Spring, Activities, Thomas the Train

At the train museum

Ellie "watching" nate at T-ball

Up at bat

Ellile exploring grass. She is not a fan.

Nathan off to soccer!

Well, spring is finally here. Hahaha. Try 90 degrees.

The good news about it being spring and Nathan being 3 is that he can finally do activities!! I think I am more excited than he is....BUT when you are 3 you can do t-ball, soccer, swimming, lacrosse, gymnastics,...there are almost too many to choose from. So we signed Nathan up for t-ball, soccer, swimming, and music class which started last week. Soccer was awesome. The kids are constantly in motion which is perfect for Nathan. Swimming was cancelled due to weather (it is an indoor pool but apparently that doesn't matter when it is raining. They cancelled class because of thunderstorms. We had to console Nathan with sushi he was so upset). Music class is Music Together, like we did in Jersey City, and something Nathan and Ellie and I can do so it was great.

T-ball, not so good. We apparently were not prepared and were supposed to have a glove for our kid which we didn't so that set Nathan up for a fit because most of the other kids had gloves and he didn't. Actually Nathan had a glove but it belonged to another kid so the kid's dad came and yanked it off his hand which was what set him off. The other bad news is that all the rest of his class is 5 years old so he is a little young for this class. The coach is great but is gearing his instruction toward 5 year olds, not a just turned 3 year old. Plus Nathan has no concept of why he has to stand around to get ready to "field" a ball and would rather hit the ball. So we (me) are contemplating cancelling out of that class and waiting until next session....

This past weekend we went to Baltimore B&O museum to see Thomas the Train! It was really fun. Actually the museum would be fun even without Thomas the Train. So cool to see all the trains. Also cool to think that my grandpa actually used to drive one for a living. They are so big close up! We took a VERY S L O W train ride with Thomas pulling, jumped in a moonbounce (did I say we? I meant Nathan), had lunch, and toured the trains. Fun fun. Then a "quick" trip to Ikea on the way home. NOT. Who can resist the hour of free childcare for Nathan at Ikea? I mean, I would drive out there just for an ice cream cone. Just kidding. Nathan loves playing in the playroom and scott and I always find things there that we "need." It is becoming like Target for me. Very addictive. But fun.

Then more yard work wrapped up the weekend. We planted tomatoes which I can't wait for, flowers, and Scott did more transplanting. If it weren't for a dreadful attack of allergies I would be out more right now but I just can't breathe. Hopefully it will pass soon as the yard is getting more gorgeous by the day and we really like enjoying it. Grilling, sitting outside, and listening to our stream rush by with our two kids is one of the most beautiful experiences. Last night we had our first power outage which apparently happens often but it was fun to just hang out with Nathan and not have tv or computers or dishes or other distractions. Makes you think that we have gotten too far away from the simple things in life.

YAY. So all caught up now and feeling good. Off to do more housework and hope that I can keep up the blog!