The Wood Family

New Bedtime Routine???
Does anyone have any suggestions for bedtime for an unwilling 2 1/2 year old? She used to go to bed just fine would just sit in her crib and talk if she wasn't tired yet. Well not so much anymore, she fights it almost every step of the bedtime routine which makes me wonder why we do it at all. She is still in a crib, she doesn't climb out yet and I wanted to keep her in there as long as that was the case. However I am beginning to wonder if she would fight it less if she was in a bed... any thoughts?

Locked bedroom door...Madison has developed a strong aversion to Ryan recently. Everything he does seems to bother her. So what do you do with two toddlers that wont get along? Well my solution... Lock them in separate rooms!
Yep, that's my new solution and so far it works great. I have a lock on the outside of Madison's door so when she is not in the mood to play with Ryan I have her go in her room and I lock the door. It's more like locking him out than her in, because she loves it and asks me to do it! When she is done playing alone she just knocks I open the door and then comes out and plays and is in a much better mood. So far so good. We will see how it goes next week! I guess we all need our alone time!

Oh the ease of being young!

We have been trying to get out every week on Fridays and one thing I noticed with everywhere we go Madison seems to make new friends. It is so sweet to see these little kids just decided "OK, it would be fun to play with you so lets hold hands and play together now!" I know this is nothing new but it just amazes me every time how they have no reservations and just do it! I wish I could have that kind of courage more often. The one thing I have noticed about Madison that is unique when she plays she likes to be the one in charge of what they do so if the kid she is playing with has their own idea of fun and tries to lead, she moves onto the next child. Unless of course it is an older kid she will follow an older child in play anytime. Its very interesting how she seems to be able to tell the difference.


Chubbers... and getting chubbier...
Samantha had her two month check up this week. I can't believe she is already two months! She is growing like a weed at 12lbs 10oz she is in the 90th percentile for weight and at 23inches she is in the 75th percentile for height!

Gotta love the chub!

Friday Night Bowling...
Phil was going to be gone all day Saturday so we decided to take a little family date and go bowling.


Phil's adventure race...
Phil was invited to do an adventure race with a friend this Saturday. He can tell you better than I can what it involved but basically it was ONE HOUR of plotting points on a map and FIVE HOURS of following your own points to get to the pre placed flags and answering the riddle attached to each one. I made Phil promise to take at least one picture so here is his ONE picture.With little to no physical activity in the last 4 months and no bike riding in almost a year, I think it is safe to say Phil is feeling A LITTLE SORE TODAY!! While Phil was off gallivanting around the countryside guess what I did all day... cleaned my kitchen! Sounds fun huh! It was actually, I even cleaned the fridge :) !