Random Fun

Tim is at volleyball... the computer is all mine!!!!

Grandma Patty planted Portulaca in the elephant planter with Grace this year. If you ask her, she tell you that it is just that - Portulaca! She loves to help water the plants.

Grace is also becoming quite the photographer!

One of Grace's new favorite games is to dress up like a ghost and yell, "It's a ghost!!! Run for your lives!" and chase us all around the couch!

( I think there is a Clifford episode about ghosts.)


Maybe someday they'll play on a team together?

Here are my future golf and tennis stars.

Or, just our own child laborers...

Computer time.

Moot has had a little "work" done. Originally he was HUGE! His clothes didn't fit and he was not fun to cuddle. I thought he was just overstuffed, but when I took him back to the store, he was like 4 inches bigger than the "new" ones! So he got a bit of a makeover... or is new, however you want to look at it. But, since then, Cooper has loved all over him!!!

Tim was quick to point out that this kind of made his monthly, first year pictures with him .... moot.


Our friend Dawn found this cute outfit for Grace in her sister's rummage sale. We love it!! Thanks!

At the Park

(They knocked me over trying to get this shot of them coming down the slide!)

On our next trip to a park I forced myself to leave the camera at home. I find that I spend all my time taking pictures and not playing with my kids! It felt weird at first to be without the camera and I cringed at the shots I was missing, but it was fun!!!

Memorial Day

First of all, Cooper is doing much better. Sunday came with some spitting up, but he was fine by the evening. I think he is over it, but now has some serious molars coming in and is pretty crabby. He is better every day, though!

On Memorial Day Ben and Laura called to see if we wanted to come for hot dogs and putt-putt. We finally were able to say yes to their request! (No newborns, pregnancies, naps, or illnesses!) We had a fire and played Frisbee. By then it was after 7:30, and we decided not to try the golf this time. Laura's parents and brother were there and everyone had a good time with our kids! Tim and I enjoyed just sitting around the fire for a bit while everyone else played with Grace and Cooper!

Cooper barely made it out of the driveway.

Grace wanted her picture, too...

This was what she really looked like!

Then she wanted me to take a picture of Daddy.

And then she wanted to take a picture of me!

But finally they both gave in to exhaustion from all the playing!

It was a good time and someday (Hopefully soon! Hee, Hee!) Ben and Laura will understand why we need a bit more notice for such outings!!

Foiled Plans

My next post is supposed to be of our time at Uncle Ben and Aunt Laura's for Memorial Day weekend, but I wanted to share this with you today.

We were supposed to be in Ohio this weekend visiting Margaret, but last night as we got the kids into their jammies just before getting on the road, we discovered that Cooper had a fever of 102! (Bad Mommy not to have noticed sooner!!) So, we were able to cancel our reservation and put off leaving until the morning. But, Cooper had such a rough night that we decided taking the kids was a bad idea, so Tim went by himself. (He met his Uncle Bill and cousins Rod and LaRanda there.) Cooper spent the majority of the day on the couch, sleeping, and finally perked up around 4 for a little while. He is drinking plenty and ate a little bit as well. I was pretty calm about it all until about 330. His fever had already broken around 230, and he was still sleeping!!! But, by 400 he was ready to play and dance! He was a little slow and tired, but altogether pleasant! He is now down for the night - I hope!

So Grace said, "Fine, I'm going to the farm." (Or, Mom said, "And you are going to the Farm!") And we packed up her things and sent her to Grandma and Grandpa's for the night!

Finally some nice weather

I call these "Jammies in the morning garden".

I'd like to learn more about how to focus the camera manually, someday!

And, with nice weather comes growing grass and a favorite past time of watching Tim go back and forth on the mower!

Weekend Get Aways

While Tim spent a weekend in DC recently, (See Mandi and Jill's blogs for details of his trip.) the kids and I headed to Ohio to spend the weekend with cousins, Amy, Aaron, Ava, and Abigail. While we did nothing exciting, it was wonderful to share two days of nothing with family! The kids had a great time playing and Amy and I enjoyed adult conversation and an extra set of eyes as we went about our daily routines of naps, snacks and meals!

I'm a sucker for cuteness in natural light!

Hey, bite my finger....

Someone smaller than me...

to bully...

(Where he would learn such things, I don't know!)

(I played with the color of these two.)

We played Princess Dress Up, and Mommy won!

(It was reminiscent of the old days when Cousins Beth and Amy would give Monica and Me makeovers. :) I have a picture of that, but couldn't find it for this post. Maybe later.)

Group Shot after our bath and just before we headed home.

(There were of course some nudie pics of bath time for Aunt/Grandma Patty, but chose not to post them!)

This is how we really felt!

Good times!!!