Showing posts with label parks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parks. Show all posts

Sunday, April 17, 2011

We are here...enjoying the spring weather!

Did a Leprechaun come to your house? Well he made a visit to our house on St. Patrick's Day! He loved the marshmallow rainbow Elaina made so much that he left her and Skylar a small pot of gold...with chocolate of course!


Miss Sleepy Head examining the "gold" and shortly after digging into the chocolate.


Rarely does Skylar sit still long enough for us to read him a book let alone look through one himself. It does happen on occasion and it makes this teacher's heart happy to see!


It is princess this and princess that with Elaina! She isn't as interested in playing with Barbies (now Tinkerbelle is a different story) but loves to dress up in anything she thinks is princess like. Of course heels are a must!


Crown...check, heels...check, princess dress...check! Ready to pose:)


Even a trip to the zoo requires a touch of princess!



First HOT day of the year in early April and the kids played with the water table then created their own "pool" after emptying the bin with the summer toys. The air was warm but the water...not so much. Both were chattering their teeth the whole time but smiling and loving every minute of it! Bring on summer!!
Quick pre-dinner trip to the park down the street. No one is ever there and we had fun playing all by ourselves on the slides. Best part of where we live...so many parks all around us. It is never boring!!


So grown up now!
I finally broke down and bought a membership to the Museum of Transportation. The kids love Creation Station (where we had their birthday party) and when it is nice, walking around looking at the trains is a fun way to pass an hour.

We had never taken the train ride here but now that we have a free passes, we went for it. Little Miss Excited with Mr. How Does It Work?
Love my little Laina Belle!

A perfect way to spend a beautiful spring Sunday morning...in the woods at Longview Park!




PS Do you know how much I love my iPhone?!? If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have any pictures!

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Route 66 State Park


Strollers are more fun to push now than to ride in apparently.

Hanging out with Vaughn

Skylar



He loves being outside.

One of my favorite pictures of the kids ever!

Friday, September 25, 2009

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.

Monday, September 7, 2009

August Fun

Some pictures from the last weeks in August...

Playing at in the splash pad at Tilles Park








Visiting the Butterfly House

Skylar was so interested in the butterflies but here he was watching the little waterfall. We couldn't keep up with him....he was all over the place chasing the butterflies and checking everything out!

Such happiness on his face:)

Trying to catch a butterfly. Elaina was definitely more cautious when she first went into the Butterfly House. All those butterflies everywhere overwhelmed her and she was holding onto Daddy tight! Once she felt comfortable though she was really interested in them.

Mommy and Elaina

Watching the waterfall together


First Day at Preschool...Elaina loved it and was playing. When she saw Jon who was there to pick them up, she ran up and said hi and then ran back to playing.

This is how Jon found Skylar! His day did not go as well:(



First day craft

Elaina running around after her bath. She had to stop to play with Vaughn for a bit.


Visiting the Arch for the first time







Hanging out with MoMo