sharing is caring

Daddy is so nice to share his banana.

popcorn popper

Bennett is using his popcorn popper!  He started showing interest a couple of days ago.  He drags it backwards mostly for now but it has become one of his top play toys.

mac n cheese dinner

We are trying to get Bennett to eat off a plate now during meals.  We have been putting his food on the high chair tray up to this point.  We figure it's about time we train the animal to eat like a human but Bennett had different ideas.  His mac n cheese dinner went no where in his belly because apparently the bib looked more appetizing. 

"first" haircut

Bennett's hair has grown past the point of trimming.  We made an appointment to take care of his hair situation with my hair dresser Allison.  Bennett already got his first haircut but this time still counts as a first because it was done by a professional.  Al is the best and did a really good job with Bennett's do.  He behaved really well but had a hard time sitting still.

Al gave Bennett her phone to help keep him planted.  

One last picture of the mohawk before it gets a trim.

Bennett gets antsy.  He gets a lollipop.  We are so eager to please.

I am thankful Al had some lollipops around because Bennett was so good during the second half of his haircut.  He was not happy when we took it away once Al was finished.   

Bennett brought home a certificate from Al.  He is a cool kid now.  Great job Bennett.  You sure look a lot more grown up with your new hair cut. 

using the fork

I have been trying to teach Bennett how to use utensils this week.  He has been eating mostly off the high chair tray using his fingers up to this point.  I wanted to teach him some manners.  He eats like an animal.  I had a nightmare he was thirty and was still eating this way.

So, this morning we introduced the fork.  I think he did pretty well.  Hopefully he will figure out how to fork things on his own in a few weeks.

bubbles

Jeanne had the bubble machine going at daycare.  What is this?  What is bubble?

Do I like bubbles?

I love bubbles!  Give me more bubbles PLEASE.

tent

Bennett's favorite game.  Climb under a blanket with daddy and hide from mommy.  Laugh hilariously when mom grabs me suddenly from outside the tent.

Someone has been breaking the rules.  We don't climb on top of the blanket! 

Or, maybe we are playing a new game and we just don't know it.

sunday funday with the sylvesters

This morning was so relaxing.  It was nothing but pajamas, food and movies for the kiddos.  We watched Despicable Me 2 to start.

Bennett and Kaitlin got some snuggle time in between breakfast and Frozen, which is Ali's favorite.

Ali knows all of the songs and loves to dance along to them while watching the movie.  It is adorable.

With a couple of hours to kill before heading to Wegmans for lunch, we played and played and played.

Kaitlin is an amazing baby.  She never cried once the entire weekend.  She is a little copy of Linda.  

Bennett is not to be disturbed.  Not even for a picture.

Thanks for coming to see us.  We had a wonderful time.  We miss you guys so much.

weekend fun with the sylvesters

Today we are going to the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT.  We have the Sylvesters with us because they are here visiting for the weekend.  We are so excited they are here!  It's going to be a really nice day out so we ate a big breakfast, packed into the pathfinder and got on our way.  We got there around noon.  It was packed.  Almost every parking space was taken.  I guess everyone had the same idea as us.  Look who we ran into at the entrance.

We started by visiting the Titanic exhibit they had set up.  It was devoted to educating everyone about the ship and it's wreckage.   I learned an interesting fact about the ship I didn't know.  It was never "Christened."  Meaning a bottle of champagne was never broken over the hull of the ship.  And, it's bad luck.  It's really impressive how large the ship was for the time and sad how all of those people died. We couldn't pass up this amazing photo opportunity.

 We wondered over to the sting ray touch pool.  I thought Ali would be excited to touch some sting rays but she was not very interested, so we didn't hang around for long.  After all, the main exhibit was next on our agenda.

There was so much to see here.  Starting with these two tanks.  They had artwork from a local artist inside.  He made the glass structures inside these tanks.  

I was impressed with their jelly fish exhibit.  They had quite a few different kinds.

The giant squid in this tank was most impressive.

Bennett was having fun running around.

Seahorses are so neat!

Anableps sees well both above and below the water because, over time, its ancestors evolved eyes with a two-fold function. 

We decided to check out the sea lion show next.  We watched Coco, Surfer and Safari swim, jump out of the water, dance on their flippers, stand up on their flippers and teach us the difference between seals and sea lions.  

Safari was jumping for that rope hanging from the ceiling but all I caught was her splash.

After enjoying the show we headed outside to grab a snack and check out the outdoor exhibits.  We found a bench to enjoy our snack and let Bennett wonder a little.  So, of course he finds an outlet! What are the chances?  He headed straight for the thing.  Thankfully it was covered.  

The remainder of the time we spent outside checking out the beluga whales, the penguins and the seals.  We were thankful to have such great weather. 

It was a wonderful trip but we were ready to get home after a few hours.  We all enjoyed nice naps on the way home thanks to Nick.  I hope to come back here soon and visit some of the shops.  There were a lot of them in the area.