Visiting Gpa C

We were going up to Ikea the other day when we decided that we should go visit Grandpa Catron. The kids fell asleep in the car so Matt went in to get Grandpa and then we just talked in the parking lot.
There were a ton of Geese and their babies around so that was really fun!
 
Grandpa was happy that he went down to Chris Catron’s wedding and showed us some pictures of that. He was so happy to see them and witness how sweet Yami and Uncle Bob were together.
 
He also told us all about the elephant seals. Those are his babies and he wants to take all of his great grandchildren down to see them in California. Sadie and Scout woke up after this.

Grandpa wooed Sadie even more by telling her he candy for he in his house. She loved it.
Then Sadie decided that she wanted to drive home with Scout in the front seat. She is pretty funny.

We loved spending time with Grandpa. He is a good man who delights in any attention his family will give him. We didn’t have time to go to Ikea after all but it was worth it. As the church says, “Family…isnt it about time?”

Scooters

Sadie got a scooter from Grammy and Grampy for her birthday. She loved trying it in London and wanted to play with hers here. She is okay at it but something happened…perhaps she fell down and now she doesn’t want to do it anymore. But we make her go play with it. We need another kid to show her how fun it is!!
Kristin and Seth gave us an adult one so we can play with her.

She has a little spot that she loves to hide in and draw with her chalk. Hope the people who lie there don’t mind!!

Daddy and Scout chillin’

The Bean Museum is Open!

We decided to go to the Bean Museum with our friends the other day. It has been closed for almost two years and so we were excited to have it back. It is free and is full of animals which is fun for the kids.
 
They had many really cool displays all over the museum. They had ocean, Africa, birds, bugs, predators, etc. It was really neat. They also had a play place for the kids which was small but very fun!

Sadie wanted to hold Henry’s hand the whole time. He wasn’t a big fan of that. Here is a picture of her running after him to get him to hold her hand. haha

We had a great time and loved spending time with our friends.

Scout is 5 Months.

and she is the big sitting girl!


She loves her sister. She loves any sort of attention. She and the Sadster have both been sick this last week but hopefully we will be over it soon.
Scout:
-loves to chomp on fingers and anything in her mouth
-doesn’t really care about the binky unless it is right before bed or feeding.
-sleeps all night. (sometimes I wake her up at 5:30 so I can go workout but then she goes back to sleep until 8)
-has eaten rice cereal twice and LOVED it.
-Loves to swat at toys and loves to hold them.
-Tries to grab at our food
-loves to laugh
-tries to arch out of her Bumbo. (I can see why those can be dangerous! )
-loves noise making toys
-Loves to eat her toes. And hands.
-can entertain herself for a little bit.
-gets distracted while eating…She has to know what Daddy and Sadie are doing.
Sadie likes to help feed Scout.
We love this happy baby. She is so fun and I love seeing Sadie and Scout playing!

2 years and counting.

I can’t believe little Miss Sadie is 2! Besides the face that she has been behaving a bit more like a two year old for the last little bit it seems to have flown by!

Sadie:

• Speaks in full sentences
• Sleeps in the same room as Scout
• Loves to be outside and throws a tantrum when we come in
• Sleeps from about 8:30 to 6:30am
• Takes 3 hour naps
• Can count to five ( I think she can actually count to ten but she hasn’t actually done it for me)
• Knows the letters O, Y, A, E, S, and T
• Sings I am a Child of God, Happy Birthday, Old McDonald, Twinkle Twinkle, ABCs, The Wheels on the Bus, Popcorn Popping, Eensey Weensy Spider
• Loves to read books (she pulls them off the shelves at night and at naptime so when we go in in the morning it is full of books)
• Is a really good booty shaker
• As I was writing this post climbed out of her pack and play several times (to the absolute delight of Matt)
• Loves to push Scout’s stroller and her “baby stroller”

On another note, Scout is 4 months!!

• adores Sadie—anytime Sadie smiles at her she smiles or giggles. She also follows Sadie around the room with her eyes
• Rolls from back to front going one direction. She stays there for a bit and then gets mad about being stuck.
• Rolls the other ways too but very rarely
• Smiles ALL the time
• Naps several times a day
• Loves sitting up
• Spits up after every meal
• Tries to grab our food (she gets these crazy eyes and lunges for anything she can grab—which is usually my plate)

We love our babies and are so grateful to have them in our lives!!

The Monument and a few others

We left Tower Bridge and walked back. We decided to do the Monument--which is a reminder of the first time London burned down. They have a honorary drinking fountain right outside as well so that is fun. It was over a hundred steps to the top. I carried Scout up to the top and then gave her to Matt.

 

This was also a really pretty view. It is all caged in so it is pretty safe.

Why does she love to stick her tongue out?

They have these going all the way to the top. Matt had to pose for me.

The monument.

We took the bus home and saw St. Paul's Cathedral. That is really big and pretty.

I think this building is so cool. Mom said that they are turning it into luxury apartments.

This is a police monument. Kind of sad but really pretty.

It was a long day and we were happy to get off our feet! Lots of walking and learning!

Tower Bridge

After the Tower of London we (Matt, Scout, and I) walked to Tower Bridge…which is right next door. It is a really neat bridge and HUGE! Mom took Sadie home for a nap so she didn’t get to come. We bought some roasted nuts on the way over and a England Sausage hot dog thing. They were both okay. The bridge is beautiful. Here are a couple shots on the bridge.

This little baby loves her daddy!

And the antics...

Whoops.

The tour took you upstairs to the middle top area and had some interesting things. Most of it was famous bridges from around the world. I really enjoyed looking at the video on how they built this bridge. It was a time-lapse video and was pretty cool. They had another video at the beginning which was super corny about how the idea came about.

After you go up and look around (the view was great!) you go back down and then under the bridge to see how it works. This is all fa