Here Abby is taking her medicine and she wanted me to know that it was all gone! Too cute...she loves to lick it out of the bottom...I'm glad she likes it at all I guess!
The other day Reese took a big tumble off some stairs and was bleeding pretty bad...it was the first time I actually saw blood squirt (he cut his chin if you can't tell in the picture)...it was terrible! Anyways I couldn't decide if I should take him in for stitches so we headed up to Greg's work for him to check it out....he tends to be a bit more calm in these situations so I was happy for a second opinion.... and we decided that all was ok and he would live...although mommy wasn't sure there for awhile:(
Abby wanted to get a picture with me when we had our warm-up suits on...we looked pretty cute don't ya think?
Daddy did a science experiment the other night and the kids were really excited to see what the balloon would do....he put vinegar and baking soda and the reaction made the balloon blow-up...Abby is way into this kind of stuff so we are trying do more of this kind of stuff...hey maybe she will be a scientist..you never know!
Sorry it has been so long since the last blog entry....all the fall activites have started up and I am having to get used to the busier schedule! But do not fear I have alot of stuff to report tonight so keep reading:)
We were riding in the car today listening to good old Veggie Tales and the song comes on "This is the Day That the Lord has Made" and Reese starts singing and at "made" he sings with all his might and it's hilarous...I will have to get him to do it on video so you guys can all hear...it's priceless...
I go outside on the back porch today and I find Abby and Reese blowing bubbles like this?....they were giggling and I ran for my camera! I just can't get over how great these kids are....I feel so bad for other parents that they can't have kids like ours....hehe only kidding:)
Today was our first day back to Mainly Music and the kids were so excited. If you don't know this is a class where the kids sing and dance and us Mom's get to really engage and bond with our kids. I lead the music every other week or so, so today the kids got to stand on the stage with me. For the first time Reese stood up there and did some movements and Abby actually did some too....she tends to be a bit more reserved and in the background so I was so happy to see that! Can you believe I could have a kid that is reserved?...pretty funny huh?
so the other day I was thinking...I remember going to my grandparents and my aunts house and it was an absolute NO-NO to jump on the furiture...and if I remember correctly you couldn't sit on some of them either...anyways I was thinking why? Why would you get something you couldn't sit on?.....well as you can see Greg and I are not as strict on this rule....our phase of life we are in now is basically "get-by" furniture and it's all fair game to jump on:) I guess us "gen-xer" parents a bit more laid back huh?
We got some great pictures at the beach but one of my favorites is of our family one evening on the boardwalk. The boardwalk at Bethany Beach is great and had a ton of ice cream places which the kids loved...so we all were happy campers! I must say it is pretty hard to get the kids smiling in the picture before we have a major meltdown of some sort so I am happy we got this one at all! What do those people do with 10 kids....oh I know they NEVER get a good family picture...:)
Well we are at the beach this weekend in Delaware. Our friends Aimee, Matt and their two kids Karlee and Lizzie met us up here and we are all sharing a beach house. We headed out to the beach today and the kids had a blast! We were out there for about 4 hours and the kids played like crazy and it was fun watching them play with their friends..... The weather was perfect.... not too hot not too cold....the water was nice. The guys took the kids in the water while Aimee and I stuck to dry land!....still a little too cold for us:)
Here we all are and we are loving life! We actually got everyone together and happy...pretty good I'd say! All I have to say is the east coast is treating us right....in just a few hours you can get to some pretty fabulous places!
Abby and Reese both loved to boogy board with Daddy....I only caught a good picture of Reese riding here and he was catching a big wave! Hey maybe he'll be surfing next year?...well I guess learning to swim should happen first huh?:)
Abby really wanted us to bury her today....and she thought it was great...she kept saying it felt weird and kept giggling....and Reese kept "trying" to help and was putting sand in her face...she did not like that!
Well I went to bed last night thinking I just didn't put enough pictures of the farm! I really wanted you guys to see Abby loving on the farm dog....which that dog was sooo dirty I can't even express to you but Abby sure loved him anyway! Reese here is talking to the goats and they are eating Maw Maw's arm which Reese thought was funny! Reese also is feeding the goats with Daddy one morning...this morning he woke-up and the first thing he said was Na Na and Goat...he walked to the door and asked to feed them...it was so sweet and it was hard to explain to him that they were at the farm:( 
We just got back in town from a Bed and Breakfast in PA with Greg's parents and his brother's family. It was a working farm where the kids could run around and play and feed the animals. It was so great for us all to get out of the city and have some open space to run free! We took a ton a pictures so I had a hard time picking what to blog but I decided to pick some family pics and two of the kiddos. Abigail was so fun to watch run around after the kittens...she just loved holding them and talking to them and she also loved to swing on a swing under a big tree.....Reese was also hilarious with the animals...he just wanted to see them all but once he got up close he wanted you to hold him. In the picture of him you can see he fit right into farm life.....he was so dirty all weekend...and so was Abby...for "keep 'em clean mommy" I really had a hard time:) no really I just couldn't wait for bath time....and they couldn't wait to get dirty! Reese's favorite animal was the pony...in the morning first thing he wanted to feed the pony and he and Abby fed him lots of carrots! This morning before we headed home the kids got to do the "chores" on the farm and this was my favorite part....them getting to see what needs to be done and gettting to do it was great! I think this is a great idea for a vacation the kids just loved it!
So we headed to the Zoo yesturday morning pretty early because I heard that the earlier you go the more you catch the animals awake and eating.....and man oh man did we see some animals....not only were they eating but they were all outside and some were going crazy! The weather was beautiful about 75 and the animals were loving it! As you can see in the picture with the giraffe we got really close and the kids were amazed! Then they have these cables up in the air that the orangutans can climb from building to building and they go right over the walkways where the people are....and today was the first day we had ever seen them on the cables....it was so great they were right over our heads maybe 45 feet! I must say I am always bumbed when we go to the zoo and we really don't see many animals well this time made up for all of it! I highly suggest coming to the National Zoo early morning on an over cast day:) Stay tuned for a video I got of the Gibbons (a kind of monkey I guess) going crazy....it was hilarious! Oh and by the way that first picture they are acting like gorillas....you may not be able to tell:)
