Hugo + Olivia

After school today, Hugo excitedly informed me that he gave directions to our house to his little friend Olivia.  In one ear and out the next, this piece of information hurried.  Throughout the rest of the day, Hugo made little comments about Olivia.  Olivia this, Olivia that, no big deal.  Around dinner time, all exasperated like, he finally let out, "MooOoomm, when is Olivia gonna get here?!"  I just looked at him and tried my best to not laugh as bells went off in my head.  It hit me that he had been expecting little Olivia to walk through our door, all afternoon!  Poor thing.  I do have Olivia's mother's telephone number, I suppose I best use it!

Long Summer Ahead

 

We met up with the Hoyt's at the park this afternoon.  I used the outing as a giant bribe all day long for Mr Hugo.  I needed something to hold his attention to keep him on track with listening to me.   A trip to the park to play with Amy and Hannah was the golden ticket.

Today was also the day to have the staple removed from the back of his head.  Really, we could have done it yesterday after school, but he was scared and I wasn't sure what to tell him, if it would hurt removing the staple or not.  I guess neither of us were mentally prepared to have the silly staple come out yesterday.  He did a grand old job of freaking his classmates and teacher out with all the head scratching and pulling of the staple in class yesterday.  He hasn't touched it at home.  Barely tolerates me to part his hair for a peek.  Somehow or other he managed to twist the staple around in his scalp, the Doc had to untwist it quick before he could use his dandy tool to remove it.  The staple was out in a flash and the staff sweetly prepared not one but three balloons for us, the girls came along for this quick trip.  I can't say enough about what a trooper Hugo was.  I believe he was full on prepared for the worst.  He stretched himself out flat on the table, held one of my hands tight, squeezed his eyes shut and held super still.  Hugo is my brave boy.

The girls loved the park.  Loved, loved, looooved the park!  More and more Miss Sabine is proving to me just how fearless and determined she is.   Marlo I don't feel I have a complete picture of.  She keeps surprising me, so more on her in the future.  I can see ..........Hold your horses, Marlo just flushed the toilet for the first time.  She is crying now.......  What I was going to say is that this is going to be a long summer for me.  I am going to be running a lot.  I am going to be saying, "No, no, no..." a lot.  I am hoping that my heart wont have cause to skip too many beats.  I think I need a massive baby gate.  And baby leashes.  With loud bells. 

Playdate Egg Hunt!

We met at the Weston's for a playdate egg hunt and had a blast!  It was a sunny and windy day.  So why the rain coats on the girls?  Because they served as excellent wind deflectors for their little bodies and ears.  The girls weren't interested in the eggs on the ground one bit.  The big kids were running left and right and my girls weren't sure where to look next.  I barely saw Hugo all afternoon.  At one point I heard him crying from somewhere upstairs, he had fallen off the bunk bed and crashed into an indoor slide.  Poor Tyler was a good sport with Hugo following his every move calling him "Lucas" over and over again.  I guess he is missing his cousin.   In June Hugo, we will see Cousin Lucas in June at Auntie Maggie's wedding!

Playdate Tuesday

 We hosted an impromptu playdate for two of Hugo's preschool classmates this afternoon.  Rowan's Mom gave us his booster seat so he could ride home with us in our van.  It was very exciting.  I'm not sure which boy had the bigger smile on their face.  Sweet Rowan has been telling his Mom that he wants to have a van with two baby sisters in it.  So cute and very familiar sounding!

There were peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, apple slices, and two kinds of cookies to fill their bellies with.  Hardly anything was eaten at all.  All the boys wanted to do was play.  They played in Hugo's room and they played downstairs in Sheri's apartment, yes we still call it that!  Eventually, the party moved outdoors while the girls napped in their cribs. 

We played on Hugo's new swing.  Tried our best at taking turns.  They rode his big wheel down the sloping driveway over and over.  Again we all tried our best at taking turns.  Eventually we set out for a walk up to watch cars drive past the tall hill.  There the kids climbed the fence, searched out sticks for make believe guns, and decided to destroy a weed tree.  The name of which escapes me now.  Thomas was very upset about hurting the tree at first.  After I explained that it was a nasty weed and needed to be taken out, he joined in with the other boys and was all for the destruction.

Our walk about the yard took us to retrieve the mail, visit the turtle, hand play in the standing water of the burn pit, and back up the sloping drive to the back door.  We were all bushed and thirsty so inside we went.  The girls were wrestling upstairs, the fire needed stoking, and the boys begged to play with the new iPad.  It was a great afternoon.