Pepe La Pew

Lauren climbed into bed with us this morning and proceeded to tell her daddy, "Pee yew, you stink like a skunk. Can you take a shower and get clean?"

Adam said, "I'll take a shower in a little bit."

"Can you take a shower NOW, please?"

Happy (late) Fourth of July!

Here's the kiddies, getting ready to walk in the neighborhood parade. See the decorated trike behind Lauren? Yeah, I carried it the whole way. Next year, we're just gonna decorate the stroller.

After the parade, we left Owen snoozing at Noni and Papa's house and took Lauren to her first big screen movie. Adam and I thought she be wowed by the size of the screen, but she was more impressed with the seats that flipped up and down.

We swam and BBQ'd that evening, then went to Auntie Louie's house to watch the fireworks. From her front yard we could see two sets of the big professional ones, plus houses up and down the street lighting their own off. Definitely a great day!

Huh?

"Honey, please don't put stickers on your bedroom wall, okay? They go in your sticker book, Sis, you know that."

"But Mama, when I put stickers on the wall we can all say Merry Christmas!"

H2O babies

The kids and I hit a new park this afternoon that we heard about from our friend Gen. There is a section that has that spongy foam stuff on the ground - and water squirting up though it! The kids had a BLAST! The water would randomly stop and start, and they inevitably would stick their head over a hole just in time to get squirted in the face. We'll definitely be back!

1 year olds x 5

Last Friday Owen and I went to the zoo and Fairytale Town with the McNulty Quads. Lauren was spending the weekend with my parents out of town, so if was just the 5 12/13 month olds!! Quite a sight, let me tell you. Gen is amazing, so awesome. Makes me feel silly to complain when I get overwhelmed - she's got double the trouble I do!

Our first day of summer...

...consisted of a brave little guy who learned how to go down the slide all by himself,


frisbee lessons for a hard hat wearing nudie kazootie cutie,


and water wheel play!

Pictures pictures everywhere

I finally decided to jump on the Flick*r bandwagon, so I could show off whole sets of pictures and not just one at a time. Check out these pictures from Owen's first birthday party last Saturday.

Happy 1st Birthday to our little man!

Happy Birthday, Bubba! What a handsome little guy you are growing up to be. So happy and smiley - most of the time, anyway! Our playgroup mommies are amazed how you can keep yourself entertained and not get into much trouble. I'm sure that will change soon enough, though! I love the way you look up to your big sister, following her from room to room. And when the two of you get laughing simultaneously, it's the most wonderful sound in the world! Keep growing big and strong, Owen - just not too fast! Love, Mama

This is how we roll

Here's a picture of my two guys enjoying their Memorial Day weekend up at Noni and Papa's fifth wheel. Totally roughing it - as you can tell by the recliner and the laptop on the table next to them!

Ridiculously ridiculously good looking

Uncle Bud the Barber gave Owen his first haircut a couple weeks ago, while we were camping over Memorial Day weekend. He sat pretty still, happy to gnaw on a Pez dispenser, and wasn't too bothered by the whole ordeal.