Always a birthday around here!

6.22.12

Ever since I discovered the most delicious way to make cream cheese frosting (cream cheese, butter, and maple syrup), I'm always up for any excuse to make it, and I've always got a volunteer ready to help transfer any excess frosting from the beater to their face.

6.23.12

Teagan "reading" to Asher.

6.24.12

Paul finally convinced me to do a family outing to the Terrell Rifle and Pistol club.  Asher brought along his make shift stick gun and happily shot at targets.

Teagan really liked it when Daddy taught her how to shoot a real gun.

And even Asher got a turn with Daddy's help.

6.25.12

Playing doll house together.

6.26.12

Cute little blonde kiddos.

6.27.12

Teagan looked at Asher very sweetly today and said, "Asher, I think we can become best friends." Then she explained that best friends love each other very much, and gave him a kiss.

Teagan is a master at baking birthday cakes.

Time to sing Happy Birthday and blow out the candles.

6.28.12

Of course play dough cakes with real candles are even more fun!

I think "Happy Birthday" is the most commonly heard song around this house.

6.29.12



Teagan can climb all the way to the top of the rock wall at the playground.  Asher can't make it very high on his own, but he definitely tries.  I can tell he's almost 2 because he is constantly telling me at the park, "All by self."  He wants to attempt everything on his own!

Tea Time

6.15.12

 

Asher enjoying his cup of tea.


 

Teagan helped mix up some play dough and got to work making some play dough donuts.


6.16.12

 

Asher "water melon face" swimming with his Daddy.


 

The swimming twins, Gabby and Teagan.


6.17.12

 

Teagan and I were sitting on the couch together both nursing our babies.


 

6.18.12

 


Teagan and Asher are always pretending that they are puppy dogs, so we used some old sheets to sew up a dog house cover to fit over their play table.

6.19.12





Hanging out on the couch together.


6.20.12





Lounging, or as Teagan always says, "beaching it".


 

Asher loves to play with any kind of sports balls outside.  He is so cute how he says, "hoof ball" , "ba-et-ball" , and "ten it ball".


 

Teagan was teaching swimming lessons to her doll Swimmy.


6.21.12




Working at Daddy's office.

Skinny Dipping kiddos

6.10.12

Crazy kiddos getting ready for bed.

6.11.12



Teagan watched a show about recycling and learned about different ways to recycle and re-use things.  After eating some yogurt, I saw a light bulb go off in her head and she decided to wash out the container and then paint it.  She even let Asher help her and thought about all the things she would do with her painted container.  Unfortunately, once dry, the paint just flaked right off the container.  Oh well, she enjoyed the process.

6.12.12

Asher was picking "flowers".
 

Check out Teagan riding her balance bike in her crazy mismatched pajamas!  She was cracking me up with her super short shorts.  It just kept reminding me of some kind of 80's athletic shorts.

6.13.12



 Impromptu naked kid swim!

 

6.14.12



Look at that mischievous smile as Asher was snacking on some chips.

 

Look at that cutie :)

Birthday and Anniversary

 6.4.12

 

It's always exciting when we look out the window and see ducks in our front yard.  Of course we have to go feed them, but when I told T we didn't have any bread, she said, "Go make some, Mommy."  I didn't think the ducks were going to wait for me to bake bread, so we found some of Paul's crackers and the kids had fun tossing them for the ducks to eat.

6.5.12

Teagan always volunteers to open up the umbrella when we are swimming.  It's a very important job.

Asher often prefers to "swim" in the water table.  Crazy baby.

6.6.12

Asher had to put on his shades to take this very important call.

Teagan and Asher were so excited to put on their rain boots and water shoes, grab their umbrellas, and go out in the rain.  A nice big clap of thunder sent them running right back inside!

6.7.12

Teagan really enjoys looking at her books.  She remembers the stories so well, and will often "read" them to us.  Lately she's been telling me that she wants to learn how to read for real.

Someone has to watch the ice cream maker to make sure the ice cream is churning as it should.  Half naked Asher seems like the perfect candidate.

6.8.12

Painting project at a play date with our friends.

 I made a coconut cake with cream cheese frosting as my birthday cake.  When cream cheese frosting is being made, there are always children nearby to lick the beater!

6.9.12

Anniversary cake to celebrate our 11 year wedding anniversary.  The kiddos insisted on a candle and we sang "Happy Anniversary to you."

The Beach!

5.29.12

 After the drive from Georgia to Orange Beach, AL, we wasted no time heading straight to the beach!  I think we had our feet in the sand within 20 minutes of arriving at our condo.

5.30.12

The kids really had fun playing in the sand.  On most days we headed out to the beach first thing in the morning, and then again in the late afternoon or evening.

 

5.31.12

We drove to Mobile Bay to visit the USS Alabama Battleship, a submarine, and museum.  It was really interesting to go inside the battleship and submarine.

 



 

6.1.12



Teagan loved being in the water with her daddy.

 
 Asher loved his helmet he got at the Battleship gift shop.  He considers it proper headwear for any occasion.

6.2.12

I love seeing dolphins, so of course we had to go on a dolphin watching boat ride.  The kids liked being on the boat, especially when they got to help "drive" the boat.  We saw several dolphins come to the surface, but it wasn't really anything spectacular.

 

6.3.12

 The long drive home.  Amazingly, we traveled for 11 hours with only 2 1/2 stops.