LEGO Kidsfest

Ok, for blogging purposes, we are just going to skip right over the end of February and the beginning of March since I do not want to get into the details of sickness, travel, deaths, sleeplessness, teething, and other unpleasantness that I'm sure occurred but either forgot about or simply blocked from my consciousness. So. On to the second half of March!

We ventured to Cincinnati for our very first ever field trip to LEGO Kidsfest. It was a lot of fun and pretty much what I expected - crowded, loud, and lots of LEGOs!!!

Teresa loves the LEGO minifigures (too bad she still puts them in her mouth, otherwise she could actually play with them instead of screaming about wanting to play with them), so she was entertained by the many giant figures they had around the center. She calls them (and pretty much any other thing that has a smiley face on it) "Hi Guys" since when we play with them we pretend they are saying hello or hi to her. As for Sean, he must have just seen something he really had to go check out IMMEDIATELY - no time for pictures!

Lightning McQueen!




This is Creation Nation. They had little tables with buckets of LEGOs where you could build a little something on a baseplate and add it to the nation wherever you wanted.




Here are our contributions.

I just now noticed the big orange Texas Longhorn in this picture - maybe I should hone my skills in making a Leprechaun or interlocking ND for the next LEGO fest!

Sean and Teresa both enjoyed making little cars (well ok Teresa needed a lot of help in making her car) and zooming them down the big ramp.




This was also a favorite spot of Sean's - a real LEGO car you can sit in!




Sean spent a little of his own money to buy an airplane set and a police car set. He had a blast, as did the rest of us. Hopefully next year there will be another one nearby (they don't go to the same city two years in a row).

Counting

I just had to share, this evening Teresa counted to four! Whoa, I was impressed. Our little 18-month-old is showing some brains comparable with her older brother at that age. :)

A real update will come sooner or later, I am still working on our taxes and that is first priority right now for my spare time....

February is here!

Somehow time is just flying by around here.

Jeff brought the old Nintendo home from my parents' house to see if it still works. It does, and Sean loves it!

Super Mario Bros. is still kind of difficult for him. I think I started playing when I was about 8, so he's a bit young yet. He also likes to play Little Big Planet with us in the basement, but only the easiest levels. He doesn't like anything scary or too difficult. It is supposed to be fun after all right? I don't like scary or hard games either!

I gave up on keeping the Legos all sorted out by set and putting them away each night. They just get so much play time, it's easier to leave them out unless we are having people over.




Now that Teresa has pretty much learned not to put them in her mouth, she can play with them too, under adult supervision.




It's rare, but sometimes I do wish we had a dog!




Coming up next, our trip to NY/NJ for a cousin's wedding!

Video test

I have been having trouble using Blogger's video upload, so here is a try on YouTube.



Please leave a comment as to whether it works for you or not - I set it to private so I am not sure. Thanks!

January recap

Wow I have been slacking! Here are a few pictures of January.

We have had a mild winter, as I guess everybody has. We have made it to the park a few times, which was nice.

The park only has one baby swing, which is usually taken, so Teresa ends up in this one. It's too big though, so she says "all done" after a minute or so.

Sean, on the other hand, loves these swings and always chooses this kind. He likes to be pushed really high and I don't think he feels safe on the "regular" swings.

Oh one day this picture is going to make me REALLY sad when I don't have a little hand to hold anymore.

Snack time.

Proof that Teresa likes spaghetti with sauce. At least one time. (Yesterday, she did not like it. Sean also won't eat sauce ever.)

I guess we need to be outside more to claim our territory. One day, a deer bumped its nose on one of our windows! If it had been open I would not have been surprised if he jumped right into the family room. This picture is just outside the front of our house. Who knew ground cover was so tasty?

We did have one or two not-so-mild days....

Personally I am thankful for the mild winter, because Teresa does not last long out there with all the snow gear on. After about fifteen minutes, she has reached her limit. She does not like to wear gloves, then her hands freeze and start hurting, and that's it. Sean, on the other hand, could stay out in the snow for three hours. Luckily with the mild winter I have not really had to deal with this issue!

Ok, so, back to the park since it was 60 the other day.




This is little Miss Shifty Eyes. Actually this picture kind of reminds me of this one I took almost a year ago on a cable car in San Francisco.




So, maybe I will be better about blogging in February, and then again maybe not. I will try....?