Old Maid

Who's got the Old Maid?! 

 

Elodie loves this new game!  For some reason she calls the old maid "the old goon."

Creative Crawl Spaces

Now that Ethan is really crawling, he's getting into all kinds of fun spaces!

Teeth

Ethan's first two teeth popped in a couple months ago and he's painfully working on the top two now... but here's some fun pictures of our smiley little guy and his cute little teeth!

Storytime with Mommy

School Photos - Ethan

First School Portraits... Ethan at 6.5 months old...

Top-Bottom, L-R, Miss Deidre, Miss Leigh, Perry, Maddie, Liam, Milo, McKenna, Ethan!

School Photos - Elodie

First School Portraits! 

Top-Bottom, L-R, Anna, Xavier, Jillian, Mason, Lily, Elodie, Gui, Scotty, Oliver, Jordan

Hot Beach

It cooled down to about 92 degrees one day last week so I took the kids to the beach playground for a little bit after school!  It's been too hot for Elodie to play outside at school so here she got to get all the sillies out!

Ethan is 8 months old!

Let's see... Ethan is still a charmer at 8 months old.  He is always smiling and loves to laugh... except when he's teething.  His two lower teeth came in a couple months ago but these top two are taking forever and causing a lot of grief!  Poor kid.  He likes to stand up in the crib (which we had to lower to the lowest setting) and he bites on the rails.  We often have to put him to sleep in the carseat (it's like a swaddle/constraint) because he won't stop standing up and playing even when he's clearly exhausted...  Ethan can now crawl on his hands and knees but he still prefers to slide around on his belly like a seal.  He likes to stand up and then lunge forward.  Hasn't figured out how to move those feet yet!  He likes music and clapping.  He sometimes waves, and says Hi! maybe...  maybe it's just an accident...  He loves eating!  He'll eat anything really, but loves cheerios and sucking down those baby food pouches.  And he still loves watching his big sister.......... 

 

Love you Ethan!

 

 

 

 

 

Beach with Grammie and Papa

Digging through the Toybox

Town Picnic

It was a rainy Saturday but we ventured out to the Guilford Green for a little town picnic action.  There was an orchestra playing music and some bouncy houses set up.  Elodie always wants to go on the bouncy house things, but changes her mind as soon as it's time to go in.  She made it farther than ever this time by peaking her head in the entry at least! 

 

Thinking about going on the bouncy house:

 

Getting a popsicle instead!

 

She convinced Daddy to go on the soaking wet bouncy slide.  Here's a close-up:

 she cried the whole time but as soon as she got to the bottom, she wiped her tears away and said "that wasn't so bad!"

Beach Model

Conversation with Elodie: It's Complicated

Uncle Ben had a chance to have some one-on-one time with Elodie yesterday.  Apparently they were talking about money and how mommy and daddy buy her nice things with money and that she was going to save her coins to buy Bullseye next week.

Ben: "How do you get money?  Do you do chores and help around the house? Do you help with your baby brother?"

Elodie: "Ummm...  That's a little complicated."

Riding Carousels and Getting Clean with Asher!

Every year around July 4, we get to see Ben and Erica!

2010 Central Park, NYC

2011 New Jersey

2012 North Carolina

 

2013 Guilford, CT!

 

It was a quick visit but we crammed a lot in, including seafood, ice cream and carousel riding at Lenny and Joes:

 

 

And a bubble bath for three!

 

Can't wait til next July!  Or maybe sooner?!