St. Patrick's Day Parade!

Today was the Elmhurst St. Pat's Parade. It is beautiful out today and Gary and Sue are here visiting so we all went to enjoy the festivities. Lila wasn't so sure about the parade until she got a leprechaun toy and a pom-pom, after that she was all smiles. Ian got off to a slow start, but managed to collect quite a bit of candy by the end.

The kids in their green.

Waiting for the parade to start.

Beautiful Day!

Today is a beautiful day and luckily, Lila and I were able to take advantage of it. We went to our favorite park with a few friends after music class today and had a great time. Lila is turning into such a big girl! She went down the slide by herself over and over again today. We weren't really dressed for the park and it was a little muddy, but we didn't care because it was so nice to be outside!
If only it would stay this way...

Splishin and Splashin

It was a long afternoon here. Ian didn't have school today and Lila's Miralax that she's been taking for four days decided to start working during naptime, so with a restless preteen and a napless toddler at home I decided we needed to get out. We decided to check out the local indoor water park and had a lot of fun.

They had a lazy river, a kids play area, two big water slides and several small pools. Ian spent the entire time on the water slides and Lila and I hung out in the little 3 foot pool. She jumped in over and over again shouting "one two one two THREE!". After about 40 minutes Lila had had enough so we changed and had a snack while we watched Ian go down the slide.

Every once in awhile Lila would look over at the slides and wave, saying "hi Ian" whether he was there or not.

Ian on his way back to the slide.

Because I needed a good laugh...

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Lila's First Haircut!

I either realized I have been slacking or caught a case of "keeping up with the Joneses", but when I found out that three of Lila's little friends have already had haircuts and their hair is shorter than Lila's, I scheduled a haircut for Lila right away.

We went to Kid Snips and had a fantastic experience! Lila is going to want to get her hair cut every day now, I think, because she got to watch Finding Nemo while she got her hair cut, plus she got to pick out a prize and a lollipop when she was done. AND we bought her a new ball because she was so good.

Lila's "before" picture sitting in the police car chair, already zoned out watching the movie.

The first snip!

The only time she cried was when they first put the cape on her, but once she got her blankie she was fine.

She got her hair dried and even had a little mousse in her hair like a big girl.

Our little Zoolander posing for her "after" shot.

Muscle Club

Lila started a Mother's Morning Out program this morning called Muscle Club at the Hub. She will be going once a week for two hours and her first day was great. She didn't cry at all when I dropped her off and the teachers said she did great. When I picked her up and asked if she had fun, she very enthusiastically answered "YEAH!".

Unfortunately, I came down with a flu bug last night so I spent my entire free morning camped out on the couch.

Last Swim Meet

Ian had his last swim meet of the season last night. He swam three events and because it started at 5:00 instead of 6:15 we were all able to go, at least part of the time, and cheer him on.

Ian swimming the freestyle where he got another personal best!!

Right after his first event.

Lila eating her dinner while waiting for Ian's race to start.