Of Bunnies, Chocolate, and LEGOS!!!

BIG, HUGE congrats to the Hunter family of Wilmington, NC. The weekend brought a rarity to the beach along with the Valentines weekend birth of their 6 lb twin boys!! I can't wait to meet Max and Leo and give my congrats to supermom and longtime friend Laura.

Eventful weekend filled with more SNOW! By DC standards this didn't even count as it was almost gone by Sat afternoon. Soccer was cancelled Sat so we headed over to a friend's Vday party for preschoolers. It was good to catch up with some moms I hadn't seen and to let Ben have fun/Bill a chance to hit the gym after a very busy first week at a new, permanent job :-)

Sat night we double-dated with friends to a trendy, downtown restaurant and then tickets to see Bill Maher which was being taped live for a 10 pm HBO broadcast. One of the few jokes of the night I can still remember, "Obama taking office was like being the maid after Led Zeppelin trashed the suite." Great show and night out for adult fun.

Sunday we ventured out to the mall to Build-A-Bear for Ben to pick out a stuffed animal to give the baby at the birth. I totally underestimated the droves of people who would also be there buying VDay swag. We limited Ben's options to a bunny, bear, or puppy as A Jonas Brothers bear was just not happing. We got him to record the message, "I love you baby" as well as his melt your heart laugh. While I stood in line Bill took him over the Leggo store to pick out a potty present. For all the Duplo bricks we have he has starting gravitating to the smaller, regular Leggos so we let him fill up a cup and bought a large board that we are going to permanently attach to a Ikea table in his room for own Leggo table. Bill took the opportunity to find one of many boxes of his own Leggos to start to share with him. This was the status of my dining room table at 6am. Bill apparently cleaned all of them after I went to bed. The plan is to let Ben have a few more with every week of successful potty progress.

Busy week ahead including a visit to a the only Montessori elementary school in the district that has a Pre-K program on Wed. No real plans to move him but in light of all the potential upheaval the our school system I want to see firsthand if pursuing this option for 2011 school year is even worth it. Add to it an attempt to drive to SC with Ben should the weekend be free of bad weather, it's going to be a busy week.