Natalie's 4th birthday party

Whaaaat a day!

In the morning, we had a little Father's Day/Bean's birthday party celebration.  We were so excited to have BOTH sets of grandparents here!  PLUS... CocoBrie came up from Florida too!  They picked a nice weekend- it rained on Friday but we had really nice weather both Saturday and Sunday, something they aren't used to this time of year. 

Bean's birthday is on June 15, so we always have a little celebration for him.  Seth helped him blow out his candles and open up his cards and gifts!

Then after nap time, Natalie woke up around 2 for her friend/kid birthday party.  We invited Addison from FACE/Gymnastics, Gaby (BFF from Maureen's), Sarah (BFF from Teddy Bears class at FACE), Logan and Grace, Jackson and Sami and of course, our resident big kid Seth who was a big help when it came to the breaking of the pinata.

Natalie was trying to swing with only one arm, and had a few good whacks.

All the kids got some good hits in, especially Logan and of course, Seth.  You should have seen them scramble once it finally broke open.  Natalie immediately found a lollipop and asked Daddy if she could tear into it. 

Here's Addison, Sarah, Gaby, Natalie, Sami, and crazy little Jackson, the ham!

We also played a game of pin the tail on the My Little Pony.  Grace had my favorite "stick" (they were stickers) of the day... way out in left field.  This is typically where I put mine, and it's funny every time.

Next up was cake and ice cream.  Natalie wanted a Funfetti cake this year, with Funfetti icing.  The girls had a good time lined up eating their cake and ice cream (with Sarah's mom Karen!)

Little Buddy got up from his nap toward the end of the party.  He didn't even realize what was going on- he just wanted to push his favorite firetruck around.  Coco Brie sat outside and watched him while Natalie opened a few presents after all of the kids had left. 

Happy 4th birthday Natalie!  We hope you had a great day and we love you very much!

Sami and Jackson's 3rd birthday party

Natalie was VERY excited to get an invitation to Jackson and Sami's 3rd birthday party at Playtown Express in Hopkinton.  We had gone there for Logan's birthday party in December, and she most definitely remembered the big slide and all of the fun things to play on.  She was even more fearless this time, which is SO funny because her brother is totally afraid of things like this!  (Big slides, swings, jumpy houses, no thanks mom!)

Seriously, this slide is so fast, this is about all you capture.  But I think you get the idea!  She pretty much LOVED this once again.  She and I were going down the slide, laughing our butts off, running around, climbing the stairs and doing it all over again!  It was so much fun!

Big boy wanted to do a little grocery shopping with Sami.  She didn't want to play house with him, ha ha ha ha.

This is my new favorite picture of Natalie. I mean, have you ever seen so much JOY on a child's face????

A very unsure big boy with his daddy.  Once he went down the "roller coaster," he didn't cry, but he got up and walked away.  That was fine dad, but that was enough!

Sami and Jackson had TWO CAKES (which makes perfect sense to me, anyone who has two kids knows that you NEED two cakes for two totally different kids who like different things).  To say the least, Natalie was very excited that there were two cakes.  Even Grant got in on the cake action... they were so cute, sitting like such big kids at the table with daddy!

Playground time

Boy, for early June, the weather has just been absolutely beautiful around here! So of course, that means we have to hit up the park that we know. Sorry I don't have any pictures of Natalie. I was the one with the camera, and I was in charge of following Grant around, so I only got pictures of him!

He met this dog and kept calling him "Sky" after our neighbors dog of the same name. He loves dogs, but he never touches them. It's kind of funny.

Grant also started using actual playground equipment for the first time that I've seen. Mommy was supervising very closely, but he climbed up all by himself. We went down the slide together.

When we were all hanging out in the clubhouse, we saw an awesome dust devil develop over the softball field. This is a great pic- but it looked even better just before this. I'm such a weather weenie!

Gordon's Graduation Party

After gymnastics on Saturday, we all went to Wilmington for Gordon's high school graduation party.  I can't believe he's graduated from high school!  Seriously, thanks for making me feel really old and uncool.

Not too long after Grammi, Bean, and the South Yarmouth Bailey's arrived, Seth found a couple of small garden snakes.  Do you see now why I love my mother-in-law so much?  Isn't she so cool???  Not only did she actually pick up a snake, but then she pretended to eat it!

Big boy and the even bigger graduation boy.

Natalie rediscovered Uncle Gordie's back hoe.  She looked so pretty in her dress with her big cousin Seth.

Grant was a TOTAL MESS.  Who brought the homeless child?  His face is all beat up from various run-in's with the playground equipment and curbs.  He was digging in the dirt and was totally messy, and he got his lunch all over him because we forgot his bib.  I think he's ready for Mass Maritime though!

Natalie asked GoGo if we could cut the cake.  He totally stopped what he was doing (hanging out with his friends outside) and came in to cut the cake just so his little cousin could have a piece.  Wasn't that super nice? 

Congrats GoGo!  Helen had a picture of him when he was little put on the cake.  I totally see the resemblance between GoGo and Grant in this picture!

Ahem... the ubiquitous cake-on-the-face picture.  Love that girl!

Natalie's birthday

This is an e-mail I got from Todd earlier today...

I asked Natalie what she wanted for her birthday.

She said she wanted a puppy! Ha ha. She was so cute. She said, not a puppy at our neighbors but one at our house that is furry and wags its tail. I told her no. I said they are a lot of work and we are not home enough to take care of it. I asked her if there is anything else she might want. She said she wants a real robot that walks and talks to her.

