Seanybear speaks

At the dinner table the other night, Sean noticed Clare experimenting with her food (she was topping her turkeyburger with raspberry yogurt) and said, "I don't think that is a great idea, Clare. But if you like it like that, I still love you."

 

Sean asked me about recycling plastic (specifically his empty vitamin bottle) and I tried my best to explain the process to him. He summed up what he'd heard by telling me: "So, a recycling truck comes and takes our recycling away and then it dumps it out like a dump truck and the plastic goes in a hot pot and gets cooked and then a blonde(???) comes and put it all in a blender and makes new shapes out of the meltened plastic and when it cools we can put new vitamins in the bottles. And this is good for Earth Day!" 

Seany at Kiddie Soccer

On the way home from daycare yesterday:
Me: I saw turkeys in the backyard - maybe they'll still be there when we get home.
Sean: Did you cook 'em?
Me: Ummm ... what?
Sean: COOK them! Did you cook 'em?
Me: Noooo - they're wild turkeys. Besides, how could I get them in the house?
Sean: You just put a line of corn on the ground and the turkeys will try to eat the corn and when the sun gets hot, the corn will POP POP POP and hit a turkey in the BUTT! Hahahahaha! It hits his butt! Hahahahah! And that's the one you cook! 

Sean's been resisting bedtime lately - he puts on an exasperated voice and says something along the lines of: "Awww, why do we have to go to sleep EVERY NIGHT? I always have to go to sleep. It's just not comfortable for me!" And he's usually snoring within 10 minutes of lights-out :-)

Sitting on the ball - ready to listen to his coach

Beginner A

Clare's been moved up!  Today was her first official day as the newest member of the Beginner A room - or as Clare calls it, the "big gurl room!"  Her new teacher, Ms. Carly, said that Clare had a great first day and was very helpful in the classroom, especially during circle time. Clare took a nice long nap after a morning spent outside on a scavenger hunt to look for brown objects :-)

 

Congratulations, Daddy!

A belated Congrats to Daddy, who is ALL DONE with grad school!!! His last class was last Wednesday and we got balloons and made a "special treat" to celebrate - brownies!

 

Clare picked the "pitty color 'boon" which was very appropriate since it said "Congrats" and Sean picked the Woody & Buzz balloon because "it's Daddy's favorite!"

Unfortunately, Daddy was at his last class until after the kiddies went to bed, so they enjoyed the brownies without him. No worries, they gave him plenty of hugs and kisses on Thursday. 

As Sean said, "You're all teached, now Daddy. There's nothing more to learn!"

School Pictures!

The kids got their Spring pictures taken and they came out great! First, a walk down memory lane ...

 

Fall 2011:

Spring 2012: 

Here is last fall's picture - Sean was super-excited for the pictures but Clare seemed a little nervous:

And this Spring's picture - two great poses together!

 

Looks like they could have done this all day :-)

Little Kicks

Seanybear started a six-week soccer league in March! The first week few weeks took place indoors at a local elementary school. Each session always started with a warm-up and stretching:

Sean was introduced to "carrot hands" which means he holds his arms behind his back to ensure he doesn't touch the ball with his hands:

At the end of each session, Sean would sit down in a nice, neat line with his "soccer friends" and wait his turn to get ...

... a patch!  The first week he got a "B" for being Brave:

The second week he got a blue and yellow soccer ball patch for being a good sport:

Sometimes Mommy and Daddy get to play, too:

The third week he got a patch with a lightning bolt on it for hustling:

The kids not only learned ball skills and the basic rules of the game, but they also did drills to build their listening skills and to learn to play nicely with their soccer friends. On the fourth week, Sean got a smiley face patch for having a good attitude and playing nicely :-)

The fifth week, it was warm enough to play outside!

Sean got a "T" for teamwork during Week 5:

Most of the time during the last session, the kids played a scrimmage with 2 or 3 balls in play. Sean would get frustrated when the bigger kids would take control of the ball, but then he decided to play defense.

For the last week, the kids were allowed to pick their own patches - Sean chose the "B" for bravery patch again!

After Little Kicks, we got a treat - chocolate milk for Clare (don't squeeze the box, Clare!) and vanilla milk for Sean ("chocolate is too sweet for me")

 

Even though Little Kicks is over, Sean is starting a new soccer program this weekend - Kiddie Soccer.  Although Sean is under the impression that we are going to Kitty Soccer.  :-)

All turned around

Look who's facing forward in her car seat!

"Cheese!"

"No cheese - I shy!"

 And a video - somehow it ended up sideways and I can't get it to turn back around ... whoopsie.

Hot Potato?

Just before lunchtime on Saturday, Clare helps me decide what to have for lunch:

Outside!

It was such a nice day outside today that we spent some time at the playground after daycare. We played on the slide - Sean showed us how quickly he can get up the stairs and come down the slide - all by himself! This meant that little Miss Clare had to try it by herself, but mean old Mommy insisted on going down the slide with her - it's a tall slide!

After the slide, the kids played on the rocking tractor and car:

Clare got up on the car all by herself! "I did it!"

Time for the swings:

Seany took charge of pushing Baby Clare on the swings:

Yogurt

The Sooy Babies like yogurt. Actually, the LOVE yogurt! They ask for it every night at dinner.

I get them super-duper yummy organic baby yogurt that has fruit on the bottom. Both kids are so independent that neither will let me stir up the yogurt for them, which means they bravely eat their way through the plain yogurt and then are rewarded with the sweet fruit mixture at the bottom.

It doesn't matter though, yogurt always bring big smiles - especially blueberry yogurt :-)