Anna & Will's Blog

48 hours having passed, Mom thinks it’s now safe to blog about our Tuesday evening experience at
Roche Bros.  In her words:

We stopped in to get a few things for dinner after basketball practice. Will was riding in the toddler seat of the grocery cart like the good little boy he is and Anna was holding on to the side with her feet on the bottom rack. Somehow, while we were stopped to get something (and I had my back turned), the cart tipped and came crashing down on its side pinning Anna under it and slamming Will’s head against the floor. Screaming/crying ensued, then throwing up right there in the frozen food aisle, cart on its side, food strewn about (and one trembling mother). A trip to the ER, followed by more throwing up and a CT scan the next day, and Will is doing better. May be a concussion, but CT scan was normal (no fractures/bleeding) and the 48 hour watch period has closed with nothing out of the ordinary, so we are all good. Anna escaped with just some bruises on her leg.  As for me, I am ten years older than I was on Monday.

Did we mention Dad’s been in FL since Tuesday a.m.? And Mom is plowing through the ice cream supply?

Mom took me to the BC basketball game yesterday with Nana & Papa. My superfan shirt was dirty so I wore my Dad’s old Flutie shirt (circa 1983?) and enjoyed m&ms, a pretzel, a hotdog, sprite (!!) and a snow cone, oh and watched some of the game. It was pretty close most of the game, then they got trampled on in the 4th quarter and lost by 20 – come on!

We had lots of fun this weekend – saw some cousins on Friday night, our buddies on Saturday for brunch and a playdate, more cousins on Saturday night, and more cousins again on Sunday
to watch the Patriots game! Exhausting!!

But enough about all that… The biggest news is that little brother went pee pee on the potty tonight!! This is the cookie dad used to bribe him reward him for a job well done.  We were all so proud – good job Will!

We got real snow this time. Only a few inches, but enough to go outside and shovel the grass (yup) and make a mini snowman! Charlie tried to eat his arms but I protected him.

The only way mom could get me inside was hot cocoa. So she whipped some up and I dug in. Literally. (fishin’ for the marshmallows – the good stuff!)

Paw Paw came to visit! It was cold.

So, except for swimming and a trip to Chipotle, we stayed inside and cooked

and played cards 

and cooked

and played cards

and had a lot of fun

In case you’re wondering, this is what gluten free pancakes
made by 2 kids and their grandfather look like. Yum.

We got a teeny bit of snow yesterday so my buddy and I headed outside to play! There was not quite enough for a snowman so we had to do that inside with some mushed together playdoh colors!

It was a balmy 42 degrees today so Dad took me and Anna to the zoo.

I took notes and drew pictures for Mom who had to work.

We compared ourselves to the other animals.
Anna is almost as tall as a gorilla and I am as tall as a pygmy hippo.

I had mittens on most of the time so it made drinking a juice box rather difficult.
But, when we got inside and I took my mittens off, I was able to do what I do best – pick my nose.

Anna comforted me while we watched the mommy gorilla play with her baby.

At one point, it started to snow. I tried to catch the snowflakes with my hands while Anna used her tongue.

And, when there weren’t any animals to see, we ignored dad by running away and playing on the wall.

Mom and Dad went to their friends’ wedding in Cambridge on New Years Eve – the wedding was at a hotel on the Charles River and it was beautiful and lots of fun and a great way to spend New Years.  They tried to go outside to get a photo with the city skyline in the background but it didn’t work out too well.  Dad was apparently surprised by the flash even though he was the one snapping the photo.  We had a sleepover at our cousins’ house and had a ball and slept in til 8am.  Mom says no fair!

For New Years day dinner we made potstickers and rice and snow peas (thank you for the
matching aprons Maw Maw and Paw Paw!) 

We assembled the potsickers (and ate the filling) so Mom could cook them,

then jammed them onto our chopsticks, and I gobbled mine up,

while Will tried to send his back.

Happy and healthy 2012 to all!