park dates with papa frank

when the kids weren't playing on papa & graunna debbie's swing set, they wanted to go to the park (they are turning into a very smart little duo...) of course, papa obliged, and i tagged along. besides the first playground being completely overtaken by two buses filled with children, the kids had an absolute blast on the second playground we found (while almost giving me several heart attacks. who builds playgrounds with such steep slides & places to fall off?) avery is quite the little dare devil. i'm pretty sure it was during this trip that she earned her new nickname, "brave ave." it fits her well!

we grabbed wendy's to-go, and when we arrived home we found grandma in the trailer cleaning things up. the kids immediately suggested we have lunch in the trailer, and they loved it!!

here are a few more pictures from our mini-vacay to grandma & papas.

+ ave sure knows how to get some insanely awesome bed-head:

 

+ she also has great fashion taste:

+ i sure do love her!!

+ max is obsessed with coloring. he fills his backpack (among other things) with pages, and pages...and pages of papers to color. i absolutely love how he currently colors. he uses a plethora of colors, and is careful to do each little section differently. such a little artist he is. (he is also quite proud of his new-found skill. i would be too!)

+ another new skill he has picked up on is taking hundreds of pictures on our little iPod touch. here are just a few! (connect four, the living room rug, his pants & shoes.) love him!!

 

i know this is super late, but thanks again for letting us crash at your house for a few days mom & dad. the kids have been talking about "graunna debbie" non-stop the last few days...looks like it's time for another trip! ;)

sunshine & swings

these were taken way back in the beginning of march when we stayed with danny's parents while the bathroom remodel was in full-swing. i've kind of been slacking on my blog updates, and now i'm so far behind i'm getting overwhelmed! but hopefully i'll get caught up sooner or later.

while we were there, it was so beautiful & warm and the kids definitely took advantage of it! (how could they not with the horribly freezing cold winter we had?!) they would have stayed outside all day (and night!) if i had let them :)

 

when danny gets his hands on the camera, he likes to change the settings and do all sorts of crazy things ;) the following pictures are courtesy of him:

lastly, a few from inside (cereal time, yatzee, etc...) don't mind avery's runny nose. (this is when i thought she may have a UTI. i think the real problem was her two-year molars! no fun!!)