Ahoy There

This weekend we were finally able to get together with Dominic's brother and his family to exchange Christmas gifts. Here are a few pictures of one of the gifts that they gave to the kids--a pirate ship.

All three of them can play in it together with plenty of room.

Brooke steering the ship.

Nathan steering it. His eyes are closed but this is the best picture I got of him. He wouldn't stop moving long enough to take a good picture.

Brooke trying to shoot the cannon.

Nathan took the cannon off of the ship to figure it out. He was so interested in it.

Lenny looking for land.

Lenny had so much fun. There is a map on the ship too and Lenny would say that he needed to check his map. And he would go look at it and give us three destinations just like they do on Dora. He was having a blast. This ship came complete with a telescope, cannon that fires, and music that is motion activated. How cool! Thank you Uncle Robbie, Aunt Tracey, Anthony and Catherine for the very cool pirate ship that you gave the kids. We all love it.

We've had a very busy week, lots of play groups and parties. It's been a lot of fun but it hasn't left me much time to update the blog.

Here are some pictures from the last week.

For some reason, all of our kids think that they are acrobats. Brooke and Nathan both try to stand up on their rocking horse.

Lenny enjoying some popcorn while watching a movie.

Nathan has really figured out this remote control thing.

The next few pictures were taken at a playground inside the mall. Lenny's playgroup was meeting there that day. All of my kids had a great time. Nathan is such a shy little boy though. It's so cute to see him. He stayed close to me for a while and then he finally started walking around but very cautiously. If it had been only my kids there, he would have been climbing all over everything.

Brooke on the other hand was visiting with every single person there. There is only one entrance to the playground and I was next to the door so I knew that she couldn't get out without me seeing her. I would look for her and she would be sitting with a group of women that I didn't even know. She was just socializing with them. It was so cute.

Lenny was having fun with his friends and running around all over. He always makes sure that he says something to Brooke and Nathan. He is very proud of them.



For this picture, it was one of the times when Lenny came to check on his babies. He came over and said, "Nathan! Is that Nathan?" And then laughed hysterically and ran off. He was acting very silly and loud too. It was funny, I'm sure everyone heard it.

From the Mouth of a Three Year Old

The other day Lenny was watching a movie. He was on the couch all covered with his blanket and looked very cozy. It was time to push the play button. He called in to me to ask if I would push play. I told him that I would. He said, "Thank you, mommy. I appreciate that."