Milestone

Last week of school, just one more day tomorrow of playing in the park with "new preschool" friends, and then a graduation ceremony with "old preschool" friends. Busy day. Last day. Sad day. Happy day! He will then be ready for a New Day. Ok that's enough of that.

Guy has worked like 15 days straight, and has 3 more to go before he has a day off. Wow! Even though he's working overtime, he still took Nico out on Saturday, to the Aquarium! They had a lot of fun and Nico apparently touched a fish! He asked to go back to the Aquarium the next day.

Sunday was Ivy's baptism, so Nico and I went to Jeff & Allicia's church to join them. They go to Beautiful Savior Lutheran church, the same one where Nico has his preschool, so Nico was familiar with it. He asked where Teacher Chris was. He looked for her. He found her! There was no Bible Study that night, so we had time to hang out as a family. To the park we went! Tried to fly a kite, we were successful for a little while, I think the wind kept changing directions so we couldn't keep it up for long.

And so on to the milestone. Nico has learned to ride a bike! I think it was Monday night, Nico was hanging out outside in the backyard like he is oft to do in the evenings lately. Apparently Jeff was in the garage working on some stuff and Nico was showing interest in riding his (Nico's) bike, so Jeff helped him with it and took him out to the alley. And a few minutes later they had gone around the block and showed up at our front door. Jeff knocked. I answered. "Do you want to show your Mommy what you can do?" Huzzah! We went back around the block to the alley and it was incredible! He still couldn't steer very well but he was riding a bike! The next morning we booked it to the park, with Evie, to practice riding his bike in the big basketball court there. A LOT of room to learn how to correct steering and balance issues. He was PRO after only a few minutes on the court. I felt myself bursting with pride that he learned a new skill. I just couldn't believe it. I often forget that he is a child and is still learning things, I expect him most times to just stay the same. SO when he learns something new, when he improves in speech, when he is kind and thoughtful out of the blue, I am taken aback and I just marvel. He has been so much easier to talk to these days about feelings and how to treat people, he is responsive and I have actually been seeing fruit from it.

Anyway, Evelyn didn't bring her bike and so Nico gave her a turn on his. You can see all this in the video below.

We went to the park the next morning. And then this morning as well. Early morning park visits are awesome. I am feeling a tad bummed that the Literacy Academy will take up Nico's mornings for a whole month this summer. It will be harder to play outside in the afternoons when it is sunny and hot, and when bedtime is 7 PM that doesn't leave a lot of time for the air outside to cool down before having to hop into bed.

We have started watching Bill Nye the Science Guy with Nico, and he is very interested in it. There are a few that he is watching over and over again. One about volcanoes and one about digestion. He knows the word "chyme" now. hehe. There is a scene from the volcano one that he rewinds and watches over and over again, laughing every time. He quotes it, too. You can see him do this in the video.

We put a Bill Nye book on hold at the library, as well as a few books about volcanoes. Nico asked this morning "I want a volcano Bill Nye activity book" haha.. well, there is no such thing. Oh well.

Picture below is of Nico doing one of his "challenges". I would never have thought of this if it wasn't for my mom doing this same sort of thing for us when we were little. "Nico, I have a challenge for you. Ride circle-eights in the basketball court 3 times." "Nico, you're next challenge, is to ride your bike over to the park, go down a slide, and then come back, and do that 3 times." I did this for both Evie and Nico when they got tired of just riding in circles on the basketball court. I had to give each of them different challenges because Nico didn't want Evie to have the same ones as him.

Bill Nye the Science Guy

Waiting for the bus. No more bus for this little dude.

May 2015 Snippets

High Fives while Biking

Park, Movie, Dentist

Fun times this week. Took Nico and Evelyn for a trip to the Co-op. Allicia provided some money to buy them treats, so I got them each a fruit leather, and then they were enamored by those single serving containers of cream cheese, so I bought them each one. Then we stopped at home to pick up some bread, and we went to the park and they ate cream cheese sandwiches and then played for a little while.  Evelyn picked off all the cream cheese from her sandwich with her finger and left the bread behind. She is a cream cheese lover, just like myself.

On Saturday we went to another sensory friendly movie, this time they played SpongeBob Squarepants. I had never seen the cartoon before, and it really wasn't a very good movie, but Nico really enjoyed it! There was a rap battle at the end of the movie that made me smile though.

