Keeping busy during some rainy dreary weather in January!

Olivia started gymnastics on Saturday mornings in December and Brandon started swim lessons at the Sherwood YMCA in January on Saturday mornings.  This is good exercise for Brandon and hopefully will teach him to swim since he is at a really good age to learn at this point.  Both kids really enjoy their physical activities.  Olivia's gymnastics class is for 2.5-3 year olds and is a parent/child participation class.  However, unlike Gymboree, it is more structured (less open play) and actually incorporates various components of gymnastics (like they do balance beams one day and the bars the next) and they always have a fun obstacles course that is made up of several gymnastics components.  Olivia at first was apprehensive about it but has gotten used to it now and really likes her teacher and is quite comfortable.  When she turns 3 in the fall she can do her own gymnastics class by herself.

Gymnastics foam pit!

Vaulting over the mat

Hopping!

Bath time fun, beating on Sean's back!

The Seahawks made the playoffs and had a real nail biter wild card game that they ended up barely winning largely because the opposing team they were playing (the Minnesota Vikings) missed a field goal at the end that would have won the game for them.  The Seahawks played the Carolina Panthers in the Division round and were being blown out in the first half 31-0 when the Seahawks rallied and came back to lose 24 to 31.  They simply ran out of time at the end and couldn't convert on an onside kick.  It was a good season for the Seahawks and I believe they will be back next season strong as they are young. 

Already for the Seahawks playoff game

Richard Sherman's greatest fan

Playground break during half time

It was a very rainy January and Brandon developed into quite a Lego builder.  He loves building Legos with Daddy with his recent creation a Ninjagado.  Olivia loves her Legos Junior set as well and is quite good with it despite the legos being quite small and quite difficult to build.  We converted Olivia's crib to a toddler bed as she had been climbing out consistently for a few months and we did not want her to fall.  She did the transition pretty well.  Olivia also going potty consistently in the toilet towards the end of January.  She went to school and all of it sudden it clicked with her how to go potty and she has been doing it ever since.  She has even gone poop in the potty!  Yay for our household finally not having to have any diapers!

Brandon and Daddy's lego creation

Mommy and Olivia's headband that we share

Big girl bed now!

We went to Trevin and Mikayla's second birthday party at Unplugged and had a lot of fun playing in the bean pit and seeing friends.  Both Brandon and Olivia had a lot of fun and it was nice because it is so close to our house.

Playing in the beans!

My parents came and stayed the night on a Sunday towards the end of January so they could go to Brandon's Grandparents Day at his school.  They took Brandon and Olivia with them to it.  Both kids had a lot of fun and I am sad to say that I didn't get to go since I had to work but the school took some really cute pictures of them together.  It is so nice that the kids' grandparents live so close by so they can go to fun functions like these!  It is really special watching their relationship grow with my parents.

Reading books together

Baba reading Brandon a book

Breakfast time at Horzon-yum!