Family Fun Day.... Much Needed

This has been a long, rough week for me, so it was much needed to have a fun family day.  Matt and I decided it would be fun to take Mya to Adler Planetarium for "One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure!  She was SO excited to see Big Bird and Elmo!  Unfortunately, when we arrived at 10:21, they refused to let us into the 10:20 show!  Much to Mya's disappointment, we had to make alternate plans.  We decided to head to the Science and Industry museum and spend some time exploring the exhibits. I haven't been to the museum in years and wasn't disappointed!  There were so many great things to see! (By the way, teacher friends.... teachers K-12, get in for FREE!)

Mommy and Mya before we left for our fun day out!

Daddy and Mya in front of the train table.  They have an awesome replica of the city that the train travels around.

Mya in the kids' section.  She loved the water table and balls.

After the museum, we headed to Greektown for a yummy lunch!

We finished off our fun day with ice cream! Daddy and Mya share a spoonful of vanilla/chocolate swirl!

I set up, yet another, project for Mya to work on to help cure us of our cabin fever.  While I think these activities are great for her fine motor development, we could REALLY use some warmth and sunshine!  Playing outside is good for the soul and we are needing it just about now!  So, we'll cross our fingers that Spring comes sooner rather than later!

I gave Mya some noodles and had her string them onto some colorful yarn.  She was interested for a short period of time but then told me she "Can't do it."  It killed me when she said this! So, as she napped, I brainstormed what I could do to get her more interested.  I decided the noodles were a bit dull and boring and decided a little bit of color and yumminess could spice things up a bit!  After nap, we headed to Target and got some fruit (still multigrain) Cheerios!  We headed home to make a colorful (and yummy!) necklace!   

28 weeks and Growing By the Minute

28 weeks pregnant with Baby Boy Wiegman

I have been so bad about documenting this pregnancy!  So, here is my 28 week picture.  I don't really think this picture shows how enormous I really am... or at least feel! I feel like I am growing by the minute.  I tend to carry my lil' bambinos low which causes me to have lots of back pain.  I am now in my third trimester and am starting to feel it!  I look forward to the next 12 weeks and preparing for our baby boy to arrive!  We've scheduled our c-section for May 16!  A part of me is so anxious to meet this little guy, but the other part of me wants him to stay in FOREVER... I'm terrified to be a mommy of 2!!!! 

Mya is so excited to meet her brother!  She talks about him daily, flashes her tummy to complete strangers and tells them Mommy is having a baby, and asked me this morning if "Baby Brother is done yet?"  Hopefully, her enthusiasm continues when she realizes he is here to stay!

Color Clip Container

I made a color clip container for Mya.  I thought this would be a great way to work on her fine motor skills (clipping the clothespins) and learning her colors.  She has to match the colored clothespin to the correct color on the container.  I also made a lid that she can practice putting the clothespins into. 

She loves the clipping part, but we are still working on learning to match the colors correctly.

Craft-a-mania!

Mya has been very crafty! She hasn't found a glue bottle she doesn't love and painting seems to be a favorite pasttime! With the weather being cold and icky, we have found our afternoons filled with lots of craftiness! 

Mya made her Daddy his very own Valentine's day card.

Painting in her boots?!?!

Our BUSY BOX!  This is full of lots of different craft ideas! 

Making her froggy puppet

Our final froggy

Just Because.....

Some pictures of my little stinker... just because she's cute!

Messy Valentines

Another cold winter day means another day of brainstorming ways to keep Mya entertained and busy.  Today's project was making Valentine's Day pictures with paint and cookie cutters.  The activity started off picture perfect.  She began by gently dipping her heart cookie cutters into the pink, red, and white paints and making beautiful heart collages.  But, before I knew it, my organized activity turned into utter chaos!  She demanded every color of paint and enthusiastically smeared them all of the paper with her hands! She loved it! 

Beautiful Valentines to messy fingerpainting... that's how we like to spend our afternoons!

A Full Bed

Mya doesn't sleep alone. 
She sleeps with Barbie, Teddy, Pinky, Ducky, Baby, and her PillowPet.

Mya's transition to her big girl bed has been pretty smooth.  Besides the one or two nights I blogged about before, she has napped and slept in her bed everyday.  She's the supersleeper she has always been and is happy to tell people she now sleeps in her "big girl bed."  She also is very proud of the fact that "her crib" is now in her baby brother's room.  For now, Elmo is keeping it warm until baby brother arrives.  Mya often tucks him in and gives him kisses.

While the sleeping hasn't been much of an issue, the time prior to sleeping has become a complete nightmare for Mommy and Daddy!  Mya will do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to stall!  She has it all figured out!  She has created a pretty long, drawn-out routine.  We usually start with her hiding in her princess castle and taunting us with "You can't get me."  Within seconds we prove her wrong, grab her and struggle to get the little wiggle worm dressed.  This usually conists of her demanding "I do it!"  We try to wait patiently as she struggles to get on her pull-up and pjs.  After several minutes, she does actually successfully get herself dressed.  This then leads to her wanting to jump into her bed...not once or twice but usually three times.  Then comes some milk....followed by several books....followed by me covering her up and her wanting to switch positions about 4 times.... followed by telling us that her Teddy can't see her.... followed by her baby's pacifier falling out and her wanting to put it back in.... followed by wanting to switch her pacifier to a different color.  I'll spare you the continuation of demands and attempts at stalling. 

We know that most people would say, "WHAT?!?!?!"  Don't do it.  But... trust me that it is much easier to just do the routine quickly and let her soon be fast asleep.  We've tried ignoring and saying NO.  But, this leads to her screaming... indefinitely.  So, for now, she wins.  However, we hope this is all a phase as most of her crazy ways have been!  Soon, she will climb into bed, say night night and go to sleep.... right? 

Young Love

Mya loves our little neighbor boy, Aiden... and I think he loves her too! 

"I think I want to hold your hand, Mya."

"SCORE!"

"SNOW-M-G!"



About a 7 foot snowdrift in front of our frontdoor




Matt beginning to snowblow the driveway




Mya helping Daddy




Mya wanted to be put IN the snow.  She loved it for about 1 minute.....and then she panicked!





Panicking.... GET ME OUT!




Matt thought Mya would laugh at him jumping into the snowdrift, but instead she started crying.  I think she thought he'd get lost in it!




Yesterday at about 6 pm.  Notice there are about 3 curves to the garland on the mailbox.....




Today at 9 am.  Notice the snow is at the top of our mailbox! 


I'm not sure how much snow we officially received.  O'hare reported about 17 inches and a nearby town reported about 20 inches.  Witth previous snow on the ground, I'd guess we have a total of about 20 inches in Lake Zurich!  For now, the snow has subsided.  We will cross our fingers the snow is over and wind will stay calm. 

Museum Before the Blizzard

Mya and I decided to get out of the house for the day before the big BLIZZARD hit! We went to the Kohl Museum and then out for a lunchdate!  Mya spent the majority of her time in the baby nursery. She would have spent the entire time in there had I not encouraged her to visit the other exhibits! Hopefully her love of babies continues when her little brother arrives in May! 

Tea party with her babies

Playing with the water

Enjoying the sandwich she made at "Potbellies"

Lunchdate with Momma