Family Trip

It has been a pretty long weekend for us over here. Valentine's weekend is always the busiest time for me at work. Lots of love shown from couples through various services. Prior to that, we were all in Chicago. Joe had work, so we all accompanied him to test it out. It was too cold to explore, so we hung around the hotel and enjoyed the view and pool. The drive filled up the time between the short trip.

Monday, was president's day, a holiday for Joe. We took advantage of the lowered fees at the Children's Museum, as did many others. It was crowded, naturally, but not overly bad. Lucian seemed to have a grand old time exploring the different areas. That place is huge, so we did not run out of activities. He never seizes to amaze me with his creativity. I must say, I enjoyed it quite a bit myself. I may have been spotted playing dinosaurs with a group of kiddos and ordering food in the Chinese influenced exhibit. I even raced Lucian down the chocolate slide. He won, of course. Even Apollo was overly stimulated by the whole affair. Unfortunately, he passed out before we found the 5 and under area that would have been most appropriate for his individual skills. Perhaps next time. We will be considering a membership so we can go whenever we would like to (it's not terribly far and has free parking!) and hopefully not be as crowded. Plus, less likely to have sick kids around. Lucian is sick today and I can't help but wonder if that was why. Hopefully on the upswing from here.

Current Lucian Likes: Mario Bros., video games, pizza rolls
Current Apollo Likes: Flying like an airplane, books, being held constantly.

Springs A Comin'!

Welcome 2016!

With new years comes new adventures. I'm happy ours will start in a new town and a new condo. We are still not finished unpacking, but we are completely moved our of the previous house. We are slowly but surely going through boxes and bins. I may even have a couch in my future (wink wink). But everyone seems pretty happy and that is what is important. 

Lately, we have been utilizing the stairs. They are creaky and loud and wonderful for dropping balls down. Of course, we have every type of ball imaginable. I can't wait to unearth our giant slinky. Hours of fun for Mama if no one else. Apollo has been hopping up the stairs (with assistance of course). He loves to be upright in the standing position. I make sure he walks a little every day. Sometimes hops. It is so stinking adorable seeing him hop around like a bunny rabbit with a big ole grin on his face. He also enjoys playing airplane, reading, and talking. 

Lucian has been inventing games that involve tossing balls down the stairs. Poor Burnie has been in the line of fire multiple times already. He does seem to enjoy chasing bouncy balls. Lucian also likes to play Mario and Luigi games. They are plush. He comes up with full on creative scenarios and games. It really is quite impressive. We even involve Koopa,Yoshi, and the red mushroom I crocheted him for the holidays. I'm sure more will be made in the near future (add to my craft queue). Lucian has recently gotten a Wii from Grammy. His dream has completely come true when he received super mario maker. He has been obsessed with this game for awhile now. He has seem many a video via youtube. It has paid off. I thought the game would be too difficult, but I was wrong. He has moments of frustration, but it very creative and imaginative. He can play better than me for sure. I can't wait to see what levels he will come up with next. 

In the meantime, we will continue unpacking, carrying around Apollo for hours, and continue building the knex big ball factory that I unveiled from my childhood. It's been fun blasting into the past with some of my found childhood toys from storage. Pink legos is a plus. But maybe not so much with Barbie. I wasn't expecting to whip knex out for a few more years, but Lucian noticed the boxes and insisted I build it for him. Poor me!