Go Nats!

with the Geico gecko (though she kept calling him a frog)

Big Girl Bed

A few weeks ago, with the construction nearing completion, we were able to move Reagan back into her room. We got a new full size bed, expecting to move Reagan into that so the baby can have the crib later this year. Initially, getting her to sleep in the crib was pretty difficult, was taking a really long time every night, and was super frustrating for all of us.

So, one night, as we were reading books, I asked her where she wanted to sleep and she told me – the big bed. I told her there was one rule – don’t get out of bed. That night, she got up once, but was straight back to bed. The past week, we’ve just about been able to turn the light off and leave the room. She’s super cozy in there and loves it.

Thanks??!

Amongst other things, Reagan got some markers and a Hello Kitty coloring book for her birthday from Aunt Sue. We had not yet gotten her markers – sticking with crayons and colored pencils so far. She does well with those, but the markers, not so much. Even sitting in her chair, she colored on more than we wanted, so the markers have been put away for now. Maybe in a few months…

Oxon Hill Farm

We’ve been trying to do some fun, local things on recent weekends. We picked a cooler few hours last Sunday to check out Oxon Hill Farm for some local history and agricultural education. For Reagan, of course, the animals were the most exciting. We saw some cows and Tim got to milk one. Then we walked up to the farm to see the rabbits, chickens, hogs, farm cat, and horse.

On weekend mornings, they let the kids in to the chicken coop to feed the chickens and gather the eggs.


Then, we took the eggs over to the hogs to give them a treat – we learned that once a pig weighs more than 150 lb, it is a hog. These guys are about 300 lb each!

A Walk in the Park

On Memorial Day, we had a relaxing recuperating day after Reagan’s party. We had a great breakfast with friends Jeremy, Megan, and Avery before they started their drive back home to Cleveland. We spent the morning – before the expected heat hit – running around at the Arboretum.

Party Time!

We had Reagan’s 2nd birthday party on Sunday afternoon. We spent Saturday corralling Reagan so we could clean the house, smoke the pork and generally get ready for the party. We had about 30 people, including a bunch of kids. Thanks to everyone who made it. We had a great day!

Reagan chose her own shoes for the party.

Cake pops!!!