“It’s cracking! I love this chick!”
(Grannie and Papa, he LOVES this thing!)
Category Archives: Gifts
Milk Goggles
These were in the Easter stuff Grannie and Papa sent. He LOVED them.
And he loved the flashlight…
And the magic Captain America washcloth!
Just a little late…
I had the bib sitting out to use on Easter but then I just completely forgot it so she didn’t wear it until today. Oops! Thanks, Grandma Marsha!
Easter Legos
Owen got a few Lego minifigures from the Easter Bunny…and he LOVES playing with them and rearranging parts like hair and accessories…and then apparently stacking them. 🙂
Tunnel!!
Owen begged to get his tunnel out today (it had been hidden behind a chair that we moved). He still loves it…and Katie now does as well!
The best part of my day was watching the two of them play together…
Thing 1 & Thing 2
Gramma Jean came home today with these shirts for the kids…
Of course, I have 58 attempted shots of them laughing and playing together—but with one looking away or hands in the way or legs in the way. 🙂 Here’s a video of all of them…
I did get these next two, though, which I thought would look good combined…
So I googled and discovered that Microsoft Live (already on mom’s laptop!) has a feature called Photo Fuse which will let you mix and match heads from photos…so I created this picture!
And then when we left them to their own devices…
And then Katie decided she should check out a sleeping daddy…
Brrrrrrrr!
Since the weather has been unseasonably cool and we didn’t exactly plan for that, Gramma Jean bought herself a new hoodie…and got one for Owen, too!
He was UNBELIEVABLY excited about it and was tearing around like a mad man. He HAD to have the hood up—and he told gramma she had to have hers up as well.
At the beach with grandma!
Headed down to the beach to play with his new remote control truck (a belated Christmas present from Aunt Marilyn and Uncle John). He was EXCITED!
Chasing the seagulls!
And then the shorts came off because they were getting wet.
Daddy’s Girl
Cookie Monsters!
Yet another in the series of matching tee shirts!
My little monkey.
Katie had to get her flu booster this morning and it was still COLD so she got to wear her new monkey hat (from Gramma Jean, if I remember right).
My Uncle Rocks
Thanks, Uncle Rob!
And as a sidenote…I had to do a double-take when we opened this on Christmas because this is what I saw:
Notice anything? 🙂
So I contacted Carter’s and long story short, they replaced it (and wanted mine back for their QA team)!
Owen in Elmo’s World
Grandma Marsha, Owen LOVES LOVES LOVES his birthday game! Here he is having fun in Elmo’s World!
A belated Valentine’s Day outfit!
Thanks to friends Tom and Karen for this super cute outfit!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Dressed for the occasion (thanks, Grannie Lin)!
Enjoying her first actual teething biscuit!
Cute Outfit #23
Thanks, Grannie Lin!
Bubble gun with Papa
Owen got a bubble gun for his birthday, so he was testing it out with Papa!
And this is how he apparently hides now:
Cars play-doh with Grannie!
Brrrrr!
It was cold enough this morning to need a hat! He doesn’t like wearing hats as much as he used to when he was little, so I’m amazed he even put it on at all! See, Grandma Marsha, I said he’d wear it SOME day…
Happy 4th Birthday, Owen!
Fun with leftover Lego parts!
Balloon fight with Grannie Lin!
Posing with his presents—and in his birthday shirt—for another birthday picture!
Katie in her new party dress…with Grannie (and a gift from Grannie):
And trying to peek around me to watch TV like Owen does:
Owen’s finished (lame) Lego cakes:
The appetizer set up:
Attempting to Skype with Gramma Jean/Grandpa David and Grandma Marsha/Uncle Rob (it didn’t work too well—our network couldn’t handle it):
Most of the attendees:
Singing Happy Birthday:
Really excited about his new Xbox Sesame Street game from Grandma Marsha and Uncle Rob:
And the guitar I found on clearance for $3 (and took the batteries out ahead of time!):
He did pretty well opening presents…except he really loved the first things he opened (Lego Cars and a Ninja Lego) so he wanted to stop right then and play but we made him keep going. 🙂 We did stop about halfway through, though, because he was losing interest and really wanted to play. Which was just fine.
One last attempt at a good Katie pic:
Our attempted family photo:
And just for comparison…last year’s photo:
Another new outfit from Gramma Jean!
Katie’s first boo boo.
So, Katie still falls over once in awhile. This morning she fell backwards and landed on a plastic semi tractor/trailer…but didn’t really cry about it. But I moved the truck and put a cushy blanket behind her so if she toppled again it would be on something soft. So what happens? She moved and toppled sideways so she smacked her forehead right on this corner.
🙁
And she cried…but only for about 30 seconds.
Fast forward a few hours and it doesn’t look THAT bad, but it definitely left a mark! (And isn’t she cute in another new cold-weather outfit?)
Spots and ears!
This was another outfit from a gramma (I can’t remember whether it was Gramma Jean or Grannie Lin) Gramma Jean.
Off to playgroup!
I forgot to mention…I am now part of a mom group that has weekly play dates! A sitter that I met through SitterCity invited me to join after we REALLY hit it off! I love all the moms there so I am VERY excited to be a part of it! We switch hosting duties and I offered after my first visit!
Here’s the kids before we were off for the morning. Because it was CHILLY, Katie was in a cold-weather 6m outfit…
and Owen was in his MSU jacket!
Another cute 6m outfit!
I think this one was from Grannie Lin…capris, that I think are supposed to be pants. 🙂
Our cute baby cow!
Cute cow PJs—thanks GJ!
Our last Christmas!
Grauntie Marge sent Christmas gifts so we Skyped tonight to open them. The robotic bugs were a HUGE hit with Owen (and we think they’re cool, too). Here he is, showing them off:
And here we are having fun with them in the kitchen!
Katie’s Gund Peek A Boo Bear
Another cute outfit!
Another cute outfit from Gramma Jean (Christmas) that I had to quick get Katie in because she’s just about out of size 6m already! Yes, we have another Owen on our hands. 🙂
Silly monkey…
Gramma Jean got Owen this talking gorilla bank for Christmas. He was—honestly—a little freaked out by it at first…so we just left it sit on the chair and activated the sound every so often. Well, today he was finally REALLY interested in it, so he moved all of his money from his old bank to this one, having a blast the whole time.
One of Katie’s new outfits…
This was one of the outfits Gramma Jean sent Katie for Christmas…I figured I had better get her in it before she outgrew it! (And, it’s 70 today!)
And my favorite one, where you can see my reflection in her eyes.
