My Kids Crack Me Up

I am really enjoying this time in my girls lives. They talk really well and make pretty complete sentences, their personalities are really blossoming and they say and do the funniest things. Callie was on the potty the other day doing it by herself and Sienna being the always helpful sister was running back and forth from the bathroom to the bedroom where I was putting their laundry away giving me the play by play. Callie announced to me the other day that she thought it was fun to be "maked", that's how they say naked. It's so cute and makes you laugh, but we'll have to stop that or it could be a problem down the road : )

The girls love their baby dolls! They are really taken with our friends the Busler's and love to pretend that their babies are "Baby Joshua". It is really cute except for a few minor problems. "Baby" Joshua is now 17 months old and I am sure that when he is 5 he will not appreciate being "Baby" Joshua, also all of our baby dolls are girls and have pink on, oh well they have great imaginations!

Callie is a hilarious dancer! She really shakes it (she definately gets that from her dad) I don't know if that is a good thing or if we should be worried. I will have to post a video soon, it's just great! Sienna on the other hand takes after her mother and has NO rythm whatsoever.

It's not all great I guess, there are the "No"'s and "I don't want to"'s to deal with. About a week or so ago Sienna told me to calm down when I was upset with her. I wanted to be more upset, but it did kinda catch me as funny.

So anyway here are some pictures from the last month or so since I've posted : )

Enjoying the last of the warm weather . . .

We have had some unusually warm weather the last two weeks or so, so the girls and I went out the other day and enjoyed some of the sun! They had a really good time running in the grass and reading their books outside. I am really going to miss summer!! It's cold now and all I can think about is the cold days spent inside all day driving mommy crazy : ) We'll have to plan some outings to the library or playdates with friends to keep mommy sane, but until then I am glad I took some pictures to remember the warm weather until it comes back.

Sleeping Positions

Before we head to bed each night we tiptoe into the girls room to make sure they are still all covered up and safe in their beds. Over the past two years we have caught them in some pretty funny positions and just had to take a picture before we tucked them back in again : ) Here are some of the best!!

~ May '06 ~

We decided that Sienna didn't fall asleep, but rather passed out.

~ June '06 ~

Awwww ... I hope they always remain this close!

~ July '06 ~

Too much play!!

~ July '06 ~

All play and no rest makes Callie and Sienna tired babies.

~ July '06 ~

Two little tushes stuck up in the air. They used to sleep like this all the time : )

~ August '06 ~

Asleep, but making sure no one gets her bottle!!

~ September '06 ~

What??? How can that be comfortable in any way??

~ October '06 ~

My Birthday was just too much for her. She fell asleep mid bite!

~ July '08 ~

She really loves this book!! The lights were out and she must have gotten it

and was "reading" it in the dark : )

~ July '08 ~

Always a lady!

~ September '08 ~

This is the most recent from just the other night.

How in the world do you fall asleep with you legs hanging off the bed : )

We are going to see fish!!

Mike called yesterday afternoon because Hurricane Hanna had cancelled their plans for the evening and had read that the Baltimore Aquarium had just started their discounted admission after 5PM on Fridays. Since the hurricane had also put our plans on hold for a few days we were free and it sounded like a good night to me. My girls haven't been to the aquarium yet and I haven't been in about 10 years so I was excited to see it again. They were excited as well and kept saying "We are going to see fish!!" So we all packed into their car and headed downtown!

We were going to try to catch the dolphin show and the last one was at 6:30. We arrived at the ticket counter at about 6:15 and got in line for tickets. Just then a lady came up behind me and said that she had 4 extra tickets and wanted to know if we wanted them. I told her firmly that I would much rather purchase my tickets myself than take free ones offered to me, NOT! Wow, what a blessing!! They did not include the dolphin show but they told us that if we were in time we could purchase tickets for that on the second floor. So we had Mike jog up there ahead of us to make sure we could get them : ) Poor Mike! He was successful though and we were in! The girls really like the dolphin show!!








After the show we walked through the the first three floors of the aquarium and then we headed down for the 4-D Immersion Theater Show. I wasn't totally sure what 4-D was, but when we walked in the door they were showing a preview for The Polar Express that is coming soon and it was snowing in the theater! Whoa, now my interest was really peaked! It was really cool with water splashing in your face when the fish jumped in the water (the kids didn't like that part : ), bubbles when the scene was underwater, ticklers on your legs when the snakes were on the screen. So neat, I would definitely do it again!

We finished the last floor and the rain forest and then headed home. I think it was a good time had by all! And thanks to the kindness of strangers a really affordable night out!

Camping in Gettysburg

Yeah!! This is the first camping trip that we have been on since the girls were born. It took alot of convincing to get Chris in the mood and I don't think he was ever totally convinced that this was going to be fun before we left, but we pack up all the camping gear and hit the road. I was pleasantly surprised at how well the girls did! There was about a zillion trips to the bath house to use the potty since they are now potty trained!!!! But I'll do it any day to not have to worry with diapers and pull-ups anymore!!

The first night we set everything up, cooked dinner and relaxed by the fire.







Chris brought the wood up in his car. He thought Kevin would be proud : )



Then next morning we had a good breakfast, got our showers and played cards while the kids got a nap in before heading to the pool for a dip.








The we headed into town and went to a malt shop and got a sundae. Now we didn't get just any sundae, this was the mega sundae. It was called "Dressed to Kill" and was 9 scoops of ice cream, 6 toppings, whipped cream and cherries!! It was humongous! We all forgot our cameras so we'll just have to go back and get another one to get a picture of it : )

We had another nice evening by the campfire and hit the hay for the night.



We let the kids play at the playground for a while before we left for home and they had a blast.