Pullen Park

Memere took the kids to Pullen Park while Todd & I worked on Friday. The kids LOVED it! Brett asked to go on the train and boats at least 3 times this weekend. It's a pretty cool park that's been around forever. They have the typical park stuff like swings and slides, but they also have these boats for the little kids to ride, paddle boats, a train that goes around the park, and a caboose for the kids to walk through. I think the kids had a great time :)

Don't eat the Play-doh!

After listening to Brett repeat "PAY-doh MOMmy" at least 10 times this morning, I decided that I'd bribe them (like any other smart mom would do). A good lunch with no whining meant they got to play with play doh before naptime.

Amazingly, they each only tried to eat it once - although I'm pretty sure that Brett managed to swallow some because I was in the middle of changing Kate's diaper before I realized that he tried to eat it and that his tongue was blue as far back as I could possibly see. Now, you would think that Brett would learn not to eat the play-doh since we play with it fairly often, but no - it's the same discussion everytime!

We miss the beach!

We had an absolute blast at the beach, watching the kids' reaction to all of their new surroundings. There are so many pictures that I decided to just post them all HERE rather than loading them all onto this page. In case it doesn't take you there, the link is beachvacay.blogspot.com. There are a few funny videos that I'll get uploaded too, another night :)

I WON!

SEI (a scrapbooking site that I'm mildly addicted to) ran a contest and I won! Granted, I only won $5 worth of shopping, but I'm still excited! They asked for a project with their Citrus Kick line... it just so happens that I used that line to do my mom's mother's day album this year. Very convenient :) I had the pages already scanned in, so I figured, what the heck?

You can check out part of my album here, or the whole thing here.

I'm also on their main gallery page until next weekend.

T minus 3 days

T minus 3 days (and 14 hours of work) until I get to be HERE:

Shhh.. I'm on the phone

Brett's new favorite past time - talking on the phone - to anyone who will listen. This conversation was with "pa" (aka Grandpa Lopez). Kate has learned to say "hi" over and over and over again until you give her a chance to talk too. Isn't it 12 years too early to be fighting over the phone?

Pictures!!!

We decided to take the kids to Portrait Innovations this morning for their "birthday" pictures (a month or two late)! Brett did wonderfully - he listened, he cooperated, he even got to play with legos. Kate did wonderfully too - that is as long as you consider "serious" a wonderful picture. Oh well - it goes along with her personality most days. Of course, as soon as we left, she was ALL smiles! Little stinker! The pictures came out cute either way. Enjoy!

Picture time

This is the result of our Olan Mills experience from a few weeks back. Considering the time of day and the kids' moods, it actually turned out decent, especially for a free picture :)

We're taking the kids to Portrait Innovations tomorrow morning. I'll post the pictures when I get a chance!