So, here it goes...the last couple weeks have been packed. Here's what we've been up to:
Not last week but the week before we had a nice long stretch of warm weather. Loved it!! One day I surprised Rachel with a picnic out in the backyard. You would have thought she was going to Disneyworld, she was SO excited.
I don't know if you can see it...but Tommy's got those two bottom teeth just poking out.
On Valentine's Day Wachovia employees and their families got into the Discovery Museum for free. So we did it again.
I don't think I can get enough of this kid. He always brings a smile to my face. He's doing a couple fun new things. Last Saturday he became mobile. It's not a crawl and I don't think it could be qualified as an army crawl. I call it the motorized leg scoot. His legs kick the ground really fast and he barely uses his arms to pull himself forward. It's not the most efficient, but he can get get where he wants and it's really cute. The other thing he does is kisses. I give him a kiss "MMMWWWAAHHH" and he'll put his big open mouth against mine and say, "aaaaa...AAAAA" just like me as he pulls his head back. Oh I love it!!!
We have our good friends the Miles in town from Boston and they stayed with us for a few days this past week and we had an absolute blast. One morning we went to the nature museum. They had a butterfly pavillion. As soon as Rachel walked inside, "it's goooorgeous!...bonjour butterfly!...isn't this exquisite?" which comes from her favorite books right now, Fancy Nancy. (In one of the books she goes to a butterfly garden).
Rachel and Andrew are still the best of buds and play so well together.
This girl is crazy! She's giving me a real trial of patience and parenting right now. I had never heard of the terrible threes until last fall...YIKES! But she can still be as sweet as ever and melts my heart with, "this is a good dinner mom" or her simple, "I love you"
This is what I found after one of her quiet times. Do-a-Dot markers gone wrong! I didn't notice at first. I found the lids off and I told her to put them back on when she's done with them. I look up as she says, "Okay Mommy I'll will next week" and leans in to give me a kiss. With red lips, a circle around her eye and blue fingers, I just laughed out loud.
It was Maria's birthday while she was here and I was glad we were able to spend it with her. Hopefully it was a special and memorable "22nd" birthday :)
Watching Wall-E.
Flashback
Slow down boy, you're growing too fast!
Yesterday, while Jake was in school we had a teddy bear picnic. So fun!
"Let's take a picture Mommy"
I love my kids!
Stickers that don't come off
marker...also doesn't come off
and a lot of days you can't even see the floor with all the toys and clothes and stuff.
Rachel actually walked and then sat in the stroller as we admired all the "popcorn" on the trees and picked clovers.
And here is our "green" dinner- green eggs and ham, salad, kiwi, limeade and jello jigglers, which didn't turn out again. In my five years of marriage and trying to do these, they've never turned out. I know it's probably one of the easiest things you could make. I don't understand either.
Tommy, Tom Tom, Toma Obama, Tommy Obomy, Tomsta, T-Dog, Squirmy Wormy, Buster:
Jake:
Me:
That's 3 for Charlotte this year!! A record! (Well, at least since we've been here) Notice the blue skies and clear roads. I love it. And even though it was 23 degrees this morning when we took Jake to the train, it's supposed to be near 70 by Friday. I just don't know if I could live anywhere else. I feel like Charlotte has perfect weather. (Of course I probably won't be saying that when August rolls around again.
I don't know if you can see it...but Tommy's got those two bottom teeth just poking out.
On Valentine's Day Wachovia employees and their families got into the Discovery Museum for free. So we did it again.
I don't think I can get enough of this kid. He always brings a smile to my face. He's doing a couple fun new things. Last Saturday he became mobile. It's not a crawl and I don't think it could be qualified as an army crawl. I call it the motorized leg scoot. His legs kick the ground really fast and he barely uses his arms to pull himself forward. It's not the most efficient, but he can get get where he wants and it's really cute. The other thing he does is kisses. I give him a kiss "MMMWWWAAHHH" and he'll put his big open mouth against mine and say, "aaaaa...AAAAA" just like me as he pulls his head back. Oh I love it!!!
We have our good friends the Miles in town from Boston and they stayed with us for a few days this past week and we had an absolute blast. One morning we went to the nature museum. They had a butterfly pavillion. As soon as Rachel walked inside, "it's goooorgeous!...bonjour butterfly!...isn't this exquisite?" which comes from her favorite books right now, Fancy Nancy. (In one of the books she goes to a butterfly garden).
Rachel and Andrew are still the best of buds and play so well together.
This girl is crazy! She's giving me a real trial of patience and parenting right now. I had never heard of the terrible threes until last fall...YIKES! But she can still be as sweet as ever and melts my heart with, "this is a good dinner mom" or her simple, "I love you"
This is what I found after one of her quiet times. Do-a-Dot markers gone wrong! I didn't notice at first. I found the lids off and I told her to put them back on when she's done with them. I look up as she says, "Okay Mommy I'll will next week" and leans in to give me a kiss. With red lips, a circle around her eye and blue fingers, I just laughed out loud.
Watching Wall-E. 
Flashback
Slow down boy, you're growing too fast!
Yesterday, while Jake was in school we had a teddy bear picnic. So fun!
"Let's take a picture Mommy"
