When you're bigger

We were in the potty the other day and Dominic told me that I could go potty standing. I said, No mommy can't do that. He said "It's hard to do. Maybe when you're bigger you can." LOL! I love the things he says!

Sometimes...

Sometimes I forget that Dominic is only two, soon to be three this coming week. He is so big and speaks to us so well. He's so creative and has started making up his own lyrics to songs and he is so perceptive that sometimes I forget that he is only two. In fact the other day Daddy was injured at work. Dominic asked what happened and I told him that daddy got a boo boo at work but he went to the doctor and he's ok. Dominic asked me if a shark ate his hand. I said no he just banged it. "With a hammer? My hammer?" I said no, nothing like that he just hit it on something. He looked at me very seriously and asked me "What?" I didn't want to tell him that it was on a person, I don't want Dominic to stress out but I'm thinking who knew it would be this hard to gloss something over to an almost three year old?! He doesn't miss a thing!

Getting Pumpkins

Dominic was very excited about getting pumpkins this year. He had a great time picking them out and now we have three giant pumpkins to carve as well as some little ones for decoration. Holidays are so much more fun with little kids!

Bronx Zoo

I was so glad that Daddy and the kids were able to come with me to my conference in White Plains. I don't think I would have gone if they couldn 't come. Well, on the last day we went to the Bronx Zoo. It was great! It was a huge zoo and we missed some things but the kids loved it. Dominic especially wanted to see the giraffe's and really enjoyed all of the animals. They both love the sea lions and feeding fries to the peacocks.

Harvest Festival

I can't believe how big the Adam's Apple Orchards Harvest Festival has gotten. They estimated they had 5-6 thousand people this year! I remember when it was just a cash register in their garage. Dominic had a blast playing on the bouncy castle and picking apples. We even saw a baby kangaroo that hadn't left the pouch yet, it was so tiny!

Dominic and Jorja

On Saturday we went to a BBQ at Lauren and Brad's house. The weather was pretty miserable but everyone had a great time anyway!

Labor-day BBQ

On labor day we had a few people over for an impromptu BBQ. It was a beautiful day and very relaxing. The kids played together with no real mishaps and the adults chatted in the corner. The kids had a blast and got absolutely disgusting! Needless to say, everyone got baths before they went in their pj's!

Pooping Worm

I am frequently amazed with the conversations you have with small children when you are a parent. One of these happened the other day while we were getting ready for daycare.

Dominic was sitting on the potty and I was trying to pull up Samantha's hair. She was wriggling everywhere and I said "You stop being such a wiggle-worm." Dominic asked "What happened?" I said "Oh nothing, Samantha is just being a wiggle-worm wiggling all over the place."

*silence*

Dominic: "I'm not a wiggle-worm, I'm a pooping-worm!"

(I love this kid!)

To Infinity and Beyond!!

Each time Dominic would swing from this rope he would yell "To Infinity and Beyond!!!"

The Fair

I can't beleive the fair has gone by. That has always unofficially signalled the end of summer. Of course the weather is starting to reinforcing that idea as well! Typical Vermont August/September weather where it's 85 and humid one day and the next it's 60 and rainy.

The kids had a great time at the fair looking at all of the animals and Dominic got to go on some rides. The Nationaly Guard had a huge inflatable obstacle course. Dominid decided he wanted to do it and we were so impressed he did the whole thing! He's such a daredevil!

Here's a goofy pic! What you can't see is me and Samantha behind the board telling Dominic to stick his head in thhole!

Mowing the Lawn

Here's Dominic helping daddy cut the grass. It must be hard work because he started dosing off!

Cole's Birthday Party

On the Sunday after Canobie Lake, we went to Cole's 3rd Birthday party. Dominic had a blast playing with everyone although watching someone open presents was a true test in patience to the group of 2 and 3 year olds!! Dominic had so much fun and fell asleep for most of the ride back to Vermont.

Canobie Lake

The day before Cole's birthday party we went to Canobie Lake. It was our first time and it was great! What a wonderful park for small kids. There was a ton of rides and a Bob the Builder show that Dominic loved. I think we'll definitely go back! I was a bit nervous leaving the kids on the rides but they did great!

C'mon Steve!!!

So we were watching Blue's Clues. (The older ones with Steve) Well, during the show Steve pretends he can't find the clues and kids yell and point them out. That's when I hear from the couch "C'mon Steve!!" and then he would point out where the clue was. He did this everytime Steve pretended to not be able to see the clue. It was too funny! I had a hard time not laughing!

At the Park with Daddy

The great thing about Daddy's schedule is that the kids get to spend lots of time with Daddy. Here's Dominic at the park while Mama was working.

Uncle Chris

We had Uncle Chris and Uncle Jerod over the other day for ribs (although they were over at different times) and Dominic had such a blast bouncing on the trampoline with Uncle Chris. He showed Uncle Chris his tricks and had Uncle Chris teach him some new ones which Dominic declared were "tricky."

MUD MONSTER!

It poured today and Dominic just couldn't resist the puddles. He told me he was a mud monster! After these pictures we took a bath!

Vacation

Mommy took a week vacation from work. We had originally thought about going somewhere in New England or Long Island but with everything so expensive we decided to stay home and do some local activities. We went to the drive-in (originally to see Wall-E) but the kids fell asleep so Mommy & Daddy watched a couple of movies instead. We did go and see Wall-E during a matinee. Domiic liked the movie although during a couple of sad parts he said "I don't like this movie." Then we did the Teddy Bear factory where Dominic made a stuffed Dinosaur called "Dinosaur."

We also went to the Ben & Jerry's factory and what was their favorite part? The ice cream? The playground? Nope. The water fountain.

Another day we went to the beach. The Sandbar is a great place for kids because they can walk out forever before it's above their head. Dominic loved playing in the water and making sand castles!

At the end of the week Daddy had to go back to work but I was able to take both of them in the pool after convincing Dominic that his life jacket was a good thing. We also took a day trip to Shelburne farms where the kids had a blast chasing chickens and checking out the animals.

It has been such a great week! I have ZERO interest in going back to work.

Dominic updates

Dominic is such a little boy now. He talks away and tells great stories. He's such a great big brother to Samantha and really tries to take care of her. He has even been rocking and "nursing" his stuffed animals.

He's really into Scooby Doo now and still into Harry Potter (which mommy loves!). His memory is unbeleivable! The other night we were driving by the McDonalds down the street and he of course asked for "Old MacDonald chicken." Daddy fibbed a little and told him it was closed and they were cleaning up. A few days later we drove down the same road. Dominic again asked for chicken and we said "Not today." Dominic asked us "They cleaning up?" We have to be very careful what we say!

In fact in Barnes n Nobles the other day he pointed to the changing table and told me that when he was little he would poop and I ould change him on that. I couldn't beleive it! That does bring me to potty training. Dominic is completely potty trained. He even gets up at night to go although I still put him in a pull-up just in case.

Company

For Samantha's christening we had Nan, Pop, Bailey and Emily up for a visit. Dominic had so much fun with the girls! One night in particular he stayed up until 10:30pm watching Harry Potter, jumping on the bed and eating cookies with them. This was after a day on the trampoline and the pool! He had a blast with them and missed them when they left!