We had a few hot days there. We went to the park with Evelyn again one night and came home and Nico was so hot, so we did something we used to do at our old house. I took his socks off and washed his feet in cold water and then let him sit with the water running over his feet.

On Monday Nico had a dentist appointment. He let the hygienist polish all of his teeth this time! I think once he discovered that it tasted good, he was fine with it. His teeth look great, they complimented the wide gaps between his teeth.

One day last week when I took Nico to preschool, we showed up at the same time as someone else so we walked in with them. This has been happening a lot, actually! And Nico is always so excited to see her, her name is Sydney. While we were walking with them he asked her "What did you do last night?" heehee. She told him and then asked him the same question. Sydney's mom commented and said that Nico is the happiest kid she's ever seen.

I've been trying to make more Nico-friendly dinners. For some reason he has lost his taste for chicken!! All he wants now are cheese sandwiches. I am trying to branch out our breakfast, too. I am going to try some breakfast cookies tomorrow instead of making him a chocolate chip pancake. The cookies are made with almond flour, with pecans and dried fruit in them, and maple syrup to sweeten. They are in the freezer right now and tomorrow morning I'll cut them into rounds and bake them. I hope they turn out!

Please pray for: Nico's summer literacy program, that he's able to adapt to the large classroom easily. And for his tummy aches.

That's it! I leave you with a picture of a ladybug that Nico found on the tree out front while we were waiting for the bus on Tuesday. 

Illness, Garbage Disposals and Baby Ivy

We've been getting our place a little more organized, we bought a new table that Papa picked up for us from Nampa on Sunday (thanks Pa!), and a new cube shelf a few weeks ago that holds fabric cubes that has become our dresser. They are also the perfect size to hold a three-drawer organizer from Fred Meyer. Here you can see Nico showing Evelyn all his coloring books and stickers and paper that we are storing in that three-drawer organizer.

Guy caught a cold, I think the same one Nico has had coming upon him for the last few weeks. He went to work Friday night even though he didn't feel great, and spent a few days of his weekend feeling kind of crummy. 

On Monday Nico didn't eat much of his lunch and asked me to hold him as we got out of the car to walk into his preschool. Red flag! I asked him if he was feeling okay and he asked me to hold him. I asked him if he had a tummy ache and he said "Yes". To which I explained that we probably shouldn't take him into preschool. I explained that if he needed to throw up it would be better to do it at home, but he insisted that he no longer had a tummy ache and that he was ready to go to preschool. I decided to believe him with my actions by taking him to preschool. I told the teacher that he may or may not have a tummy ache. He did not throw up that day, but I did turn around to pick him up from school as soon as I got home. The teacher called me saying that Nico was crying and holding his tummy and wanted me to come get him :( I felt so bad. I raced back to the car praying that he wouldn't throw up at school to save him the embarrassment, I could have just been projecting my own fears onto him, though. I brought "the bucket" with me. He was outside waiting for me with his teacher when I pulled up. He was fine a few hours later after I rubbed his feet with oils several times and we snuggled on the couch. It's funny how quickly his demeanor changes when his tummy ache is gone. He perks up and asks for food and then eats like he's starving. I wrote to the teacher telling her he was fine, and Teacher Melissa wrote back and said "I was a little alarmed at how much pain he seemed to be in for a few minutes, there, but am very glad he's alright."

He went to school on Tuesday, and as he was getting off the bus, the bus driver told Guy that Nico was coughing a lot and asking the bus attendant to hold him :( He had a full blown cold at this point, and his fever spiked that night with an intense ear ache. Oils to the rescue. Then the next morning his fever was down to 99.6. He stayed home from school, and had to miss his snack day... that's the day that he brings snack and also gets to bring something to show the class. He was going to bring his bubbles in and tell them that Grandma Salisbury got them for him from Shopko.

Not all is lost! He had a great day today. He woke up with no fever and had a fun time at school and got to eat ASTRONAUT ICE CREAM. As soon as he walked in the door he told me about it and he told me it tasted sweet. And I am thankful that it didn't give him a tummy ache! Then tonight while we were reading bedtime stories, Jeff came in to fix our garbage disposal (accidental teaspoon clog, whoops), and Nico had a chance to hold baby Ivy. He talked to me about her tiny feet and her tiny legs and asked about the socks on her hands. He was very sweet with her.

I got a turn too, of course.

I think that's it for this week. I wish I had taken more pictures!

