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Do you think when we’re gone Slider plays with the kids’ toys? Sometimes when we get home they are mysteriously moved…

We had our friends the Schmalzes over for a barbecue last week. JT and Gracelyn are such good buddies. They played for well over three hours without a single angry word or tear. If you know toddlers, that’s impressive! They got a little crazy and played in the rain outside and wore each other out.Continue reading “More Smores Please!”

Got a little behind here… so this is what the end of last month was like! One afternoon, Grandpa and Grandma Cole came for dinner and we made homemade pizzas. Here JT is making his pizza. The caption for this picture should be, “You mess it up, you clean it up.” JT’s scissor activity gotContinue reading “Wrapping Up May”

We are so lucky to live within an hour of two different zoos. After going to Woodland Park in Seattle last week, we went to Point Defiance in Tacoma this week. (I’m also glad we have the Boonshoft pass, which gets us into both!) Jim came with us this time, so it was “as aContinue reading “Zoo Two”

Haley turned nine months old on Saturday and had her check up today. Jim had to take her because I had to work, but I promised him there wouldn’t be any shots. Haley now weighs almost 14 pounds and is 26.5 inches long. That puts her under the zero percentile for weight and the 15thContinue reading “9 Months Old”

Haley has been waving for awhile but today she realized that she could make me wave back. We did a lot of waving before I thought to grab my cell phone and record it!

This morning when I told JT we were going to the park after workout, he got out Haley’s play phone and called Gracelyn to ask if she was going to meet us at the park by the play structures. Good thing I’d used my real phone to text Gracelyn’s mom already. 🙂 We had aContinue reading “Play Structures”

JT, Haley, and I planned to go to Woodland Park Zoo today and we got so blessed by great weather! Haley and I were ready by 8:15. JT had to be roused from sleep and given breakfast to eat in the car. Stroller configuration 1 upon arrival: second seat on top. JT rides on theContinue reading “Zoosday Tuesday”

Lately JT has been enjoying sitting at his little table for lunch. He sometimes invites me to join him. 🙂 Haley has been so interested in everyone else’s food. She is eating bits of sandwich crust, cucumbers, apples, and celery now… all with no teeth. Last night she really wanted some popcorn like everyone else.Continue reading “Lunchtime”

The other day, JT had me drive the boat (aka sit on the coffee table facing the opposite direction) while Haley held the flag (aka sit on the coffee table facing the skiier). Then he decided he wanted to switch lakes… so Haley and I pulled the boat out of the lake and put itContinue reading “Indoor Training”