Carnegie Museum Trip

We went to the museum with Grammie M and Granpapa a couple weeks ago. It was a really nice evening. We had a quick dinner here, then walked over to the museum. It was great for the kids. The museum was almost empty so we kind of had the run of the place. I had been hoping to show Caleb the new T-Rex but that area still isn't open yet. The kids still had fun running around and looking at the other dinosaurs though. It had been a while since the grandparents had been to the museum so I think they liked seeing all the changes.

After the dinosaurs, we went up to the animal exhibits (a favorite part to see). Both my dad and I remember coming to the museum as college students to draw from the animals. Caleb loved checking out the animals and was even able to name the Jaguar- I was impressed because I can get the various spotted big cats mixed up sometimes. Sadie seemed to just love running around, carrying bear and climbing on whatever things she could find.

But they did get tired and we made our way back home. The monkeys happily went to bed and we're still hearing Caleb talk about the museum with Grammie M and Grandpapa and the dinosaurs.

Potatoes and Teapots

Sadie

While fixing lunch this afternoon, I happened to look down to see Sadie chewing on a raw potato that she had dug out. She hadn't gotten too much of it, just some nice teeth marks. Later she saw it sitting on the counter and said "apple" so I guess that's why she tried to eat it.

Caleb

This evening, Andy took Caleb and Sadie for a walk in Squirrel Hill while I worked out. They did a bit of window shopping while they were walking around. At one store Caleb looked in the window and saw "a soccer ball for tea" referring to the black and white spotted teapot.

Caleb and the Guitar

Just had to post this real quick this afternoon. Caleb and Sadie really love my guitar and today Caleb got it from my room and I found him sitting on the futon playing and singing Old MacDonald. Of course, I grabbed the camera and got to record his next number "the Wheels on the Bus." It was a more interpretive version in that he sang the first verse in his room, went to Sadie's room to sing "the babies on the bus..." and then finished with singing "the mommies on the bus..." in my room. I think you'll see his guitar style shows a little bit of an Eric Clapton influence :-)

Anyways, sorry if this is a little long but i thought it would be a great video should he ever become a famous musician :-)

have a wacky wednesday!

dress up girl

just had to post these. this evening sadie wanted to be all dressed up so as you can see, she has her scarf, her party hat and her purse and she's ready for a night on the town :-)

her nose is scratched up from a fall yesterday on the sidewalk. plus, she's getting some molars in, so she's not been the happiest sadie-girl but hopefully it'll all pass soon.

Sadie Singing (kind of)

Caleb took a longer nap this afternoon so that allowed for Sadie and I to have a little more time. We've been doing lots of singing in this house lately. They both love music and we've discovered that a silly song goes along way in getting a 2 yr old to do things he doesn't really want to do (like put on shoes or a coat). We make up lots of songs but we've also been working on the classics, like "If You're Happy and You Know It" Sadie has started picking up on it and loves to play along.

Hope you like the video!

Sadie's Talking

Thought I should put up an update on Sadie's talking. She's been babbling almost non-stop and sounding very much like an Ewok but she has mastered a few more words.

Kitty is one of her favorites. She loves Polli and squeals "kitty" when she sees her. She also has started trying to call Polli. She clicks her tongue and pats her leg just like we do. It's so cute to see. Polli seems to tolerate her a bit more than she did with Caleb. Sadie also likes getting right in Polli's face to just say "hi" to her. Also pretty cute to watch.

She's also started saying "read"- guess where she learned that from :-) yes, we have another reader on our hands. More and more she's able to sit for stories and loves bringing books to you to read.

Caleb Video

It's been awhile since I put up video clips... mostly because I haven't been using that camera very much. Here's a clip from February of Caleb "reading" Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel. I've mentioned that we've noticed that he's memorized some books. Well, here's what got it all started. I don't have the whole thing recorded because I didn't have that much space and Sadie was also competing to be in the video.

It's been wild seeing how amazing his memory is. With borrowing books from the library, I've noticed he has most of the story memorized by the third or fourth time reading through (depending on how long the book is). It's been really nice because he can kind of sit and "read" to himself- not that we get out of reading the boy stories. He could definitely be the poster-child for the "read to your child" movement.