Busy Weekend

Ethan started off the weekend with some serious piano practice!

Saturday night we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for a fun spaghetti picnic! Aunt Jenny, Oliver, and Ben are visiting from CO, and Michelle and Cousin Victor were there too. The boys had so much fun at the "kids' table."
Yesterday, Macie got to spend the day shopping with mom and dad. We went to IKEA and got some super fun stuff, including a tent for Ethan (picture below) and new bedding for mom and dad. Macie was a pretty good girl, although her teeth were really bothering her, so she was fussier than usual.

While we were shopping, Ethan had a fun day with his cousins, Andrew and Camryn.

Today we just stayed around home trying to get some things done around the house. We did have some special visitors, including mom's friend Penny and her family, and Kyra and Evan. Here are Macie and Evan hanging out in the baby gym.
The following two pictures were taken after the kiddos were in bed tonight (it's such a wonderful moment when they both fall asleep!!!!) I had to document the fact that Macie will pretty much only sleep in her car seat. She's had a couple good nights in her crib, but she definitely prefers to sleep in her seat, so we haul it upstairs into her room each night and put her down in it. She usually sleeps though the night that way - why fight it?
We are currently in the process of redecorating Ethan's room to make it a "big boy room." The first step was to get rid of the crib - we just put the mattress on the floor to transition into a regular bed. Unfortunatley last night we heard "thump" and then "AHHHhhhh" about 6 times and had to go retrieve Ethan from the floor and place him back in his bed. Poor kid. Hopefully this solution with the tent will work for tonight . . .