Memorial Weekend

So we had a long day... what can I say. Katelyn fell asleep for the first time ever at the dinner table. And for anyone who has ever seen her eat, you know that is crazy because she loves her food. At least she got a little bit of food in her tummy before she fell asleep. We had a picnic lunch with Daddy at work today. Went grocery shopping, and then came home and played in our blow up pool, which has a slide. The girls definetly wore themselves out today. They were both asleep before 7:30pm... neither of them fell asleep in bed. That's a first. Kylie was in time out in her room, but snuck out to the top of the stairs. When we went to check on her she was sitting criss cross applesauce (indian style) with her head in her lap, sound asleep at the top of the stairs.





Do you want to play with the toad too? Infamous question that I usually say no and try not to run away. Trying not to let her know that I am grossed out by toads, frogs, bugs, worms... ok... anything without fur.

So it must be the age, or she is brave like her Daddy... but Kylie loves toads and frogs. Katelyn won't touch them, but Kylie thinks they are a blast. She picks them up and carries them all around. I did catch her right before she kissed it...I told her she would get warts on her mouth if she kissed it... she knows what warts are because she actually had one on her toe that we had to get special medicine to get rid of it.... yuck... But this frog was lucky as she was much more gentle than she was with the last one she caught. And she was nice enough to put it back in it's "house" when she was done playing with it. I guess you could call it cute...

We had a great time getting all dressed up in matching outfits to celebrate Avery's 1st birthday in Kentucky this past weekend. The girls had a blast with the birthday hats and balloons! They even got little goodies bags from the birthday girl to take home. Eventhough it was Avery's party, Kylie and Katelyn made it their mission to talk to everyone in the room. They were little social butterflies!

Crazy May

Claire is growing fast. She smiles and chatters all the time now. Just cannot seem to catch her smile on camera. She sees the camera and just stares at it. Eventually she will get used to it and give me a smile on camera. What a cutie she is turning out to be. We are very lucky as she is awake playing all day long and then sleeps thru the night most nights. I am very thankful for that.

It has been great taking a break from travelling. Grandpa has been great coming to visit often and bringing cousins and Aunt Aubrei to visit as well. This trip we got to enjoy Aunt Aubrei and Gabbi and Felicity. As you can see Uncle Jim put the girls to work on our mulch. Amazing what a few dollars can buy these days in terms of manual labor. Grandpa helped too. We loved having the girls and Grandpa down to visit.

The girls love playing with their neighbor Brady. We can't decide who likes him more, Kylie or Katelyn. Brady is going to turn 4 when Katelyn turns 3, so he is right in between the girls ages. The three of them love to play together. We joke that Kylie and Brady are like an old married couple already. They are so cute.

So May has been crazy and fun. Thought I'd start a blog for everyone to keep up. We'll see if I can keep up with it. So we have been having great fun in our neighborhood. The girls have found many friends... mostly boys... to play with. We are all joking that they have lots of boys to pick from for prom. As you can see from the picture, they are already getting rides from the boys. ha ha ha. They are having a great time with the boys, but Daddy is starting to worry about the teenage years already.