Play Room

This week I took and swapped some toys in the playroom. Nicholas and Celia have been seeming kind of bored with what has been in there, so I brought up a tub of some toys we put away a couple months ago. Also, I rearranged their playroom furniture a bit. I remember when I was teaching kindergarten that rearranging the room seemed to spark interest in the kids. So, thinking the new baby *may* make an appearance sometime I thought it would be good to get some old toys back out for them. They have really loved the changes. Their playroom is pretty packed with a trampoline, train table, shelf and table, but it works. Once the basement is done, then we'll relocate the playroom to downstairs.




Some of their 2 year old favorites:

Favorite Dvds: Finding Nemo, Baby Signing Time videos
Favorite outdoor toy: red Schwinn trikes, different types of balls
Favorite TV show: Wonder Pets, Go Diego Go, Thomas the Tank Engine
Favorite toys: baby dolls and accessories, baby stroller, Fisher Price school bus, baby magazines, play food, matchbox & cast cars, train track
Favorite Art projects: Q-tip painting (Q-tips as their 'brush' in paint)
Favorite Game: hide & seek with toys, playing 'new baby', wrestling with daddy


New baby is teasing me with his appearance. Tuesday evening I was timing contractions and feeling pressure and backache. Alas,....its wednesday evening with very few contractions. I never thought I'd make it this far in a pregnancy after experiencing preterm labor with Nicholas and Celia since week 22 and delivering them at week 35. Today I've been pregnant 3 weeks longer than I was with them. Only 11 more days until my due date. I'm feeling a bit more uncomfortable now, so maybe he'll be here soon. We're so happy to have a 'full term' newborn, but excited to go through labor and have our new son. Hopefully soon!