G.G., Grandma's Birthday Party, Park

On Friday we went to see G.G. and helped her baste the firetruck quilt, I wish I would have thought to get a picture! I can't wait to see the finished quilt!

Saturday was my mom's birthday (Grandma Salisbury!) And we went out to Smoky Mountain Pizza with family to celebrate. I forgot the camera, and then forgot to take pictures with my phone, so we are picture-less. But, it was a nice setting, a large private room with a door right next to the arcade game room which is where the kids played when we weren't eating. We ate some food and then cake.

My mom has been working on writing a book of stories for quite a many months. She wanted it ready for her 60th birthday, and it was! She had some copies printed and gave each of the families one of the books. The book is stories from her life, you can really see the completeness of how God has brought her through from beginning to 60. I love it. You can even purchase them on Amazon!! I cherish the fact that all of these stories of hers are written down now, and I am so proud of her for doing it! Way to go Mom!

Sunday Nico was in the big kids room again at church. He didn't like the loud music and was found in the back, lying on the floor and crying. So sad! He told them that he didn't like the music so they put him in the nursery while they sang music, and then brought him back out when the music was over. Then on Sunday nights, we are going to be transferring him to big kids Bible Study. We'll be dropping him off at a different house before Guy and I go to our Bible Study.

Monday was sunny and warm,
Tuesday Nico woke up sick. I was pretty sure it was the virus his teacher had emailed all the parents about last Friday, but after a few hours it became apparent that his tummy issues were not related to illness, but related to whatever it is he inherited from me :) This means that he was fine a few hours later. I had already cancelled school for him that day so we just hung out at home.

Wednesday evening I took Nico and Evelyn (she insisted on being called Evelyn from now on instead of Evie) to the park. Check out the video at the end of the post.

Evie was taking "naps" at the park, Nico would come up to her and say "Evie get up! We don't have time for this!"

We found a fun place for Nico to sit while he eats his snack. Yay for spring days!

I am thinking and thinking and can't think of anything else we did this past week. He is still reading the words "it" and "was" in all the books I read him. He is spelling out words and trying to figure out spelling. He is still wanting to play with cars during You and Me Time, except now we are starting to use the cars to do other things. Like, playing with cars that want to color, or play with cars that want to put legos together.

I make him a red pancake every morning because I have a bunch of leftover red beet root powder from something else. I also put chocolate chips on his pancake in the shape of something. Sometimes he tells me what to make the shape, sometimes I decide. Yesterday it was "Carwash. Make a carwash on my pancake." Okie dokie, carwash it is. 

He tried chocolate yogurt on Wednesday and loved it. That might be a regular. Only a few ingredients, from Trader Joe's. He was so excited sitting in the car eating it with a plastic spoon, saying in a loud voice every so often: "This won't make me sick!" Or "What's in yogurt, mommy?", I tell him and he says, "Oh, I can eat it, it won't make me sick!" awww. We all need more food in our lives that won't make us sick :)

Kindergarten, Discovery Center, VIDEO Dinosaur Poem

On Saturday, since Guy didn't work, he took Nico to the Discovery Center in the afternoon. They have their rocket display going on. They spent two hours there, then they went and got coffee, and maybe went to a few other places.

On Monday was our meeting at Adams Elementary so we could meet his new teacher and SLP and the Resource Teacher. All very nice! They asked me if I would be willing to switch Nico to the afternoon class because there is another kid in the afternoons that needs speech therapy, and it would make it easier if they could be pulled out together to do speech at the same time. They usually do speech in groups, but if there is not anyone from a matching grade then Nico would be matched with an older kid, and they like to avoid that if at all possible.

I had actually been thinking about the afternoon class, because Nico's friend from Beautiful Savior Preschool, Michael, is going to be in the afternoon class. So when they brought it up, I said, Yes! I am open to it! So he's officially going to be in afternoon preschool. 12:30-3:15 PM every day.

We also decided to sign him up for the BSU Literacy Academy this summer. (Here's a link to the .pdf brochure) I think he will enjoy it. It goes through the month of June, 4 weeks total I think.

Tonight at the park, a 6 year old boy became quick friends with Nico. The 6 year old ran up to his dad and said "Dad! Dad! Want to know something awesome?? I made a new friend!" "Great! What's his name?" "I don't know, he didn't tell me." 

Then when Nico ran up to him the 6 year old said "Dad! Dad! That's my friend, that's my new friend!!"

