Santa

Santa visited day care again this year so Tigger and Tilly got their picture taken with him. Even with Papa TT right next to her Tilly was not thrilled. Poor Santa!

Tigger's First School Program

A few weeks ago, Tigger participated in his first school program. His school had a Festival of Lights complete with singing and celebration of many holiday traditions. The preschool class had a small part - they did the processional at the beginning of the program with stars they had made. Tigger did great walking!

Introducing Triple T

That's right folks, we're going for the triple T. We're expecting another Thomas - triple T to be exact. We're calling him Trip. Even though it's too early to tell the gender and we likely won't find out the gender, I'm confident I can predict it. We'll see come May!

I'm not 3...

"I'm not 3, I'm sick".
- Tigger Thomas

Give it a minute.

Big Girl Bed

Last weekend Papa TT and I decided it was time for Tilly to graduate to a big girl bed. We got her the same kind of bed as Tigger, in a different color. She'll be in a big girl bed and will share a room with Tigger.

So last Saturday Papa TT got the bed out. Both kids got involved putting it together.






No fear:



And here is their new room! We still need to get Tilly a comforter and I really want to change the rug in the room, but it's looking pretty good!

We tried putting them in bed for the first time when we had friends over for dinner. That didn't work because they kept getting up and playing together and Papa TT and I were trying to enjoy the company of our friends. So we put Tilly in her crib and tried again the next day. Later that night we found Tigger asleep in Tilly's bed. He had pulled his pillow and comforter over there and fallen asleep!

The next night went much better with Papa TT and I able to give full attention to monitoring compliance with the 'Stay in your bed' rule. They now love sleeping in the same room but still take a little time to fall asleep. Ironically Tilly is the worst offender at getting out of bed constantly. I guess she's just so excited with her new found freedom.

Happy Thanksgiving

Papa TT and I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful feast! Though we didn't travel so didn't see any family, we enjoyed the time with just the four of us.

Papa TT and I prepared quite a feast - Papa TT did the turkey, stuffing and green bean casserole. I did the mashed potoatos and pecan pie (my best ever, according to Papa TT).

After we finished eating the kids took turns saying 'Happy Thanksgiving.' So cute!

Thanksgiving Art

Tigger and Tilly both made Thanksgiving cards at school/day care so I filmed them telling me about them. I'm not sure which is cuter - Tilly knowing how to say her name ('Na-tha') or Tigger drawing a pacifier for Tilly.

Neh Neh

Tilly sharing a moment with G-Pa T - playing with her "neh neh" (necklace)

Hunks Bunka

Tigger having a moment with G-Ma T:

Pumpkin Carving

Just in time for Halloween, Papa TT, Tigger, Tilly and I carved our pumpkins. Papa TT and I handled the knives; Tigger and Tilly helped with the markers.





Tigger decided he wanted his name on his pumpkin. It was kind of hard to carve but I think it turned out OK!

Just like Mama

Tilly is such the imitator - she grabbed my purse this morning and started 'carrying' it around. So cute!

Fire fighter!

I meant to post this last weekend but I'm a bit behind.

Last weekend we headed out to the volunteer fire department where Tigger had his 3rd birthday party. They were having an open house and it was quite a show! There were activities for the kids, a silent auction fundraiser, and an equipment demonstration that involved the fire truck ladder. The kids loved it!

One of the activities for the kids was to play fire fighter with an actual hose. Tigger was a bit shy with the fire fighter but with Papa TT's coaxing he wielded the hose like a pro! Guess what he's going to be for Halloween....

Checkups

Last week Tigger and Tilly both had checkups and they're both doing great. Tilly had her 18 month checkup and Tigger had his 3 year checkup. Here are their stats:

Tilly

• 31 1/4 inches tall
• 21.4 lbs
• 18 1/2 inches head circumference
  

Tigger

• 39 inches tall
• 31.6 lbs

To check his development in several areas (speech, etc), the doctor had a short conversation with Tigger. It was so cute - I don't think I'd ever heard him have a conversation with another adult. He's getting so big! Here was the exchange:

Doctor: Hi, what's your name?
Tigger: (points to Tilly) That's Samantha
Doctor: I know, but what's your name?
Tigger: Caleb
Doctor: And how old are you?
Tigger: (holds up three fingers)
Doctor: Are you a boy or a girl?
Tigger: A boy
Doctor: And who's your bestest friend?
Tigger: (points to Tilly) Samantha

Aww......

And here are the kids on the way home from the doctor. We stopped for a few minutes so they could play at the fountain in Dupont Circle. They ran around in circles and both managed to dip their hands in the water, getting their sleeves wet all the way up to their elbows!

Papa TT was getting Tilly ready for bed tonight and started playing with her. She loved it - watch her ask for more.

Fire Truck!

Tigger and Tilly were very cute on the fire truck the other day. They were actually riding on it together and when I got back from grabbing the camera, Tilly had gotten off:(

At the beginning of the video he says 'My brother gotta ride.' That's because before I started filming I asked Tilly if she was riding with her brother. Tigger gets his pronouns mixed up sometimes but he's very cute with the brother/sister thing.

And don't be concerned with the bandaid on Tigger's eye. He's obsessed with bandaids lately and demands them all the time. Nothing was actually wrong with him, I just gave in when he went digging in the drawer for them!

Tigger is 3!

It's been quite a busy few days. Tigger started school then turned three. G-Ma and G-Pa T came into town and we had a great party at a nearby fire department.

Tigger's birthday started with present opening. Tilly and Papa TT helped:




Tigger loved his handyman dress up kit and Steelers jersey!

After presents it was time to head to the fire station for the party.

We had lots of balloons!


As usual, I made the birthday cake. This year I did cupcakes to make a fire hydrant. Not too shabby, but I couldn't get the icing red so Tigger had a pink fire hydrant.

The kids got a tour of the fire station...


..then a gear demonstration by fire fighter Eric.

Tilly was enthralled!

Then it was time for pizza and cupcakes. Everyone ate up!

First Day of School

Today was Tigger's first day of school! Our local elementary school offers not only a pre-k class but a preschool class for 3 year olds so we enrolled him and his first day was today!

He looked like such a big boy with his dinosaur backpack. He also has to wear a uniform - white top and blue bottoms. Both Papa TT and I and his teachers at day care have been prepping him for school so he was all ready to go.

He was a little hesitant in the big crowd of kids going in - he was definitely holding our hands. But then we got to his classroom and he was fine. Look at his cool classroom!

He followed the steps (with his name!)..

..to his cubby and put away his backpack.


Then breakfast came out and he was happy as a clam! We kissed him goodbye and headed out.


When we picked him up he was perfectly happy. His teacher said he was friendly, happy and told them about his baby Samantha at home. He did great and only Mama TT cried!