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After school outside fun times

Posted on March 31, 2014 @ 3:15 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

I lowered the bar so Katie could reach it to swing.

Then it was off to dig in the new grass. I redirected her to the stone pile. 🙂

Then I looked away for a minute and she was over just laying in the grass, looking at grass or bugs or dirt or something.

Then Owen was telling me stories.

And being cute!

And this video has Owen telling a story, interrupted with me trying to get a good picture (I can take pics while I’m recording) so you can see a little of what it takes to get a good picture of both kids (in reality I think I took about 10).

This was the lucky picture:

More swinging!

Seat stealer!

Super cute boy.

The pony returns!

Posted on March 30, 2014 @ 11:45 am by Jen — No Comments ↓

I was sorting toys in the pod and Owen was running around with his light saber (he didn’t want to be too far from us). I’d have him run things in the house now and again. This time he was so cute carrying Katie’s pony—with his light saber—but of course I didn’t quite get the best picture. 🙂

And when I went in the house a few minutes later, I saw someone happy to have her pony back. 🙂

I’m loving her cute new summer outfits!

Posted on March 29, 2014 @ 4:51 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

I guess she had this outfit on in pics from earlier today, but this is a good shot of it anyway. 🙂

This was a piece of her old mobile that she dragged out of the garage sale bin—she was entranced by all the little hanging figures and kept kissing them and hugging them. 🙂

My efforts since 9am.

Posted on March 29, 2014 @ 2:46 pm by Jen — 2 Comments ↓

I’m exhausted but still need to get at least one more room done. Granted it would be more awe-inspiring had I taken Before shots…but egads were they embarrassing!

We took the glider and ottoman out to sell since we never use it, cleaned out all the stuff that was tossed in before the flooring install (books and toys), took out all outgrown clothes, actually vacuumed, and wiped everything down!

We also took the screen door down so Charlie was very interested.

And Katie was as well—she kept creeping upstairs to see what I was doing…

She loves toys that she can reach now!

Owen’s room wasn’t quite as messy, but his room was full of construction dust. 🙁 I also sorted some clothes and toys for the garage sale and prettied up the books.

Happy boy!

Posted on March 29, 2014 @ 11:35 am by Jen — No Comments ↓

Katie is napping and Tom and I are busy upstairs so he has the whole floor to himself for Lego construction!

The letter T

Posted on March 29, 2014 @ 10:10 am by Jen — No Comments ↓

The kids were watching Sesame Street and Tom came downstairs for something and I heard him say “Wow there’s kids all over the floor!” Turns out, Owen was trying to get Katie to make the letter of the day. 🙂

Two kids with B capes

Posted on March 28, 2014 @ 4:16 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

Owen came up and asked me to tie his B around his neck. Within seconds, Katie brought me her baby B and wanted me to do the same thing. 🙂

Owen asked to go to the playground!

Posted on March 27, 2014 @ 3:35 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

It was a fairly nice day so I agreed!

Katie went right to the pole!

Owen hammed it up at the top of the slide!

And Katie asked to swing!

Katie at the chiropractor

Posted on March 27, 2014 @ 8:15 am by Jen — No Comments ↓

When I told Owen I was going after I dropped him off at school he was upset because he wanted to play with the toys. Katie took care of that for him.

The little stinker loves running water.

Posted on March 21, 2014 @ 6:50 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

I was putting Katie to bed and heard running water. Huh? Turns out she had come upstairs on her own while Tom and I were outside (unloading the pod) and turned on the water in the jetted tub. It’s a good thing it just held mostly dirty towels and bath toys…but there was a new hair dryer (still in the box) that got soaked that I’m hoping will survive. Best I can guesstimate it was running for at least 20 minutes.

Lesson learned: Owen cannot be trusted to keep an eye on Katie—especially when he’s watching TV!

Two bunnies!

Posted on March 21, 2014 @ 3:54 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

It’s hard enough to get both kids to look at me at the same time, let alone dealing with props that won’t cooperate…so I needed to do a bit of computer magic to get this picture. 🙂

She wants to be just like Owen.

Posted on March 21, 2014 @ 2:55 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

He was playing xbox so she had to, too (she has her own controller that we’ve removed the battery from).

Sun dog and sun kid

Posted on March 21, 2014 @ 10:25 am by Jen — No Comments ↓

Katie loves Maggie. 🙂

Listen to what she asks Maggie: Wanna nap? 🙂

Giving Maggie a kiss and a cuddle.

This is where they were:

Warm day + water + kids = FUN!