Grant's 18 month statistics (at 19 months old)

We're kind of slackers with the doctor's appointments- Grant was a whole month behind!  Todd took him for his 18 month appointment yesterday morning (before he sliced his forehead open!) and he weighed in at 27 pounds (up 2 pounds since his 15 month appointment) which is 60th percentile.  He is 34" tall (up 1 and 1/4" since his 15 month appointment) and that is 85th percentile.  His head grew 1/2 a cm and is now at 49.5 cm, which is also 85th percentile.  He got a couple of vaccines and now he's good to go until he turns 2!

OK, pardon their sweatiness here as it was 90 degrees outside and we don't have central air (not necessary today as it's a beautiful 70 degrees, breezy, and I have the windows open!)  But this picture cracked me up.  Natalie put the shamrocks on Grant's head and he didn't even bother trying to take them off!  They looked so cute together!

Big Boy gets a Boo Boo

Grant had a rough day yesterday (6/1).  First, he had his 18 month well visit with Dr. Meisheid (more on that in another post!) where he had to get a couple of vaccination shots.  Then he was at Miss Carrie's house (who lives in the neighborhood near Maureen) and he tried to climb the curb (I'm guessing) and he missed, splitting open an area on his forehead about 1/2-1" long.  Back to Dr. Meisheid's office he goes!  You can see it in the picture below.  He has a nice little bruise with it too, poor little guy.  They didn't do stitches, but they did do the "super glue" stuff.  Hopefully he won't have that bad of a scar!

Seth's first communion

We took a trip down to the Cape to see our nephew/my Godson Seth make his first communion.  The weather was supposed to be rainy and gray but we got some sunshine at just the right time!  Natalie and I took a quick walk when we were at Grammi and Bean's house while Grant took a morning nap. 

I snapped this pic below of Natalie being silly in church.  I know you're not supposed to be silly in church, but the kids were all singing The Butterfly Song and Natalie was dancing.

Then we went outside in the beautiful sunshine and took some pictures.  Here we are with the first communion boy!  I liked this picture because you can see Natalie is actually making an attempt at praying, just like her big cousin Seth.

And of course, it wouldn't be a party without CAKE!  Seth got to make the first cut.  You can see Natalie looking longingly at the cake.  Andrew H. looks bored, ha ha!  A good time was had by all!  Congratulations Seth!!!!

Addison's 4th birthday party

Natalie got invited to Addison's 4th birthday party at Snip It's in Framingham.  Addison goes to FACE preschool with Natalie, although because her birthday is before June 1, she is a Chipmunk this year while Natalie is a Teddy Bear.  Addison also goes to Planet Gymnastics with Natalie on Saturday morning, and both girls are in Mr. Gary's class. 

The party was SO cute.  They start off by doing an arts and crafts project, and then while they're doing that, the girls go up one by one and get their hair done, their make up done, and their nails painted.  They also get to pick a princess dress to wear and then they get "interviewed" and get to do a fashion show at the end, before they have cake.

Here is Natalie with two of her friends from FACE and some other girls.  Addison, the birthday girl is in the black and white dress.  Gaby, her BFF is in the blue shirt.

Natalie was hilarious. I have this great series of pictures of Natalie excited to get her hair done, then eventually grimacing, and then nearly in tears because the tugging on her hair for the french braid was so painful.  Such is the price of beauty, kid.

I captured this picture of the girls being SO sweet and admiring themselves in the mirror, checking out their hair and makeup.

Natalie had a blast in the princess dress (green, naturally) with her wand (that she got to keep and she loves.  She even had to bring it into the bathroom tonight, over a week after the party!)  She was also VERY excited that she got a lollipop in her goodie bag!  The kid is easy to please!

Cinco de WOD'o

This sort of post usually goes on my other blog http://baileyfitnessblog.blogspot.com/, but it was SO funny that I had to share it with the masses. 

On Cinco de Mayo, Todd and I got a babysitter so we both could go to CrossFit New England and do the 5:30 pm WOD together.  Well, he normally goes to 6:30 pm class, and I usually go to 5:30 AM class, so this was a fun change.  The kicker was, we all had to wear Mexican wrestling masks. 

Here I am doing a pull up in said mask. 

Here is Todd working on his snatch.  Notice how he does a nice job of keeping his knees out over his feet.  And he looks pretty awesome doing it in Mexican wrestling mask.

Same movement, different Bailey, not as much weight, cooler mask.

John Doole did the entire WOD not only in his mask, but also in a suit, and with a bottle of beer in his jacket pocket!  That thing is gonna have to be dry cleaned...

After we worked on the snatch, we all went outside and did a team prowler push.  In our masks.  First, Ben told us the women would be doing 90# pushes and the men would be doing 135# pushes.  Then he changed it up, and the women were at the top of the hill pushing downhill and the men were doing the opposite so he kept it at 135#.  The first round I did okay, I ran the whole way.  The second round I started walking because the thing was so darn heavy.  Thankfully the ground was damp, so that helped move it along a bit. 

Todd and I outside CFNE after the WOD.  Notice the sweat...

After we worked out, we all got cleaned up and went out to Margarita's near the Natick/Framingham line.  You can see, we are NOT eating or drinking paleo here...  This is me with Alysia, Liz, and Trupti.

And here's Todd (with hair, without hat) with Chad (without hair, with hat) and Trosen (without hair, without hat).  Chad is making the funniest face here, so I had to add it to this blog.  We had a blast at Margarita's and it was nice to not only get to work out with my husband, but to hang out with him afterwards... I love babysitters!!!!