Our Week in Highlights

It's been a crazy week but I'm way overdue for a post here. Here are some of the highlights.

Tuesday I woke up to find that not just one but BOTH kids had thrown up in their beds overnight. It was kind of alarming initially. They both went straight from their beds to the bathtub and even after 2 shampoos I couldn't get that horrible smell completely off them. They both spent the morning laying on pillows on the living room floor watching the Disney channel while I cleaned up the mess and washed all the bedding. I'm still not sure if it was food poisoning or a virus but it wasn't fun any way you look at it.

Lauren got her first haircut. I had wanted to just let it grow but Nick thought she should have a haircut. Well, guess who won? Yep, Nick did. It wasn't much, I just cut the hair in front, giving her bangs. It sure changed her look though, she suddenly has transformed into a toddler. Oh well, it keeps the hair out of her eyes and looks cute but I will miss the side swept barrette look that was so cute on her.

Tori arrived on Saturday from Washington state and will be visiting during her spring break. Nick still has to go to work while she's here but we do have some fun stuff planned for her! On Tuesday I thought I'd take her to Regis & Kelly. The guests are Diane Sawyer and some musical artist that Tori is excited about but I've never heard of. (So I guess I'm getting old - or is it because I'm so busy with 2 toddlers that I miss out on pop culture?) We don't have tickets so we have to go really early and get in the standby line so wish us luck! On Thursday we're going to see Legally Blonde on Broadway. That will be her first Broadway experience and since we'll be there at night we may as well show her Times Square. Unfortunately the weather has been very cold and overcast so we haven't wanted to spend much time outside.

Lauren is officially a full-time walker now and has been for almost a month. She's getting faster and faster in getting around and now when I hear little footsteps coming towards me in the house I'm not sure if it's Andrew or Lauren. She has also started dancing when she hears a good song. She was entertaining us last night by doing some pretty advanced dance moves involving standing on one foot, moving her shoulders up & down and swishing her hips around. We have a little performer here! She also seems to like wearing accessories. My mom put a scarf on her and wrapped it over her shoulders and around one time and it still dangled almost to the floor. She loved wearing it and kept it on for quite some time. Every now and then she'd lean forward to make sure the ends were still dangling in front by her feet.

Andrew is as cute as ever although he's begun being quite unreasonable at times. He cries at bathtime because he doesn't want to get in, then he whines throughout the bath that he wants to get out, then when we're through and the water is draining out and I'm standing there with a towel he cries because he doesn't want to get out. I guess these are the 'terrible two's'. I hate that term but at least it reminds me that this is just a stage and he'll return to his helpful cooperative self sooner or later. He's still into trains just as much as ever. He knows the names of many of the 'Thomas' trains and will never turn down an offer to play with his train tracks. He got to experience his first true train ride last week when my mom and I took the kids to the circus at Madison Square Garden. He was a trooper and did insane amounts of walking that day. We think he liked the train ride more than the circus, especially considering that he fell asleep halfway through the show. He needed to rest up for the exciting train ride home.

I'm having technical trouble with posting the slideshow so you'll have to see all the pictures below