A Little Lady

I wanted to quickly post some photos that we had taken of Kate at 16 months. I was pleasantly surprised by the photographer. He was able to capture some great shots of her in a very short amount of time. She was "extremely" shy that day and did not want to stand by herself on the backdrop. It took a lot of coaxing, but here is a little of what we got:

Oh, sugar, sugar...

This is what "can" happen if you momentarily walk out of the room Kate is in! :)

Bike Rider

Nathan figured out how to ride his bike this week! Here is a quick video of the second day of riding it! It is his favorite thing to do outside now! There is also a little bit of Kate in it, too. I was hoping that she would talk to the camera, but no such luck! Enjoy!

We had the joy of spending time at Mimi and Poppy's house this past weekend. I wish that my camera had not run out of batteries! I will need to plan ahead next time! :)

We were able to see most of the family at a dinner in downtown Waxahachie, which is always great fun (especially now that "all of the family" includes 10 year old Alex, nearly 4 year old Nathan and the busy one year olds: Luke, Rylie, Austin and Kate! Whew! NEVER a dull moment there!

We watched movie, "UP" in 3D which was incredibly good for all ages!

Mimi performed her summer show "The Pump Boys & Dinettes" at the historic Texas Theater. Great job, Mimi!

In addition to visiting family this time, we were able to spend time with Zahns and the Adams (friends from college). The Zahn's were having a Star Wars themed birthday party for their son, Luke, who turned 4 and it was a lot of fun! It was really nice to see everyone's kiddos and catch up!

At Mimi and Poppy's house the kids enjoyed splashing around in the pool. I took a couple of pictures of a little family of birds that nested in between Marla's pillow and chair outside. Pretty neat to see them that close up.

All in all, it was a great weekend!

Way Down Deep In the Deep Blue Sea

We love our public library, especially in the summertime. They have great activities and shows for the children and Nathan really loves it. Throughout the year we go once a week to get books. In the last month we have managed to get Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea twice. Nathan enjoys this book because it is all about the ocean and the animals that you can find down there. The little boy in the story appears to be snorkeling in the ocean for a treasure for "his mama and me" and on each page finds a new sea creature. Although each page is slightly different it does have a repeatable pattern. For lunch last week, I made the "not famous by me," but very new and exciting to Nathan: "Octopus Hotdogs"...and macaroni and cheese. He has eaten an entire "Octopus Hotdog" twice now, which is saying a lot for my little guy who is usually way to busy to be interested in eating much of anything. Last night we also did an extension to the book. At the end of story you find that the boy is not snorkeling in the sea, but using his imagination with toys and goggles in the bathtub. So I put on Nathan's Spiderman goggles and letting him search for sea creatures (aka watertoys) in his bath last night. What fun!

Continuing with the theme of water, here are some pictures of Nathan and Kate at a couple of the children's parks at Schlitterbahn.

Couch Potato (er, Tator Tot)

The other night, Nathan and I rented a Redbox children's movie at the McDonald's just down the road. His pick! The next night, I loaded him up to return it. He was asking if we were going to get another one that night.

Now, I am not a movie junkie. I do like a good movie or a fun show, but I would rather see him play inside, outside or read books with me than watch TV.

He knows that, because he must hear me tell him (I don't know how many times), "You might turn into a couch potato if you sit and watch TV all day. I wouldn't want that to happen!"

So, naturally, my response was, "No, not tonight."

He simply looked at me in agreement and said, "Yeah, because I wouldn't want to turn into a tater tot, huh?!"

I had to stop and think about what he was talking about. Then, I realized he had confused couch potato with tater tot.

I smiled and said, "Ewww, no, that would not be good! I would not want that to happen!"

Serious Style!

The other morning, Kate climbed onto her Dora riding car and reached with her tippy toes every hairclip on her hairclip holder that she could possibly reach. I would add each one to her hair as she handed them to me. She kept them in for a bit and continued playing in her room. Later, I called Nathan in to take a look at his little sister and we had a good laugh. Here is a short video about it all. Take a look: