The bag on the back of the toilet

So for some reason, they still put "bags" in the hotel rooms for sanitary disposal of, well, you know. And when you are almost 6, this can only mean one thing:

Brynn:"Mom? There's a barf bag on the toilet in case you feel sick."

Thanks, Brynn. Thanks for letting me know!

NY

So, part of the fun of a veterinarian leaving the practice last October is that Jeremy is the new Ultrasound guy. He went to some training in the fall but needed to take the first Cardiac course over the weekend of March 3 & 4. Jeremy had off Friday from work so after Brynn got done with school, we were off to Bedford Hills, NY.

I met up with my friend Meghan, who I played soccer with in college. We met at her place for brunch, then headed for FAO Swartz and Central Park. As you can imagine, the girls had a blast in the biggest toy store in the world!

We also went to Central Park to play on the playground and had pizza. Here's me and Meg right before we left from her apartment to head back to the hotel. Note the parking sign in the background...1/2 hour for $5.06. Price. Gauging.

This video is a riot. There are two things you'll need to note. 1) Listen for the woman saying "watch him on the front" while Meghan is helping Brady walk...Meghan clearly has no idea there's a ledge and Brady takes full advantage. 2) My girls have wonderful picture-taking etiquette. Just don't tell them they aren't supposed to be in the shot!

http://youtu.be/DwXyi69e4KU

Avery is 2 months old!

So this week Avery turned 2 months old! I did monthly pictures with Elyse and it is so fun to see her grow through the first year. For this month we are sporting some serious hair problems, but that is sort of the theme of this post. Avery definitely has Jeremy's hair line and her silky hair obviously dried funky after her bath:

And this is what we do for fun with babies:

Florida

So, I've found a loophole to the "blog every week" promise....they don't *actually* have to be published every week so long as I make a blog post about each week! Haha! So here's the Florida stuff from, umm, three weeks back. Weeks after that will follow shortly :)

These are the neighbor friends that look forward to Brynn and Elyse's arrival.

Here is Avery with Dad on her first Disney trip.

From the killer whale show! Elyse is really into killer whales and wanted a toy whale for Christmas. I actually couldn't find one in Williamsport. Until JoAnn Barnhart stopped by to see the baby and asked if there was anything she could help with....YES! Can you find a toy killer whale for me, please? Which, being the champion mom she is, she did. Of the small, plastic variety. But Elyse wanted a *stuffed animal* killer whale. See picture below.

The first night in Florida we celebrated the February birthdays...Elyse and Jeremy. This was Elyse's cake.

Slightly out of order, but here is Avery on her first, ever, airplane trip!

Brynn had so much fun at Sea World, she fell asleep in the car on her "Dolphin Trainer Barbie" box.

We waited in line 2 hours to see Rapunzel. Yes, I said 2 hours. No, we would not have waited 2 hours if we had known it was going to be 2 hours. We thought it was going to be 45 minutes. But once you are 45 minutes in, you are committed for the long-haul. Here is the precious moment that we had been waiting for. She talked with the girls for about a minute and also autographed their books. Doesn't she look just like you would imagine?

This is actually Avery's second beach trip, but first one with her name in sand.

Later in the week we celebrated March birthdays...Brynn's and Mom's. Here's Brynn with her cake. And why is this typing underlined?

Here they are with the Prince and Jasmine.

Eww, snakes!! Just kidding. They are plastic.

Our visit was awesome, filled with great weather, two theme parks, two beaches, awesome food, and lots of love to be had by all. Can't wait until next year!

Weekly blog

Okay...I'm putting this in "print": I will blog once a week this year! I know, you are all doubting me.

I have some doubts about it, too.

But I saw a commercial for Disney World today that had a picture of a little girl meeting a Disney Prince that looked something like this:



First of all, it was fitting that we are headed to Florida on Monday to see my parents and do all the Florida stuff. And while I'm not the type that is into all this princess stuff in the first place, it still made me realize that Brynn will only be 5 once when she goes to Disney, and Elyse will only be 4 at Disney one time in her life, and Avery will only be a baby at Disney...well, you know. And it made me realize that every stage in life is precious and I had better capture and record it while it's here.

So enough of the sap, here were some cool things from this last week:

ELYSE TURNED 4!
This is Elyse with her 'Pupcakes' that she brought in for her nursery school snack. They have fruit roll-up ears and tongues with M&M eyes and a nose.



This sort of sums up Elyse!She chose Burger King over pizza for dinner. It was also Free Onion Ring weekend. Bonus for Tracy!


Also, Brynn got signed up for AYSO soccer this spring so we got her new cleats and shin guards. She wanted to wear them to Grandma & Grandpa Knoebel's house for the Super Bowl:

And here's Elyse before we lit the candles...that video is too big for Blogger.





And here is Avery after a bath...note the hair!






Also, here's a picture of Avery...post-bath, with all her hairy