fresh baked rolls.

i made some fresh rolls tonight.
dylan started yelling, "hot! hot! hot!" (his word for all refined carbs)
i asked, "you want a roll? can you say roll?"
-insert mumbled word, a confused look and then a flash of light-
he grabs the roll and starts *rolling* it around on the floor.
sweet.

weekend warrior.

today we went to patapsco state park to let dylan burn some energy.
he was bored after 20 minutes since the trail is flat.
that's when he found this little gem on the trail.
everyone else saw a bridge over water.
dylan saw a perfectly steep ramp, water, rocks and a cliff-waterfall-drop-off.

here, dylan grinning at his luck:

soaking himself in the stream:

climbing back up (the tongue provides balance?):

and a look of complete satisfaction:

sorry i don't have a picture of the tantrum he threw when we wouldn't let him bike off the cliff.
it was tender.

connect-a-train.

a favorite hobby for this little man.
his record is 5 trains at a time.
i guess it's like daisy chains for boys.

fatigue.

for the first time in his life he was tired enough to fall asleep on the kitchen table.

keep smiling, jane.

one of those mondays.
dylan, please stop throwing food, hitting and screaming.
jane, thank you for smiling even though you're sick.
you are a doll.

cars and trucks.

dylan loves cars and trucks.
so i thought he'd enjoy learning the word "car".
he didn't.
our "car lesson" went something like this:
"dylan what is this?"
"truck"
"it's a car"
"truck"
"car car car"
"truck"
"can you say car?"
"truck"
"there is a difference. this is a car"
pause...
"cartruck"

perfect.

self esteem.

positive self-talk?
he's got that one covered.

shopping carts

apparently they don't push well on grass.

vacation part 2

jane also had a lovely week.
she matched dylan's energy level but channeled it to eating.
i think she gained about 5 pounds.
grandma even let her try nutella.
lucky her.

here are some of my favorite pictures of jane from the trip:
first sporting her beautiful easter outfit.

 

and making best friends with grandma.

vacation part 1

last week we went on vacation to seattle.
and it was bliss.
we had perfect weather, the kids were happy and i got to hand over my responsibilities children to my parents.
if only we lived closer.
here are some of dylan's highlights from the week:

dylan biked about 2-3 miles a day.
he also found a pure, messy kind of happiness in every mud puddle.


he even got to ride bikes with grandpa b.
they share the same energy level.
and the constant need to go biking.
they bonded.

tomorrow i'll post jane's highlights.

telling secrets.

i love that they are starting to play together.

cat and mouse.

it's happened.
jane is finally tired of the crazy little man taking her stuff.
today while making herself busy with trying to choke play with the hand sanitizer lid, dylan showed up.

let's say he wanted to take the lid to save her life.

but she was too quick.
point for jane.
so he started poking her eyes.
point for dylan.

ha. he was just cleaning them, right?