cyndi
April 28, 2014

Yup, this is post #251!!  I am impressed with myself that I have kept this up weekly for almost 4 years now.  It helps me keep photos organized and sorted, otherwise the 15gig per year I take would be a huge mess!

Back to this week ...

We had a great weekend!!  I can't say that lately for most weekends, but we talked up to the kids that we had an adventure day planned on Saturday but didn't tell them where or what we were doing. Honestly, I didn't want to hear "Are we there yet?"  or "Thomas!" ten zillion times on the hour ride to Baltimore.  For those who don't know, Thomas tours the country for all the little people to see.

When we arrived, Zach was not happy with the train sounds and didn't want to see anyone but James or Percy (who weren't there!!).   We immediately went to see Sir Topham Hatt and Tyler was happy but Zach wanted nothing to do with him.  By the time we pottied and got settled, it was time for our 20 min train ride on Thomas, which they had fun with.  They stayed interested as the Baltimore PD (yes POLICE Dept) rode next to the train since it is in a not-so-great area.  T&Z loved seeing the motorcycle!!

We rode the carousel and another little train ride, walked around and said Hi to Sir Topham Hatt again and both fellas were ready to say Hi and we got a great picture!  We even had new trains for the car ride home.  Overall, we survived and it was tons better than other adventures last fall.

In other news, this is how they amused themselves on Sunday!  Who is under the bucket?!?!!

Matt & I are off to Chicago this weekend without the fellas for Michael and Lanie's wedding! Super excited!!!

3.18 What it takes for ONE picture .....

By Cyndi
April 21, 2014

Life has been fairly quiet this week while we trudge through Passover.  I am sick of Passover food, but have ZERO desire to cook anything.  Not a good combo!!

On Sunday, I realized I had zero pictures for the blog so here is what it took to get ONE smiley happy picture ...

It started with the offer of a coveted vitamin, yellow of course.

Yup no interest ... back to chasing each other around the house ... 

Still not interested and this time they fell onto the floor wrestling each other.  Then back up to chasing each other.  So we tried to get them in pjs ....

Thanks Zach for the lovely picture by yourself.  Nope, no vitamin until both of you are smiling together!

15 pictures and around 30 minutes and we finally got one! 

This is honestly an every time affair when I ask for their eyes and smiles!  At least they finally cooperated and yes we did reward them with their vitamin!

3.17 Passover

By Cyndi
April 16, 2014

Happy Passover!!  I feel like it crept up on me without much warning and I hadn't thought much about how we would encourage the fellas to eat Passover food since their current menu at home consists of carbs for breakfast and chicken nuggets, pizza or pbj for dinner.  Seder, while nice company, was absoulte chaos!  These three boys together are just a mad house and barely sat still.  I somehow miss the days of a quiet seder where we all read a paragraph and enjoyed the evening.

The ten plagues masks kept them somewhat busy and very amusing for all of the adults!!  While Tyler was wearing the cow mask (not pictured below), Lincoln said to T, "I am going get milk from your penis."  Sadly, Todd was the only one that heard it live because if the rest of us had heard, we surely would have been laughing hysterically!!

So here we are on night 3 and Tyler has surprised us!  He willingly ate matzo pizza yesterday and pb&j on matzo tonight.  Zach, on the other hand, only picked at the pbj and it took the promise of a cookie for him to even get close to the matzo pizza.

Last weekend was beautiful!  We spent each afternoon outside and hope to do the same this weekend.

Life becomes fairly busy over the next few weeks, in preparation to be in Chicago without the kids for wedding #1, quickly followed by a busy May and wedding #2 the first weekend in June.  Summer plans are shaping up with visitors, fun plans, NJ trip to see my family & ending with a weekend at the beach!! 

3.16 Soccer mom in the making!

By Cyndi
April 7, 2014

It's currently Monday and I can't even tell you what happened last week.  I do remember the weekend, so let's start there.  We made a trip out to a locally owned sporting goods store in search of a decent soccer goal.  I wanted one the fellas could grow into and one that Matt and I could play with also.

We came home with two soccer balls and an 8' by 8' multi-sport net.  Awesome!!!  On Sunday it was in the 60s and sunny so we spent the whole afternoon outside!  Uncle Dave should be proud of their soccer skills!!

After one shot on the goal, they moved onto the other toys from the basement which they haven't seen all winter.  It was so great to be outside!! 

Not pictured:  Cyndi's awesome shots on goal while Matt was goalie!!

This week Matt will be out of town for 2.5 days for an ATC training / conference in Philly, so it's all me.  Following that, Passover starts so between now and next week, we will be quite busy!!

3.15 Five nights alone and everyone survived!

By Cyndi
April 1, 2014

This is not an April Fools Joke .... all of my fellas, including Matt & Meigs, survived me being away 6 days & 5 nights.  Matt did great!  Besides an item or two in the fridge that should have been thrown out before I got home, everyone and everything is in working order!!!

As for me, I am still recovering.  LA, while good to meet some people face to face, was extremely long days, incredibly stressful and left me with more on my plate than less.  I was gone from the hotel from 630a to 8p daily and then had to grab dinner.

I then departed for New Orleans in First Class (thanks to Matt checking that it was only $75 to upgrade with some miles).  I enjoyed myself thoroughly and even got some work done!  NOLA was a great time with some lovely moms of multiples from around the U.S.  I enjoyed a few beverages, tasty food and just a great release from life!