Stuck

Where to start...I feel like it's been forever since I posted, but I guess it's only been about 2 weeks. One of Miles' new favorite obsessions is to be "stuck". He likes being cornered in places where there are little barriers all around him (my leg, a stuffed animal, a shoe, etc). He's not really stuck and could easily get out, but for some reason he likes this and ensures that he is often stuck. He also likes making Hailey stuck. It's pretty funny!

This is Miles and Hailey being "stuck"

Looking cute in Daddy's hat

Sprinkler fun!

Last weekend I took the kids and headed to Ohio for my cousin Lynn's baby shower. We had a really great trip and it was fun to catch up and see everyone. The kids were really good and had a great time.

Kids sleeping on the way to Ohio

This last week was up and down for Miles. One really bad day (he learned a new cuss word at school-not only learning it, but using it in a sentence and was also kicking) and then a few not so bad a few pretty good days. We were floored by the cussing and have begun encouraging Miles to play with other friends at school. We had found out that there are 2 in particular that he is often in trouble with and also are the ones who taught him his other first cuss word. It seems to be working sometimes and I hope we can continue to help him make wise choices. We talked about a lot of different strategies on this one and decided now was the time to teach him to be leader rather than a follower and to choose his friends carefully because he's the one that will be getting in trouble-not them (who knows what their parents do to them at home!). So, we're talking about it and he seems to be receptive. I'm also trying to reinforce that he's not bad, the choices are bad. (he keeps saying that J & C make him bad).

This weekend was a lot of fun too. Friday night we crashed at the Kleins for dinner and fun and it was great to see Lauren and Miles playing together! They've always gotten along, but it seems this was one of the first times they actually played together.




Hailey is really crawling now!!!

Saturday we just hung out and I got to take a nap with Hailey (one of my favorite activities!), fly a kite with Miles and have some bathtub fun.



Sunday my brother, Michael, came up to visit. It was really nice to see him and Miles had a blast with him. We went to this indoor play/pizza place and had a great time playing tons of different games. We had plans to meet up with the Kleins again and attend their church's bible school week kick off which featured BMX racing and motocross, but at our intermission at home, Miles lost it due to no nap earlier in the day and we had to cancel our plans. When he regained normalcy, we did have fun playing outside.