Baby Days

Oh the fun we have when friends come over! We get to watch Anna a few times a week and always have so much fun. I love that the babies entertain eachother and I can just watch all the silly things they end up doing. They seem to teach eachother both of their own little quirks and they also get a little more adventurous when they are together. They also like to tease eachother with toys and food. I think one of the cutest things is when they feed eachother, I also end up being fed by one or both of them (which definietly is not cute but fun none the less).

They really like coloring. Now that they realized where I keep the crayons they try and pull out the box. They have very different coloring methods. Zachie likes to concentrate on his coloring and attack any pre existing picture. Anna like to pick up a crayon and then toss it behind her like it means nothing to her. When she does find the one she wants, she makes tiny squiggles on the paper.

Of course, books are the main event every day. I love watching them read. Anna likes to read out loud and Zachie likes to be silent. Zachie is our little bookworm. We read almost all of his books three or four times a day. He is pickie sometimes too. He will go through his bookshelf pulling out books and putting them back until he finds the one he was looking for, which is most likely his ABC book or his nursery rhyme book.

We also like to have lots of fun in our sensory pool, otherwise known as a kiddie pool. We do put water in it sometimes but other things are way more exciting. So far we have favored blocks and dried pasta. My next will be cooked rice and one fun day shaving cream but that is more mess than I am ready for right now.

We also purchased an Elmo couch.  Yes, Elmo is our love right now.  They are so cute sitting on their mini size couch.  It also is a great bed and Zachie sleeps wonderfully on it.

Fun in the Sun

Well, once it actually got warm around here we purchased a little kiddie pool for our balcony. We have a great little playground outside our apartment but sometimes you just want to cool down in the pool. Zachie loves the water and having fun outside so this is a perfect fit for him. We got him a romper swimsuit. I love this little suit, and now he knows what to expect when he gets it on so we have to be ready with the water! In the pools off hours we like to use it as a discovery pool. We fill it with something different every week and he gets to play and explore in the living room. His favorites so far are pasta and blocks.

4th of July Ward Breakfast

This was such a fun day. Last fourth of July Zachie practically slept through the whole day including the fireworks. We also didn't make it to the breakfast last year so we were really excited to go this year. The breakfast was so yummy. We had pancakes, eggs, mountains of fruit, and little smokies. Zachie of course had a great time running around and exploring this new park.

We had never brought him to this park because of the edges that dropped off into water or just dropped off, so he had to explore. Of course, this meant he went up to every edge trying to get across or see where it went, AHHHH! He had fun running around with Anna and eating all the food.

                                             
                                             


He found himself a little camping chair and sat so nicely in it for a good 5 minutes.

                                                       


Someone commented on Anna and Zachies outfits saying," Some kids where tablecloths and some kids where flags." Writing that out doesn't make it sound that funny but we had a good laugh.

                                                   Next up.... The rest of fourth or July!
                                                      

What I have a blog?

It is really going to happen.  I am going to go blog crazy this week. so be prepared for picture and information overload.

P.S. If this maybe doesn't happen just pretend I never wrote this.

And here is a video for your viewing pleasure...

ATTACK! (This is really too long but for the future we wanted to remember these silly times)

Rows and Rows of Tulips!

Absolutely Beautiful! Yesterday, Nicole, Anna, Zachie and I went to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival.  It was a great day.  The sun came out when we got there and the day just kept getting better and better.  The babies got nice and muddy as did we (but they had extra clothes unlike us).

At one point, the babies weren't too happy about sitting in the mud (humm imagine that) but trusty Quaker rice snacks appear and all is well once again.  Anna is the ultimate food thief. She is so cute to watch.  If your food is in reach and you aren't eating it, well, she may just sneak in a relieve you of your tasty treat. 

The goofy duo!!

Here are just a few of my favorite photos from the day...

The Childrens Museum

We had so much fun at the childrens museum last month. Their new exhibit is Curious George right now and Zachie thought he was pretty exciting. We go to take Anna and Nicole with us too. It was later at night but the babies had a lot of fun looking at all the crazy things at the museum. They even got to go to their first concert, otherwise known as two guys singing songs about the alphabet but it was fun.

 This is the baby room. Zachie loves playing in the little puddles on this table. Looks like Anna was liking it too!

 This was part of the Curious George exhibit. This kid just loves opening and closing doors. I'm so glad our cupboards don't have handles or we would have a lot of trouble with finger smashing.

 Anna looks so cute! She was having fun looking at the mirror on the flower table. I didn't get a picture of it but there is a big aquarium in this room that these two couldn't keep their eyes or hands off of. The fish were pretty colors and one fish provoked a lot of second glances, he was bent in the middle and therefore couldn't swim the way a fish generally swims. It was one of the strangest sights of the night.

 Zach and Mister George

Red, White and Pink!!