Makes Me Laugh

If I can say nothing else about Annah, she can make me laugh anytime, anywhere! Here are a couple of her laugh-out-loud moments from the last week or so...

The other day we were leaving the pet store. There was a convertible in the parking lot and Annah said, "Oh my gosh, Mommy, that car is missing it's lid!"

Yesterday we were on our way to the lake house. We had been in the car for the better part of an hour and I told Annah that we were in the middle of nowhere. She thought for a minute and said, "Yes, Mommy, that is true. But, don't you think that means the beach house is in the middle of yes-where?" I love how literal she is!

Bonjour Butterfly

Anyone who has ever read this blog knows that we have a rather large fascination with Fancy Nancy in our house. There is a Fancy Nancy book called, Bonjour Butterfly, where among other things, Fancy Nancy visits a butterfly garden. EdVenture has it's very own butterfly garden exhibit here until September (or October, I'm not really sure) and Annah was very excited to go see the butterflies. She was hoping for an azure butterfly (like in the book)...none of those, but lots and lots of butterflies, none the less. We met up with Laura, Delainey and Jacqueline at EdVenture and had a great time!

There were only 2 rules in the butterfly exhibit:

1) Don't step on the butterflies and 2) don't touch their wings

Yet, with only two rules, we still managed to break half of them. Here's Liam moments before the breaking of rule #1. It makes me cringe just looking at the picture...

...but he thought it was hysterical

The upshot to Liam's mistake was that said injured butterfly sat on my finger for all the kids to get a great look at up close

Delainey and Annah wanted a picture of this one

This is so sweet (injured butterfly again)

Annah was really afraid of a butterfly landing on her...what kind of little girl is afraid of a butterfly?!

Give this kid anything with a steering wheel and he is as happy as a pig in poop

I think (and I know this is a shock) that I might take too many pictures because in this picture Liam saw me with the camera and was saying "cheese!"

Annah looked VERY comfortable on the tractor...was this kid raised in a barn?

Actually, yes, she was!

Firefighter Annah

There were several school groups at EdVenture. By that I mean several groups of kids with little adult supervision and even fewer manners. Liam was waiting to drive the car and they kept jumping in front of him in line. I was going back and forth in my head between setting the good example and waiting patiently OR yelling at the little monsters to give my baby a turn so we could go home already...eventually Liam worked out his own tactic...

Tears...

...worked like a charm!

GOT MILK?!

OK, so really it's yogurt, but I still think the Got Milk people should use this face in their next ad campaign!

Happy Birthday G-Money!

Last week was Gardner's (aka G-Money) 4th birthday. The party was at Blackbeard's Cove in Charleston. It was a really neat place (kind of like Frankie's Fun Park)...arcade, playground, putt putt...you get the idea! Liam was in heaven in the arcade. The boy loves anything with a steering wheel and balls, so the racing video games were a huge hit. Annah had a great time playing putt putt with Daddy (when Liam wasn't stealing her golf ball, anyway). Annah and Gardner are only 8 weeks apart, so Gardner's birthday is always a reminder to me that my baby girl is almost another year older too. I am constantly baffled at how fast time flies!

This kid is excited!

Annah and Daddy take a drive

Liam's version of ski ball (is that what it's called?) was to walk up the ramp and drop the ball into the hole he wanted. I probably should have stopped him, but I don't think he did any real harm

Annah putting

Liam "putting" (again, more of picking the ball up and putting it in the hole)

Birthday Boy, G-Money!

Annah was so excited there was purple icing on a "boy cake"

Baby Brother, P-Funk

Slip and Slide (emphasis on slip)

It all started last Wednesday...Annah looked out on the back deck and saw the remains of the sprinkler I had bought her earlier in the summer. Belle had quite literally eaten it to shreds. Hysterics quickly followed. So, we were off to Target in search of a replacement sprinkler. However, it seems it was a bit too late in the season to buy a sprinkler and the best I could do was a clearance slip n slide. Turns out it was a brilliant purchase. Annah and Liam both love it (so do Will and I, but more on that later)!

Here is Annah's first run through. Not so much on her tummy, but having a blast!

I was a little worried about Liam...in the past he has not been such a big fan of sprinklers. No need to worry!


The next day Delainey and Jac came over to give it a go. Good times!

Now she's getting the hang of it!

Delainey was pretty darn good!

This picture is just SO Jac!

Sunday we pulled out all the stops. Annah had a monkey pool from last summer with a banana slide. Will thought it would be fun to set up the pool (it has a sprinkler that shoots out of the monkey's nose) so that you could slide out of the pool and onto the slip n slide down the hill. I thought he was crazy, but I was wrong. It was so much fun. We lubed up with lots of bubbles and away we went...all of us. I am so sore today from all of the fun!

Annah splashing around

Annah took a break from the sliding to blow some bubbles. I love this picture of her. It is just my sweet, sweet girl!

Will...see, I told you it was fun

Annah was not quite strong enough to get a good launch out of the pool, so Will had to position himself halfway down to keep her going

There was a leak in the hose and Jackson and Belle had their own game going

"Wwwwhhhhheeeee!!!!!"

Chillin' after a day of fun!

And the Walking Man Walks

If I had any idea how to go about doing it, I would add the James Taylor song, "Walking Man" to this video. Liam has finally figured it out and now I can't get him to slow down. He walks just for the sake of walking...yet another sign my baby is growing up!

Trying Out My New Toy

I have been playing with my new camera (well, a lot to be honest) trying to get differnt focuses and blurry backgrounds. Just a sample of the 5 million or so pictures I have taken in the last few days.

Not a very exciting picture, I know, but I accomplished what I wanted

Cheesy Bean

Annah was at Rosie's house for a bit today, so Liam got his very own photo session...not bad, if I do say so myself

This is totally my favorite!

Look at the dimples in his hand! So cute!

Nothing artsy, but so darn cute!

That's our house in the background. Talk about blurry!

Bubbles!