cole's nose and rainy rummaging

this past weekend was the annual city-wide rummage sale for bellevue, and once again, kandace and duey had one too! friday would have been a MUCH better day for it since it was over 80* and sunny! ah well... there were still people out and about on saturday looking for good deals despite the 40*-ish rainy weather!!

poor cole- he got a big-boy boo-boo when he was running around outside. he ran for hours! it's great for him, since our backyard is pretty much non-existant and our front yard is on the busy 5-corners (no fence, eep!). in fact, he couldn't decide if he wanted to come in for supper or stay outside and run- he would just give 'er but stop every now and again just long enough to sign that he was hungry. hunger finally won and he came in after hours outside. before that, though, he got his boo-boo... on his nose.he was running across the driveway and tripped; he landed on his hands and knees so very gracefully. we thought that was it, but after a slight pause (just long enough for us to think he was fine), his noggin kept a-goin' and well, his little nose saved his head from being seriously injured. oh, yes, there were tears!

miss squish in her new "big girl" shirt! all she's had so far are onesies, so to have a t-shirt with no snaps on the bottom is pretty neat! on friday we hit bay park square before going to kandace and duey's, and kohl's was having a nice sale on baby and kid's clothes. i found a pair of nice big soft drool bibs for just over $2 and this organic cotton shirt for about $6.50. it's a lot bigger than i thought it would be so it should last quite awhile! i love the organic cotton clothes- they're so soft! her shirt looks just adorable with her little jeans...

the kids with grandpa & grandma b before breakfast on saturday

our chefs... :)

cole with miss kitty

i thought it would be a day full of the crankies on cole's end, since the weather was not in the least bit conducive to outdoor play, but he did just awesome! except for one time-out in the afternoon, he was so well-behaved, it was almost eerie. he sat and watched some car show on tv for the longest time (there wasn't much else to do), which still baffles me, since he usually just stops in front of the screen every now and again before continuing with whatever he's doing. he got ahold of one of duey's remotes and started pointing it at the tv... he'd kind of jab his arm out at the same time and make a whooshing sound. he's been doing the same thing with my paint stir-stick (or a wooden spoon) for the past few weeks and for the life of me, i had no idea what he was doing. then, it dawned on us: he's been pretending to play wii bowling!! funny thing is, he didn't get to join in the fun with the wii this weekend (he was in bed) and it's been a a good two weeks since he DID hang around for it, and even then, he seemed so absorbed in other things... guess it's true- little kids ARE like sponges!! it's hilarious that he's been using the stir-stick as a wii remote...

madison got to wear daddy's hat!

so yeah, that was our weekend. i have a few photos from yesterday (we went over to my mom and dad's after taking them to lunch), but the camera is in the diaper bag with kelvin. obviously, he's gone, or we'd have it here... he took cole to his parents' for a little bit- he had a few things to do and thought it would be a good chance to let cole run around. and speaking of cameras and photos, i FINALLY ordered prints for cole's 18-month and madison's 1-, 2- and 3-month photos. once again, i LOVE mpix!!! hopefully they'll be here within the week- 2-5 business days to ship, it said. last time i ordered from them, i ordered on a friday and got them the next week on tuesday, so i'm thinking we'll have them by the weekend. i can't wait!!

in other goings-on: kelvin's laid off this week, so it's great to have an extra hand around the house. and i have another appointment at n.e.w. rehab tomorrow, which i'm super anxious for, now that the birds are out and making more ruckus. kelvin will be home to watch the kids so mom won't have to drive over to new london after work... it's so handy that it works out that way, and the kids love spending time with grandma (and mommy REALLY appreciates it) but if kelvin can take the kids, mom won't have to make the extra trip, kelvin will get some bonding time with his babies and mommy won't have to worry about whether or not they're behaving for grandma.