Silliness has set in. We decided we would ALL get dressed today. I couldn't resist getting this picture of Thomas sleeping....I saw a cute little double chin!

Science Museum in Boston

The first picture shows the boys playing at the water table in the Museum of Science. We spent the day there (once we found it!) with a couple of the boy's friends, Isabelle, Lillian and Chloe. The next pictures are at the Bubbleology table. I love Nathan's goggles perched on his almost non-existent nose. The last picture shows the boys with Isabelle checking out the Charles River (or is it the harbor?) from the Discovery room.

By Request...

FYI, Tommy is in the red coat with the sky blue helmet, and Nate is in the green coat with the sky blue helmet.

Thomas loves to paint pictures! Nathan does too except that Nathan spends more time mixing the paints together on his plate. Picture #2 shows Angelala (Nathan's rendition) playing blocks with the boys. We went to see Jennie in Boston. The boys and I love to see her! Thomas was giving her the sweetest smiles while riding on the walker. They wheeled each other around in her apartment while we visited. Just as we were leaving, the hostess lady who also mans the little shop was getting there so Jennie introduced us. She told the boys to come into the shop and choose a "little something" for the ride home. They came out with large Hershey bars and bags of cheesits (is this how you spell it?).

Children's Museum in Acton

We visited the Children's museum in Acton. It's an old house with three stories of rooms each with a specific activity in it. The first picture shows Nathan doing a wall puzzle. Nathan, who has been my "neat" kid since the beginning couldn't resist picking the pieces up and putting them back where they belonged. There was a little dark area in the attic with a low table that had a fine layer of sand with a fluorescent light behind it. The boys used combs to make designs in the sand. The next picture shows Nathan in the cockpit of a boat. I love his grin. They had a kitchen with booths for serving food to customers. Thomas has an apron on, not a kilt. The water table was something we had to go back to again. They would play in my dishpan every night if I let them! The boys were very good at the museum, obeying and staying with me. I enjoy taking them out.

Thomas' favorite expression right now: I need a little something.

A New Cousin!

The first two pictures were taken at the hospital. Thomas and Nathan very happily welcomed their new cousin, Benjamin into the world. Benjamin is a beautiful baby with incredibly kissable cheeks. Picture 3 and 4 are after Benjamin went home. I love the picture of him in his basket as it reminded me of Nathan sleeping in his basket the first several weeks of his life at home!

Here is a few cute tidbits from the last several weeks that I've kept a note of.

In January, Thomas found the baby monitor speaker downstairs in our hutch drawer. He took it out and showed to me telling me that it was for Lillian sleeping. I couldn't believe he remembered this as we had used it for that very reason when baby Lillian was visiting at the beginning of December. I guess it surprised me as I didn't know he was listening or paying any attention when Sara and I set it up over a month ago!

One afternoon I was laying down with Thomas who was not going to sleep. Finally I said, why aren't you sleeping? He told me "my eyes still working"! Too cute.

We were in the kitchen and I was putting dishes away. I knocked down a bunch of plastic cups and Nathan said "oh, dear" and Thomas said "you scared me!" It cracks me up when they use my phrases. When something bad happens like they spill something, I find myself saying, "this is not good" I guess I say this in place of saying you're bad or this is bad. Thomas now says "this is not good" whenever things aren't going as he expected. I have to smile when I hear him say this. Thomas' Dad was setting them up on top of our cabinets and Thomas clearly told him he didn't want to go up there because it was "dangerous". A big word for such a little kid and no one else was saying that then so he came up with that on his own.

We were driving over to Albany and saw a bunch of diggers lined up by the road. I said to Thomas, "cool!" and I heard him in the back going "cold!". I guess he took my slang literally.

Thomas asked my Mom if her coffee was hot and she said no. So he asked "is it warm?" He is getting the concepts!

When we were driving home from Albany, Thomas said, "Mommy, my bugger all gone." I said, "where is it?" (thinking he had wiped it on something". He said, "In my belly". I said "that's gross!" and he said "I want it!" We definitely need to curtail the bugger eating!!!

Grandma and Grandpa come to visit