Nico makes friends, and says Hi to everyone. I really like that!

The one time we went to the park this month and there were NO kids to play with, we stayed for a measly 5 minutes before Nico asked to go home. In the past he wouldn't have cared, but now it's pretty imperative that there are other kids at the park. On our way to the park tonight he had told me "Mommy, I'm going to go play with my friends at the park!" not knowing yet who his friends were going to be. 

This week Nico also got to put some legos together with Evie for the first time. He helped her learn how to do it. Guy was telling me that Evie approached legos in a different way than Nico did. Nico: rules. Evie: general idea. She knew the roof of the car went on the top of the wheels somehow, so she just did that. Then after the legos were put together they played with them.

Video at the very end!

At the Train Depot checking out the huge steam engine

Evie asked if she could paint Nico's toenails red. Nico got her a red marker and let her do it.

Heave ho!

Watching construction out the front window

Easter, IEP Meeting

Nico got to do 2 Easter egg hunts on Easter! The first one was at church. Every egg he picked up he had to open first. I think he was remembering preschool egg hunt where all the eggs were empty! (Empty tomb, you see).

The second one was at the cabin that afternoon. We ate a yummy dinner and then Grandma brought the kids upstairs while all the parents hid the eggs. Grandma had Bruce read a story to the kids. When I went up to listen, Nico was sitting in the same armchair as Bruce, squished in next to him.

Then the kids were released! We told Nico that all the eggs had something in them so that he didn't have to open any of them first. When all the eggs were found, we counted them and then traded until each kid had 46 eggs. There were just 4 kids, a smaller gathering than usual. Bruce, Rory, Lexie, and Nico.

There were toys and candies in the eggs. The candies that Nico couldn't eat, he tried to give away. There were also notes in the eggs that you could redeem for $5 cash. Each time you redeemed a note you had to do whatever the banker asked you to do. We all took turns being the banker. Nico got 4 such notes so he made $20. He was asked once to jump on the trampoline as high as he could go in order to receive his $5. He really enjoyed that one.

Snuggled up outside while the grown ups finished eating

Guy talking to my brother David

Trying to find the last few eggs

Then we said our goodbyes, loaded with leftovers (Thanks Pa & Ma!).

On Monday we went to the bank and opened Nico a ShareBear savings account. We want to start giving him a small allowance so that he can save up for all the toys that he asks for. He was able to buy a lego he's been eyeing with his $20 from Easter. We had fun tonight because we finally finished putting it together. The age range for this one started at 7 years old, I think because it was one of those technics legos that requires a bit more strength and spatial orientation than a 4 year old would have. So I helped him with it, and it took us a few days of 10 minutes here, 10 minutes there, before it was finished. It's a RACE CAR WITH A TOWING HOOK!

Monday was also our IEP meeting. We went over how Nico is doing and we went over the IEP goals for next year. There is one goal in relation to him being defiant, saying "No!" and sitting down in the middle of class during transition periods when they're moving from one activity to the next. Could be just exerting his independence, we've certainly been seeing that at home, too. Anyway, the goal for next year is to help him transition better between activities. A lot of times the goals just state common sense type stuff but it's good to have it in writing. To help him meet this goal, there will be someone who comes into his Kindergarten class every day for 15 minutes to help him however he needs it. If there is a certain time of day that he has the most trouble, she will come in during that time. Since the class will have more kids than he's used to, they thought this would be good, to get his some one on one time.

No goals next year for academics, he is right on target. Miss Erica says that Nico is very precise, and she points to the wall where there is art hanging and says "I could probably pick out which one is Nico's, it's the one where everything is right in its place."

The only other goals are speech related. His biggest issue right now is articulation. He will get there. He has come so far in every other area!

I talked to the SLP about the Calico Learning Center possibility this summer, and she said she wasn't too sure about the place. When someone else joined us a few minutes later, she said the same thing. Something about how most of the kids enrolled there are not native English speakers, and Nico would benefit more from being around typical peers. Miss Erica mentioned that BSU has a summer language program that enrolls Nico's age, and that might be something better to look into. So, we're looking into.

Next Monday I have the transition meeting at Adam's Elementary school so I can meet his teacher and SLP for next year.

