LOVE

Matty and Lexi really do love one another. Lexi is so nurturing to Matty or "Matty Baby" as she calls him (usually). Even when I get them from school, the teacher tells me how Lexi is always checking on Matty to make sure he is okay. They love to read to one another, play puzzles, draw, play, and mostly giggle. I am so glad they have such a close bond, don't get me wrong they get into their own mischief and can bother one another...but they are both almost 3 it is expected. I hope they always have their special bond!

New Beds

We decided that since the kids are about to be 3, it was time to get ready to move them to beds. I listed their cribs and dresser on craigslist and within minutes I had someone who wanted to come by to see them. They bought Lexi's crib and dresser. They took their naps on mattresses on the floor and I had to go over to Toys R' Us to purchase new beds. On Sunday afternoon, we put together new toddler beds for Matty and Lexi. Lexi got a "Pink" Dora bed and Matty got a red Cars bed. They were both very excited to sleep in their new beds and decided that they would both sleep in Lexi's room for a slumber party. I told them they needed to stay in their beds. They talked for a while, but did go to sleep. The funniest part, was that in the morning...Matty still cried for us to come and neither of them got out of their beds.

Monday night as we got ready for bed, Matty decided he wanted to sleep in the higher bed...I thought he meant the full size mattress in his room. Nope, he meant the crib. I haven't taken his apart yet, since I am planning on selling it. Well I figured it was not a battle worth fighting now, so he got to sleep in his crib. Lexi loves her new bed and kisses Dora good-night before going to sleep.

Dressing up!

Matty and Lexi love dressing up! Anything and everything they find ends up on them. Lexi decided that she wanted to wear her princess dress, so after some minor alterations to allow her head to fit through, she was thrilled to put it on. Matty found Jeff's old Halloween mask and put it on and ran around the house.

They are getting so excited about their birthdays and everyday they ask if it is time for the birthday party or Disneyland. They love marking off the calendar. Lexi even decided to try and cross off more days when I wasn't looking---thinking it would be sooner for us to go. I had to laugh and tell her it did not work that way!

Chatting on the phone

Lexi loves to chat on the phone with everyone! She is such a girlie girl. Matty is more of a "catch me when I want to talk on the phone kiddo"

Some Singing!

Lexi and Matty love to sing!
Lexi said she wanted to sing Twinkle, Twinksle, but just like a girl she changed her mind.

Back to the Boardwalk

Jeff went to NYC to see some of his friends, so we went with Grandpa Danny and Grammy back to the boardwalk for some fun. The kids rode the rides again!

They enjoyed some frozen custard!

Grammy wanted to get them their first cotton candy. Lexi took one bit of cotton candy and said "I don't like it." Needless to say Matty loved the pure sugar.

Cousins in Maryland

We continued our trip to Maryland to meet more cousins. We went to Hillary, Gary and Cheyanne's House for dinner with family. Joyce, Larry, Jaimin, Tory, and Jonah also met us there. The kids all played together nicely. Matty even nibbled on food since other kids were. Matty and Lexi were in heaven when Gary put Dora on the big screen! We had lots of fun! It even made up for the fact that the kids did not fall asleep in the car until 11pm and we made it back to the hotel at 1am---oh well we were on vacation.