Things started just fine and dandy this morning...
And then we got to OT. Every time we go to OT, Liam gets a muffin from the front of the office. There's a basket in the same spot every single time we go with plenty of muffins. If Malia is with us, he knows to get two and if Malia's not with us, he knows to get one (and usually sneaks another on the way out). Well they didn't have muffins today. Actual conversation from this discovery:
Liam: Where the muffins?
Me: I don't know buddy, they must have run out.
Liam: BAD MOMMYYYYYYY!!!!!
So I spent about 10 minutes calming him down and letting him know they might have them next time but today, they were all gone... blah blah blah... and then the therapist comes out, asks what's wrong, and takes him to the staff room and gets him a muffin. Oh well.
But the day ended on a much better note...
Fun times outside with the kids and the dog- what a great Thursday!
We had such a good day today! First, Liam found a pair of glasses Grandma sent for Easter...
And then we spent a lot of time outside! Liam is so happy outside so any day we can spend hours outside is a good day for us.
And playing outside leads to tired children. We went upstairs to check on them because they were being awfully quiet. They were asleep! We were shocked.
The kids ate yogurt for breakfast by themselves this morning- they love it so much!
We have had to really think hard about how to arrange Liam's room because this boy will not sleep at night. While I was in NC a couple weekends ago, Zachary was rearranging the house and the desk broke while he was trying to move it. So we put part of it in Liam's room to organize some of his toys. Well we decided to move everything out of his room so his room is only for sleeping and when I went to move the desk part in his room I discovered he's been getting in the drawer...
After I moved some stuff around I took them out in our backyard to try to wear them out- trying everything I can to get him to sleep!
This picture reminds me so much of another picture that I'll put below it:
Oh and by the way- Dominos sells a Smores Cookie. It's delicious.
Night one of no toys and lots of outside time was successful!
I've joined a facebook group called MOPS Swap for the sole purpose of hopefully finding a slide for this child. Every time there's a post I look immediately but no one is trying to get rid of a slide. So I finally broke down and got one at Target today. He's a big fan!
The Naval Academy's first football game was today so Zachary had to attend and his Dad went with him- so the rest of us headed to Clark's Elioak Farm in Ellicot City. This is the same place Malia had her seizures and then we went back a few weeks later and Liam had a blast.
As soon as we walked in, Liam found a slide. He had everyone go down it with him- multiple times each.
Eventually I got him to explore some other areas of the farm. We saw some rabbits and chickens...
... some sheep...
...lots of horses...
...and some really stinky pigs.
Matthew and Grace worked together to recreate a picture we took last year. Here's this year's:
And then I talked him into a pony ride- but he upgraded to a horse this year! He did such a good job.
Then he found something else to climb on...
Malia had fun having every one take turns holding her but a day wouldn't be complete without a little sass from the little lady.
First of all, here's Liam modeling some new clothes from grandma- my personal favorites:
Secondly, my plants sprouted!
Thirdly, I think Malia is a strong candidate for my yoga partner in a few years:
Our new favorite thing to do is get the babies in the umbrella strollers and head to any one of a number of playgrounds near us. Liam loves the slides and Malia loves the swings. Today she decided to keep her feet close to her and it was just too cute.
Also Liam is his father's child- he's started randomly yelling "IZZA! IZZA!" which if you know Zachary, you know he's referring to pizza. It's so stinking cute and he'll say it over and over again.