Posted on March 20, 2014 @ 3:01 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

Like brother, like sister! Or what’s more likely is that all kids just love water! 🙂

Owen had issues finding shorts and a short-sleeved shirt on his own (I was outside with Katie) so I just let him play in his undies. 🙂

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Picking Flowers

Posted on March 20, 2014 @ 2:14 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

I let Katie outside while I finished doing something quick inside and came out to find her picking flowers (thistle).

Random fun on our last night

Posted on March 16, 2014 @ 5:08 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

ATTACK!

They both like Legos and Owen is willing to share!

Getting ready to start loading the car!

Happy, relaxed family!

She wanted to try to poop so very badly…and she’s SO cute.

She loves shades.

Posted on March 16, 2014 @ 2:30 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

Beach Frisbee

Posted on March 15, 2014 @ 5:27 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

Owen and Anna were bestest buddies!

Then Kathryn and Izzy were playing frisbee and Owen wanted to join! This is his catching stance.

His robot stance.

Look at that form!

Good catch!

Proof that his form actually works! He can throw pretty well!

I told him to write his name in the sand. You can see the normal-ish sized O right behind his feet…and then I told him he could do it a little bigger and so he’s drawing an O about three times his size (he’s finishing up the last of it). That’s as far as he got with his name before he lost interest. 🙂

Windy Beach

Posted on March 15, 2014 @ 9:40 am by Jen — No Comments ↓

It was too cold and windy but the kids still wanted to go to the beach and the guys wanted to try fishing one last time. We took pictures from the balcony. 🙂

Legos with Anna

Posted on March 14, 2014 @ 6:56 pm by Jen — 1 Comment ↓

We brought a new Lego kit for Owen to build…and Anna was more than willing to help! They made a great team and did a good job. (The next night, Izzy helped and they did an amazing job!)

Owen said: “Wow! We have a lot of Legos going on here.”

Cousins at the beach!

Posted on March 14, 2014 @ 2:46 pm by Jen — 2 Comments ↓

I love this picture—it looks like David is the Godfather sending his minions off…

The wave snuck up on him!

Katie LOVED the sand…and was COVERED in it.

Anna and Owen in their hot tub!

Bubbles!

Testing out the non-heated pool. It was COLD but Owen stayed in for probably 15 minutes!

And one year ago…the same cousins on another beach.

Bat at play and rest

Posted on March 13, 2014 @ 6:45 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

Katie’s turn at the beach!

Posted on March 13, 2014 @ 10:17 am by Jen — No Comments ↓

Owen was out with daddy and grandpa, so we took Katie to the beach!

This is her saying “SNOW!” She kept saying snow snow snow—and we had to keep telling her it was sand. 🙂

Waving goodbye to the birds as they flew away!

Splashing in a little pool!

Chasing the birds!

Owen hits the beach!

Posted on March 12, 2014 @ 11:30 am by Jen — No Comments ↓

We waited until Katie went down for her nap, then we took Owen down to the beach. It was a Red Flag day which meant dangerous surf conditions, but it was too cold to even get into the water anyway…but he still had fun!

Running in circles!

Posted on March 9, 2014 @ 3:25 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

This is what happens when the gates come down! FREEDOM!

She figured this out all on her own.

Posted on March 8, 2014 @ 10:35 am by Jen — No Comments ↓

Then Owen wanted to help…which didn’t go over too well. 🙂

She’s definitely my daughter!

Posted on March 7, 2014 @ 5:45 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

MONKEY TOES!

Wheeeeee! Wheeeeee!

Posted on March 5, 2014 @ 3:25 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

Nanny Alice, Day 2

Posted on February 28, 2014 @ 7:30 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

Snacks before taking Owen to school! Miss Alice even did Katie’s hair—something she hadn’t done to a little girl’s hair in 10 years!

The view from her lap:

Today’s after-school snack: blueberry seas with goldfish jumping and pear sailboats with teddy Grahams. Too creative for this exhausted mama!

Nanny Alice, Day 1

Posted on February 27, 2014 @ 7:40 pm by Jen — No Comments ↓

Our friend Alice (actually a professional nanny—though usually for much older kids!) is staying with the kids while we go to Florida. The kids met her about two weeks ago when she came for two nights to meet them and Owen was excited to have her back.

This was the first picture we got on the road—some pre-nap cuddles!

Maggie and the kids enjoying the nice weather, the bubbles Alice brought, and playing swords!

She spoiled the kids with a fun dinner: Owen got a caterpillar hot dog and Katie got hot dog palm trees. Both got strawberry flowers:

And she braved giving Katie yogurt:

My honest first thought was What is she doing to me? Now the kids are going to expect fun dinners all the time?! But my immediate next thought was Oh what a super special surprise that only Miss Alice does! 🙂