Artists

Elaina loves anything related to art, especially play dough and drawing. More often these days, Skylar is showing interest in it as well, though his attention isn't quite as long as hers. A little art fun we did last week...

Play dough Mr. Potato Head, one of the many great ideas we have gotten from Skylar's therapists.


She is very hard at work and always has a plan for what she is making.


Finger painting!


Mixing the colors is so much fun:)


About 5 minutes after this she decided to rub those hands in her hair which led to a unplanned hair washing in the kitchen sink.


Messy fun

September Fun

Elaina LOVES corn! Diapers the day after...not as fun:(

Skylar is not a fan of eating like his sister is but he can sure drink his milk!

A pretty normal picture of Skylar post nap. Crazy hair and dangling sippy cup.

We went to Powder Valley and took a walk before hitting the nature center. Skylar hadn't been feeling well and crashed on us.

Love this picture Jon took!

Elaina was wide awake and loving her time with just Mommy and Daddy.

Checking out the leaves below.

Labor Day at Momo's. We figured out we can stay later if we give them their baths there. Only took us 21 months to get that one. Plus they love being in a different tub. Here is Elaina playing with Momo's new cat and cousin Olivia.

Skylar and Olivia

Cousins Elaina and Olivia

Elaina giving Skylar a ride in his rocker. Whatever keeps them occupied, happy, and not fighting is fine with me!


Eating ribs that she stole from her Daddy! True Texas girl! We got to spend time with our friends from DC who also adopted their son from our agency. It is so fun to get together.


Skylar playing in the basement.

Elaina and Mikey..it is a long distance romance that his mom and I are determined to keep alive.

She loves coloring these days!

And "talking" on the phone.

Chasing Vaughn (and feeding her) is a favorite of Skylar's.

Wild hair mama!!

He is a climber! Up on the chair and just banging the shoes he picked up along the way. We often find him on top of the table. It only takes a second and he is up there. Good thing he is so cautious when he climbs.

Climbing, finger painting and the Butterfly House

Both kids have been sick with colds since we got back from Texas. Skylar was running a fever too so we put the cold rag around his neck which made it look like he was "working on his fitness".


Watching the movie at the Butterfly House


Checking out the butterflies with Daddy


Elaina was a little freaked out by all the butterflies. There were so many this time that I think she was not sure what to make of them!





Skylar loves to get into the drawers in the kitchen (and we had to go back and redo some of the locks after this!). He is our climber and the drawer was just too tempting!


Elaina was just not sure what to make of him!


And he is safely out and back on the move...


Hanging out in the kitchen. Elaina loves her measuring spoons and will walk around with them and even take them in the car sometimes.


Finger painting for the first time! Elaina had to take a taste of the paint.


Figuring it out...


Skylar finally took a break from throwing the tubes around to get in on the action.


She loved it! (and check out those ribs...you would never guess how much she eats by how slim she is!!)