Hello Again!

Lots of new posts! It's been a busy month. Every second of every day is full, but full of good things, so we can't complain! Usually this time of year drags by, but I have to say January and February have flown by for me! The kids are great. They are in a new daycare (we call it school for Abel - he loves the he, Mommy, and Daddy are all going to school!) and all is well. Enjoy our updates!

Gymnastics at DeVeaus

This fall, we signed Abel up for gymnastics at the same gym I worked out at when I was a kid living in Indy. This program and gym is amazing and far superior to what we were doing at The Little Gym. Ryan usually took him on Saturday mornings and his teacher, Mr. Brian, was a BIG fan of Abel Flessner. We are currently taking a break from gymnastics as we have a lot of full Saturdays and we only want Mr. Brian to be his teacher. However, we'll get him signed up in the next session! Here are some highlights:

Stretching at the beginning of class with his classmates...



Stretching out his stomach doing a bridge...



Walking on one of the beams...they have to walk and squat down to pick up a beanbag. It makes them use so many different muscles and takes a ton of concentration!



Jumping on the trampoline...Abel finally has jumping down. We worked on this for a looooooong time!



Swinging on the rings - Abes does this on his own!



And playing in the pit. They have to bounce down a trampoline runway and then jump in the pit. Abel has been really apprehensive about jumping in the pit, and just started getting confident enough to do it on his own! Once in, they "swim" through the pit! That's a good workout!




Meanwhile, Adelyn plays with her carseat while Mama runs around taking pictures. She's such a breezy baby!!!

The Children's Museum

We finally became members of The Children's Museum in Indianapolis. This place is incredible. There are a hundred different things to do and see. It is a really great way to spend the morning! We went a few weeks ago and then last week with one of Abel's friends. It's a ball. They have great things for Adelyn too! So, here are some pictures to highlight!

There's a new Lego exhibit related to castles and knights. Abel had lots of fun playing with the Legos - they have Legos there of all sizes for kids of all ages!




Abel and I used the magnetic knights to tell a story about finding the hidden treasure.




Abel dressed up as a dragon...



And Adelyn hung out in the dragon chair. :)



We went to the comic book super hero exhibit and had our picture taken in Gotham...



And Abel and I attempted to create our own comic strip.



We went to Playscape where Abel played in the water table. He's not too keen on putting the smock, but once he gets it on, he loves playing!




And Adelyn played in the baby section with all the toys. The area is padded and she loves to sit and play!




Before we left, the kids took a spin in the authentic Indy 500 race car. They were so cute sitting together!



The Children's Museum is awesome. This was just one trip. The next one we went on included much of the aforementioned, but also the train section. They have authentic train cars and engines and Abel LOVED getting on and off them. There's still so much more for us to see!!!

Stand Up!

For days and days, Adelyn worked as hard as she could to stand up on her own. She would grab the ottoman and pull so hard, her fingertips turned white. She FINALLY succeeded - and now she will have it no other way. She wants to stand all the time. She's dying to crawl too, but she's not quite there. She'll go backwards, no problem- and she scoots all around everywhere, but we don't have an actual crawl yet!

TPS Work/Play Night!

At the end of January, there was some work a few of us needed to talk about so we decided to get our kids together. There are several of us at work who have kids about the same age, and the kids had a ball playing. Adelyn and Sam hung out on the floor - Sam is crawling and proceeded to crawl right over Adelyn.



After a few minutes, she wasn't having it anymore, and worked hard to get him off of her! Good girl Addy Lee! The looks on their faces are priceless!




Meanwhile, Abel had a ball playing with his group. They did a little photo shoot on the couch. Abel wasn't quite sure what "make a funny face" means.



Then, they proceeded to play with a blanket. They played under the blanket...


They took turns on who was going to be outside the blanket...



And they picked the blanket up and walked circles around the house for several minutes. I can't remember a time I laughed harder!!! Check out Sam in the corner watching them and dying to be included!

Snow!

Indiana doesn't tend to get a lot of snow - and when it does, I swear the whole state shuts down...and that's just for a few inches. After living in Wisconsin for so many years, that part kind of blows my mind. However, Abel loved the snow we got this year (about a foot in a couple of days), and he and Ryan played for a long time! I had a few days off of school (always so much fun!) and the snow really made winter complete! We had Adelyn out for a little while, but she just kind of sat there - so maybe next year she'll actually be able to play (provided we get some snow!)

Sleep Strike!

Anyone I've talked to in the past few months has heard me talk about Abel's sleep strike. We battle this every single night, but know it's not going to last forever. One day I walked into his room during a nap and he was sleeping on his chair. It wasn't his bed, but at least he was sleeping!