2/28/2010

I was feeling rather brave this morning and decided to take the kids to church. Matthew was working so I knew that I would have my hands full. For the most part, the kids were really good. We went to the 11am service and Gavin was really fussy because it was time for his morning nap. Halfway through Mass, he fell asleep in my arms. Alexa played quietly with her doll and read some of her books. She kept watching the little boy sitting next to us. He noticed Alexa and said, "This is my mommy." as he pointed to his mother. Alexa nodded her head and yelled, "My mommy is Gena!" I was trying not to laugh and I told Alexa to use her quiet voice. She kept saying, "You are Gena!" I was feeling pretty good about things until the service ended and everyone was rushing to get outside. We go to a very large church and there were hundreds of people waiting to get outside. Alexa decided that she needed to go potty just then. So with Gavin asleep in my arms, we started to make our way to the bathrooms. Alexa ran ahead and I lost her in the crowd. I found her and was able to grab her just before she tried to jump in the baptismal fountain- thank goodness. That would have been embarrassing.

Only a baby looks cute with drool dripping from the chin!

Alexa calls these mittens her "Elmo hands" because they are red and fuzzy.

2/27/2010

Gavin is playing with Daddy and his new ball. Check out his walking skills!

2/27/2010

This weekend was Matthew's first day at a new job. He has started working part-time at the hospital I currently work at. He'll mostly work weekends and Fridays. Since he was working today, I had to take both kids with me to the grocery store. I was envisioning a nightmare, but they were so good! We had to use the enormous "race car" shopping cart since it's the only cart that will accommodate two children. It was hard to push but we got the job done. We went early, around 8:30 am so we'd beat the weekend crowd. I tried to turn it into a learning experience for the kids. Alexa helped me count 10 oranges and we talked about all the different colors of our produce. I would ask her to help me find items as I got near them. She'd yell, "There's the milk, Mama!" We also compared the sizes of items and I'd ask her to pick the biggest or smallest one. She loved helping me fill our cart.

She's such a good helper. She's helping me unpack the groceries and putting our oranges in the fruit basket.

She's also counting them as she goes.

"Ten orange oranges, Mama!"

There was a woman giving out samples of chocolate soy milk. Alexa liked it. You can see her milk mustache.

While Gavin was napping, Alexa helped (watched) me make rice krispie treats. They were so sticky! They were all over her clothes by the time we were done.

I bought the kids this Sesame Street ball at the grocery store as their reward for being so well behaved.

2/23/2010

Alexa loves giving Gabbi treats!

We've got another book worm!

This is Gavin's favorite book.

Spaghetti night at the Briggs house.

Spaghetti kisses by Gavin

2/22/2010

My sweet little boy

2/21/2010

You've probably noticed that Alexa wears this shirt a lot. It is her favorite. Every morning she says, "I wear Elmo clothes!"

Alexa's first hard boiled egg.

She's licking the salt off. I encouraged her to take a bite.

She took a little nibble and said, "I don't like this!"

Gabbi got a little treat. She loved it.

Daddy was in California all week for a conference. He finally got home on Sunday night and we were all really happy to see him.

2/20/2010

Doing what they are best at- making a mess.

Cheese!

She's drawing a picture for Mama.

2/17/2010

Alexa loves her new Nemo.

She said, "I build a castle for you, Mama!"

How cute!

Now they are ganging up against Mama! No fair!

Watching Finding Nemo before bedtime.