Nico has had tummy aches two nights in a row. There was a time about a month ago that he was telling me every night that he had a tummy ache, but I was pretty sure it was just a ploy to get out of bed. This is different. He LOOKS sick. He goes to bed, asks for water, then a few minutes later will get out of bed and say "Mommy, there's something wrong with me." I ask him what's wrong and he eventually will tell me it's his tummy. I rub oils on his feet and often times that just puts him to sleep. I asked him if the foot massage felt good and he sleepily nods yes, and then ZONK, he's out. Then he sleeps the whole night and wakes up happy in the morning. I feel so bad for him. I know what those tummy aches feel like. I have a guess as to the food culprit, so I'm hoping that tomorrow is better.

Last night he felt so terrible, he was rolling around on my bed saying he had a tummy ache, then he'd whimper, and then he'd roll some more, and then "Mommy, mommy, there's something wrong with me." Then he'd whimper and roll over again :(

Also this past week, we received a package from the Grandparents Russell! Nico just happened to be with me when we went to the PO Box to check the mail, and he was so psyched to find a package in there with his name on it. Waiting until we came home to open it was hard, because we had a few more stops before home: The library, and the zoo. In the package he got some books, including his favorite Pigeon book that we have checked out twice from the library, and now we won't have to do that any more! Also a game and a deck of cards, from Grandma Dee's stash, plus some stickers. All good things. Thank you Gma and Gpa! 

Saturday Market!!! Last Saturday was the first one of the season. Nico got a dragon balloon and a cucumber. Then we headed over to the movie theater for a sensory-friendly movie (lights stay on, volume is down, doors stay open, and you can bring your own food). Paddington Bear. Nico sat through the whole thing and it was a lot of fun. They do these movies every month. I'm looking forward to the next one!

One night this past week, Nico and Evie and I went to the park before bed, and they didn't even play on the equipment, they spent the whole time riding in circles on their bikes on the basketball court. It was pretty cute. 

Lexie's Bday Party, Cars, Tricycles, Sprinklers

We went to Lexie's Birthday Party on Saturday, what fun! We got to see Jonny and Alanna's new house, it is incredible! There is a little hideaway underneath the stairs that Nico really loved. He was very excited to see Lexie and give her our present. The party games were fun, Nico got to be wrapped up in toilet paper like a mummy by Papa.

The tall one is my brother Jonny all wrapped up. My mom and I helped with that one.

It was a great party.
After we got home, Guy and Nico went out for a few hours. Dollar store, and a few other places. I was in need of a nice break after 3 nights straight putting Nico to bed without Guy. He is testing limits you see :) We added a rule to the house rules - #4) No whining. We are going to be working on mealtime next, teaching table manners and stopping the whining about eating. It basically goes like this: our job is to choose what food to make, make the food, make mealtime pleasant. Nico's job is to either eat the food, or not eat it. Paradigm shift! For "you and me time", he has shifted from color-by-numbers to CARS. We both sit on the couch facing the back of the couch and we race cars back and forth across the top of the couch. We get flat tires, we lose wheels, we run out of gas, we get tipped over in the riverbed and need helicopter assistance, and we chase each other. Another one he did for a few days was called "crash into people" where we start at either end of the clubhouse and run and crash into each other.

Tuesday, Grandma Salisbury took Nico out again while I had Bible Study. They always have fun!

A few random pictures (I'm loving the fact that when I take a picture, it is automatically uploaded to google and I can access all those pictures from this blog!! It makes blogging so much easier!)

And apparently I'm still learning how to take videos.

Tonight we took a trip to the park and when we got home Nico wanted to play with Evie, and Evie was in the front yard running through the sprinklers that her dad was testing. Nico jumped right in and got soaked. Shivers!!!

When he got back inside we got him into some pajamas and under a blanket on the couch, with the "Jesus Loves Me" app on my phone (Bible for Kids app), and a plate full of apples and monster teeth. What a night!

Until next week!

G.G., Toddler Open Gym, Frozen

On Friday we went to see G.G. I am lovin' the firetruck quilt she is working on! It was great to see her and catch up. Didn't get many photos but here's one!

Then that afternoon I watched Evie and Avery for a while. We listened to the soundtrack from Frozen, both Evie and Nico know all the songs, and they danced and danced and danced. I caught a picture of one of Nico's signature dance moves:

They had a fun time playing togethers. Pretty sure we listened to the whole soundtrack twice.

Did you know, that Nico watches Frozen almost every single day? This evening he even asked me to take a picture of him eating his orange while watching Frozen. I obliged, of course.

