The Bubble Patch Kids

It seems that Maureen used quite a bit of body wash on the boys this evening while giving them a batch because it sure looked like they were taking a bubble bath when I got home this evening.   Nicholas assured me it wasn't a bubble bath, but he did say that he liked being in the Bubble Patch.  John even got in on the act and created his own bubble patch.  The especially liked getting out to the tub with bubbles all over their lower torsos.

Dinner with Annabelle

Annabelle came over to play on Sunday afternoon with the boys.  They wanted to play mommy, daddy, and brother.  Apparently, Annabelle and John were the mommy and daddy of John's Baby Daisy and Nicholas was the brother.  The best part of the whole scene was that they both decided that they had to go back to work after Daisy was born.  John went to his garage workshop and Annabelle went to the railroad.  Between the two of them, they shared a tiny cell phone.  Why share the cell phone?  They needed to call the grandparents to make sure they could watch Baby Daisy while they were at work.

After some play, we made some homemade pizza.  Nicholas made a quite interesting pizza with just dough and tomato sauce.  Annabelle used parmesan cheese as the base cheese for hers.  John was a bit more cautious and used the parmesan very sparingly.  Since it was a special "date night", I decided to make ice cream milk shakes. I'd say they liked their meals quite well.   I know that I would really love that dinner if it were mine.

Two Cute Boys

Someone Want To Wear Something New

Our Nicholas has decided that it might be time for him to start wearing underware.  Let's just say it hasn't gone well.  He doesn't quite understand the concept of using his orange potty just yet.  On his first day, he had an accident with number one.  Maureen changed his underware and then he made both number one and number two.  I'm sure he'll eventually get it especially since we're bribing him with Hershey's Kisses and Hot Wheels if he uses his potty properly.  It might take some time, but he'll get there.  At least, I hope he'll get there.

Baseball Comes Early to Park La Brea

John seems to like baseball.  Every so often, he'd ask if he could watch a baseball game and I'd put it on.  He'd watch for a bit and then move on.  On one trip to the 99 Cent Store, we picked up a wiffle ball and bat for both boys.  John took to it quite well last summer/fall.  He would connect about 15% of the time that we'd pitch the ball to him.  Nicholas just like to spin around in circle with his bat.

Last week, I picked up a batting tee and a couple of plastic bats at Target for the boys.  They were very excited when they saw the tee and immediately asked me to build it.  They were so excited that they wanted to take a couple of swings in the apartment.  Guess who's head John accidentally hit with the barrel of his bat?  Thankfully, it was not hard and Nicholas just laughed it off.

Anywho, I took them out yesterday to take some swings in the courtyard behind our building.  Like a good student, John paid attention and kept his eye on the ball.  Nicholas just wanted to twirl around and play with his orange bat and ball.  There were certain times where I had to sit the boys down because they were not behaving.  Nicholas had to sit in Calm Down Corner 3 times because he didn't listen with his listening ears.  John only sat down in Calm Down Corner once.  All in all, I'd say they were very good and may have promising careers as a hitter and a twirler.

When She Gets Bored

Maureen likes to have fun with the boys at bedtime.  In this photo, she decided to have John pose next to Nicholas as he slept in his bed.  As you can see, John decided to jazz up the pose a bit.  He's quite the male model like that.  Thankfully, Nicholas slept through the shenanigans like a champ.  If only he'd learn to sleep in until 7 AM on weekends, things would be so much better.  He can be a bit of an early bird and it would be nice to not here him come in to the bedroom and say, "Mama, I see light outside and the blue sky.  That means it's morning."  Yes, we know that little man.  We know it.

Daddy's Day To Play

Maureen is going to Santa Barbara to do some wine tasting with some friends today, so it looks like I am having a Boys Day with John and Nicholas.  As you can see from the photo, they had a lovely mid-morning snack of ice cream and blue icee.  John wants Pringles for lunch and Nicholas will probably want donuts or chocolate of some sort.  For dinner, we're having a pizza party from Rocco's whilst watching Jonny Quest and I think Nicholas may actually eat that.  If not, I can give him some chocolate ice cream.

Don't worry, they'll actually get outside to run around.  We're going to play baseball downstairs.  They are very excited to try out their batting tee.