Chase Is Almost 2

Chase is almost 2. He deserves an update. He has been doing very well at his school. His teachers love him, probably because he is one of the older ones in his class. He will be home with Mommy for the summer so they are waiting to move him up to the PK2 class. He is more feisty than Brody was (more likely to whack you if he doesn't agree with what you are saying), but he is still a pretty well behaved kid. Younger children have to be more feisty to a certain extent. He loves building houses with his Legos. He is a big fan of Thomas the Train (he calls it Choo Choo) and Mickey Mouse.

Chase loves his bedtime routine. It starts out with a bath with Brody. After he gets out of the bath and is done drying off, he starts pointing to his Thomas the Train toothbrush and says Choo Choo. After brushing his teeth, he moves on to putting on his pajamas. We sit in his chair and read his books. While we are sitting in his chair, if he notices that his drawers are open he says "uh, oh" and points to the drawer till we close it. His favorite books are the Thomas the Train books, Go, Dog. Go!, Goodnight Moon, and My Big Truck Book. Next, we stand up and say goodnight to his Thomas the Train stickers on the wall as well as his Barney and Curious George stuffed animals. Finally we sing a few songs (Thomas the Train Roll Call or Jake and the Pirates Roll up the Map). I also sing the ABCs and spell out his name that is above his bed. When I put him down, he usually stays down. Occasionally, he stands up and I give him a hug and walk out. He'll cry as I am walking out the door, but it lasts less than a minute. Then he lays down and goes to sleep. Chase is a great sleeper and the key to a great sleeper is having a great routine.

Chase loves Knock, Knock jokes. Here is a video of Chase trying to say Knock, Knock.



Here is a video of Chase playing basketball.

Easter Weekend

We had a pretty busy Easter weekend. Actually, our Easter celebration started the week before at an Easter egg hunt at Rolling Oaks Park in Southwest Ranches. On Saturday before Easter we went to another Easter egg hunt at Weston Regional Park. Friendly advice, don't be late to the Weston Easter egg hunt. It starts at 10am sharp and it only lasts about 45 seconds. There were thousands of kids on the 4 baseball fields. On Easter Sunday, we went over to Mimi and Papa's house for another egg hunt. Our festivities concluded at the Greenberg's house for their annual Easter feast. Cindy always has quite the spread. This year she made lamb chops that were amazing.

Here are some highlights:

Brody Learning To Play Golf

Holiday Park has great activities for little kids to learn sports. Currently, Brody is learning to play golf. He loves going to the sessions with all the other kids. The challenge for Brody is that he is a lefty trying to learn to swing righty. Here is a video of his efforts.

Videos of Chase

Here are a couple of recent videos of Chase playing with a kazoo and with his bubbles.  He is pretty easily amused.  Also, there is a funny picture of Chase on our video monitor that shows him looking at a book that he grabbed from his bookshelf in the morning.  It keeps him pretty occupied in the morning.  He stays in bed and finds ways to amuse himself.  He never fusses for us to come get him.

Brody's Birthday

Brody had a great birthday celebration.  It seemed to last for weeks.  He had his party with all of his friends at Bayview Park on Saturday the 12th, then he celebrated his birthday with the family on his actual birthday, finally he celebrated at school on the 16th.  He was very excited to have all of his school friends come to his birthday party.  Thanks to everybody that celebrated with us.

At his annual checkup, he measured in at 40 1/2 inches and 34 1/2 lbs.  This puts him in the 47th percentile for height and 38th percentile for weight.  He also had a couple of shots that he took like a champ.

Brody's Cars Sliding Puzzle

This sliding puzzle was all jumbled up and I was stumped so I gave it to Brody just to keep him occupied for a few minutes. I turned away for 2 minutes and all of the sudden Brody says "I did it." I looked over and was stunned.