Nico has been asking to go back to the Toddler Open Gym. Remember that place? We pass by it whenever we go to the Co-op. He asks to go there and I tell him "It's not open" and then he tells me to go find the key and then we can open it. hehe.. so we put Toddler Open Gym on our calendar so we could be sure to go to it when they're open. That was this morning! We showed up right when they opened, paid our dollar, and off we went to the gym. They have new climbing toys since last we were there!

He met a nice friend named Piper whom he played with very nicely.

When we were leaving, we found some statues outside the entrance that weren't there last time we had been there. In fact, these particular statues used to be located in downtown Boise on the Grove. They have demolished the spot where they used to be, so apparently now they have a new home at Fort Boise Community Center. Lots of memories with these statues when they used to be downtown.

Until next time!

Trampoline and School. Then bed.

I'm pretty sure we didn't do much this past week but let me think for a minute. Oh the picture reminded me, we received our trampoline! We set it up in the main house living room for the first day so the kids could take turns playing on it. It's easy for them to take turns on the trampoline because they tire quickly when jumping. After taking some time on the floor while the other jumps, then they're ready to go back at it. We then moved the trampoline to the Clubhouse where it resides in the kitchen most of the time. Nico uses it as a table to color sometimes but mostly as a trampoline. He sets his iPad up on the stool in front of him and he jumps and jumps and jumps while watching cartoons.

I use it for exercise, too, and have been enjoying it!

That's the only picture from this week, so I may have forgotten what else we did. Well, Nico did go back to school on Tuesday! He was very excited to go back. The bus driver told me yesterday "Give Nico some extra vitamins because there are two sick kids on the bus."

He hasn't been falling asleep on the bus, strangely enough. That was his usual thing before Christmas break. He was out at 6:15 PM tonight. Which means he will likely be up early tomorrow, which means it is way past my bedtime! Goodnight! :)

Ice Skating and Birthday Party

Guy recovered pretty quickly from his illness and was back to work on Saturday night. Saturday during the day Nico and I went to Ice World to go ice skating. Grandma Salisbury had invited all the cousins to come and eat pizza and ice skate. Nico has a lot of fun with his cousins. I got some skates too and took Nico out for his first time on the ice.

Then he joined Bruce and Lexie with an ice skating walker. Pretty soon it was just Bruce and Nico, going around and around and around the rink. I would pass them every so often and see Nico holding onto the front of the walker and letting Bruce push him. Nico would look up at me matter-of-factly and say "Hi Mommy, I'm ice skating", and wave briefly while I passed. Ho-hum, just another day on the ice rink. Here's his ho-hum face that I loved so much.

He couldn't get enough of it. After Bruce moved on, I took Nico out with the walker for a few rounds and he started pushing himself with it. He caught on pretty fast! 

When we got home he couldn't stop asking to go back. And in one more week Nico will start ice skating lessons! He is totally ready for it. It is half an hour every Saturday for eight weeks.

I came down with a cold over the next few days but nothing really bad.

Our car battery went kaput on Wednesday, and it was quite the ordeal! I didn't think it was the battery because I used Jeff and Allicia's car jumper battery and it didn't work. But it turns out that the jumper battery was not charged. So long story very short, when the tow truck that I canceled showed up because they forgot to tell the driver that I canceled it (I canceled it because we figured out it was just the battery), he pulled out an ELECTRIC car jumper and started my car up. Allicia and I were outside trying to hook up a trickle charger to my battery when the tow truck pulled up.

Wednesday was also Evie's birthday! We got her some glow-in-the-dark pajamas because her birthday party (which was today) had a glow-in-the-dark theme. Which brings me to the party tonight. Food, presents, cupcakes (I got Nico a gluten free cookie in exchange for a cupcake. The cookie was huge! I don't think he felt the loss of not having a cupcake:)), then fireworks outside then sparklers! And a LOT of glow sticks in between. She also wore her new pajamas.

 LED Balloons across the living room!

He had been asking to eat this cookie ever since he knew I was storing it in the fridge.

And a few more pics from this week.

He's been spelling words lately with his Bananagrams. Then he had the idea to use his "Words" book so he could spell the words in it.

After I took the previous picture Nico looked at me and said "No, Mommy, take a picture with my iPad."

And here's an ice skating video. Thanks Grandma Salisbury for ice skating lessons and taking pictures and giving all of us a good time.