We finally got a taste of some almost-spring weather. Jason enjoyed using his slide again!
Finally back at the playground again!
Finally caught up with Jim and Cara and the gang for dinner. It had been a while.
I decided to bring Jason to the doctor to inquire about his frequent complaints of tummy aches. Not sure if it's for attention or a legitimate complaint, but it's hard to tease out with him since he can't really communicate his complaints all that well. They did a stool sample, which didn't show any blood (which had been a concern because of some nasty diapers). They then sent him the next day for some blood work to test for Celiac disease as well as other things. Bloodwork went fairly smoothly. He enjoyed his stickers and lollipop I brought along. Results all came back fine except for his iron level. So we're on vitamin supplements and will recheck again later. Of course in the meantime his complaints have subsided.
We revisited using Skype for the boys to communicate with their dad. Nice in theory. Hopefully the novelty wears off because for now they mostly entertain themselves by making funny faces and watching their own image on screen instead of focusing on any type of conversation.
My mom underwent yet another surgery, this on on her shoulder. Seems to have gone well.
Jason discovered my hair. He's finally having some sort of mini "awakening" and is experiencing sensory experiences for the first time. My cutie pie!
Teddy continues to adapt nicely to our family. She was a good pet choice. Even Jason can now hold her!
We took advantage of some warm weather and went to the Cape May Zoo. Saw some cute spring baby animals. Jason delighted in feeding goats, shrieking in joy and signing "eat" to inform me that they took food from him. I also discovered that when Jason yells "beat ass" repeatedly, what he is trying to say is "big giraffe". Good to know!
Tyler had a blast at his best buddy Mackenzie's 7th birthday party. He survived the disappointment of not being a girl and therefore not being allowed to stay for the slumber party portion of the party.
Rediscoverd (at a Tiger Scouts meeting) that basketball is still not Tyler's thing.
Back to Jim and Cara's for a St Patty's day feast and then off to a Junior Women's meeting.
We celebrated the actual St. Patrick's day. The boys woke with a letter from the leprechaun with some chocolate "gold". We dined on green pancakes for breakfast, and sent Ty off to school with a shamrock sandwhich for lunch. Meanwhile Jason rocked his shamrock shot glass necklace, which all 2-year-olds should clearly own. The boys enjoyed purchased St. Patrick's day cupcakes before bed, while I enjoyed a green beer at a small party after bedtime for me
We had some beautiful weather which allowed me to discover that Jason is now highly disturbed by short sleeves, and spent a few times trying to pull them down to wrist length. We stayed after school for playtime and then one of Ty's friends dads came a did a little informal baseball practice with a few kids. Jeanne and I then enjoyed some Riviera pizza and slurpees at the picnic tables before finally bringing our kids home for baths and bed! Gorgeous day to say hello to spring!
Tyler's new team, the Blue Jays, had their first baseball practice of the season.
Tyler attended a pirate-themed party for his friend Eamon. The boys later enjoyed a short visit with their Uncle Chris.
The day continued with early Easter crafts for both boys (and the pictures they insisted on having me take of them with their masterpieces)
My mom treated me to my first pedicure in 6-8 years. Yes, you read that correctly. We later enjoyed some playground time and Jason conquered a bigger slide!
Due to plans that fell through my mom bribed Ty with a Chuck-e-Cheese trip. Total madness at that place. We survived though.
Jason tried to learn Candyland. He's starting to get the hang of it.
I finally got brave enough to attempt bringing Jason to a storytime at the library again. And he actually enjoyed himself AND participated! Go Jason!
Tyler finally lost his first tooth on March 23rd. He was lucky enough to have it fall out while eating a plum at school so he got to bring it home in a cute little tooth-shaped plastic box from the school nurse. He was so excited. The tooth fairy left him a dollar and a bakugan thingy.
I continued to endulge in my occasional chick-fil-a addiction. Discovered the coolest "dip and squeeze" ketchup packets. A big hit with the boys as well.
Jason found bunny ears in the dollar spot in Target and spent the rest of the trip hopping throughout the store. He's the coolest.
I found this cute sign outside of Tyler's door when i went to bed at night. He's the coolest too.
And Ty wrote this note to his brother before school in the morning. And speaking of Jason, he turned 2.5 years. I walked away after taking the picture of him at his easel and returned 1-2 minutes later to find the entire easel covered in marker!
We had a very cold Spring Sports Opening Day. It starts at the beach where they get their uniform shirts and they parade to the field before being announced and running the bases. We purchased some hotdogs and chips while Ty enjoyed the bouncy house and balloon animals and playground. Meanwhile I bribed jason with M&M's as he was quite miserable (especially after falling on the asphalt). He spent probably 15 minutes later that day trying to communicate that he ended up finding an M&M in his overalls in his crib while he was napping and had eaten that. Hard to express that without talking much!
We attended a park clean up to raise money for Junior Women's.
Ty earned some sort of Tiger Scout award at a pack meeting.
I enjoyed some quality time with my little man at the Discovery Museum.
On the 29th we had our first step in the process of having Jason evaluated for the "preschool disabled" class at the school for next year. He will "age out" of early intervention the day he turns three, so in order for him to continue to get therapies (speech and occupational therapy) he will need to qualify for school-based therapy and therefore go to their preschool. So on that day his Early Intervention case manager joined us at our house with a therapist from the school for his "intake" meeting. They basically just ask some standard questions and get the process rolling. It's mostly a formality I believe since they obviously know he requires some testing since he has been in early intervention for so long (as opposed to a parent who might just call up and request an evaluation without a history of being "in the system"). Hard to believe my baby could go to preschool in the fall!
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