Click and Clack

Adam and Ashley have shown an enormous interest in all aspects of cars from design to repair.  Here's the latest lesson from Daddy, Senior Mechanic of the Household.

The cutest part is that Google took the videos and added their Auto-Awesome filter.

Chompin' on Cake

Eating cake with friends is so much fun.

Birthday With Friends

There's nothing like celebrating your birthday with lots of friends.  Especially if it includes cake, ice cream and goody bags.

Make your own race cars

Make your own tiaras

Bouncy house and sandbox ready to go

Slide and slip n' slide waiting for action

future pizza depot

playing in the sandbox

concentrating on race cars

princesses in training

bouncy house fun

slip 'n slide

Then it was time for cake:

Birthday Celebration

Adam and Ashley's birthday fell in between weekends this year, so we had a small mid-week celebration to mark the special day:

Adam was so excited he took a photo of his gift while waiting for Ashley to join us:

And many thanks to Pam whose gift kept the kids entertained for a long time:

And look who got a pedicure after eating her cupcake:

Dueling Haircuts

It's fun to watch a routine task happen in half the time.  Watch!

Surprise Package

A few weeks ago we got a surprise package in the mail from NY.  It was an instant hit!

BDPS: Scientists at Work

Once again, I wish I was back in preschool.  This looked like a fun set of experiments.

Slip 'N Slide

The citizens are finally old enough to enjoy a relatively recent rite of passage into the big kid arena:  playing on a slip 'n slide.  Best part?  Playing with their cousins!  A big shout out to our Aunt for taking such wonderful photos throughout the weekend.

Early am Breakfast

One morning Ashley bravely volunteered to go grocery shopping with me.  We stopped at McD's for a quick breakfast.  Looking across the table at my baby, I realized she's become a beautiful big girl:

BDPS: Car Wash

This is a brilliant programming idea.  Not only do the kids have fun, but the playground toys which sit outside get a hose down.  Those BDPS teachers are ingenious!

Finally!  Working on a red race car of my own.

It's not a pink Cadillac, but it will do.

BDPS: Wacky Waffles

BDPS runs a fine program.  And every now and then they do something that this mama wouldn't do at home:  Wacky Waffles!

Celebrity Sighting

Know why it pays to go to the library?  You never know who you might see there.  Last time we visited, we met up with Anna and Elsa!

Field Trip: Museum of Science

Pam took the kids to the Museum of Science a few weeks ago.  It was lots of fun for everyone.

Remember when the citizens tried to Phone Home?  Their phone skills are certainly improving:

I've got someone on the line, but he has a strange, deep, calming voice.  Who is this???

I hear him too.  He's talking about some sort of prize.  Can we have one too?