Dress Up Time

No, these pictures are not from Halloween. Today the kids were playing in Lenny's room and Lenny decided that he wanted to dress up like Thomas. I got the costume out for Lenny (from two Halloween's ago) and decided that the other two should have some fun too.





The funny thing about Lenny wanting to dress up like Thomas is that he normally doesn't like to do the "dress up" thing. Heck, he doesn't even like to get dressed for the day. A new indoor playground opened within 5 minutes of us and they have dress up clothes. We were there a few weeks ago and Lenny wore the Thomas costume the entire time we were there. I was so surprised by that.

Every day when I tell Lenny to get dressed he say's "Where are we going?" He would be perfectly happy to stay in his pajamas all day every day. It's like pulling teeth to get him to get dressed. Sometimes if I don't feel like asking him for an hour or just getting him dressed myself, he will stay in his pajamas all day long while his clothes sit on the couch. Actually, they don't stay on the couch too long because there are two little nosey kids that find and inspect everything in the house.

Brooke and Nathan are completely different when it comes to their clothes. They actually help me get them dressed. And Miss Brookey already takes her pajama tops off all the time. They both take their bibs off as soon as they are done eating and they use the bibs that have full length sleeves in them. They are my little independent kids. They also tell us when they are ready for bed. They go to the cabinet where we keep the binky's and point to it until we give them one, then they grab their cow and blanket, then they point upstairs for us to take them up to bed. It's very cute.

Here are a few more pictures from the past week.

Every time Brooke wears these pajamas, she puts the top over her head and walks around showing her belly.


Nate had to show me his belly button since we were taking pictures of Brooke's belly.


It's been a long week for us--we've all been sick. It started the Saturday before last with Brooke and Nathan and then they shared with the rest of us. The kids and Dominic are finally starting to get back to normal. I'm still coughing and have a sore throat but it seems like it is coming to an end--finally. We did get out this weekend in the backyard so that Dominic and Lenny could plant our vegetable garden. Lenny was so super excited. He kept saying how much fun he was having.


All three of them sat in the chair to watch Madagascar. It lasted all of five minutes but at least it was a start. You might notice that Brooke and Nate are dressed for the day and Lenny is still in his pajamas. I think he was still in them when Dominic got home from work.



Brooke snuck into the bathroom somehow and got into the toilet paper. She was so proud of what she had done. So far, this was the first real toilet paper incident with these two because we usually keep the door closed so that Brooke and Nathan can't get in there and tear up the entire bathroom. They are bad when they team up together. :-)


Nathan was really loving his grilled cheese from Five Guys tonight. Brooke mostly enjoyed the french fries. Who doesn't, really?


You may have noticed that Nathan is not in a highchair. Yippee!! I finally decided that I was getting rid of the huge bulky highchairs. I was so tired of cleaning them after every meal and snack. The booster seats are so much easier to clean and don't take up as much room. I'm a much happier camper now. I am, however, using the booster seats with the straps though. I'm not ready to get rid of those straps just yet.

Have a great week. I probably won't post again until next week. We'll be heading to the mountains of West Virginia with my mom for a long weekend.