Railfair 2010

They are opening a new train exhibit building for the model trains at the Railroad Park and they had it open during Railfair. Grampy’s model railroad club is working on the setup that is closest in the picture.

Little Helper

Ellie asked if she could help wash the dishes and wear Mommy’s gloves. Obviously we did not turn her down.

No more biting of fingers/nails!!

Nate finished his chart for no more biting of his fingers and fingernails yesterday so he got a surprise. Mommy took him to the Lego store at the Chandler mall. He was super excited and giddy. He got to pick out some things as his reward for filling in his chart. Then we went to the candy store for a sweet treat. Nate was super excited to have his own pack of gum.

In the Lego store with his purchase. He was so excited he walked around with the bag flat out in front of him so you could see the Lego logo.

 

Playing with the new sets.

 

His new sets and the Lego men he built (a housekeeper and two bad guys).

Outside Time

Nate and Ellie trying out their new bike helmets. It was one of the “cooler” evenings last week.

The sunset while the kids rode their bikes.

Another princess in the house

The picture on the left is actually excitement. Ellie put her doll’s tiara on Eve’s head and Eve was excited and instantly turned into a princess.

Twins

  

Ellie and Eve showing off their matching dresses.

Sweet Ride

Eve Riding the Vacuum

No More Thumbsucking!!

We had a long day of partying in honor of Ellie. She filled in all the squares on her no more thumbsucking chart and has pretty much stopped sucking her thumb.

First, Daddy took her out for breakfast so Mommy could prepare a surprise tea party. Ellie’s two friends came over to help celebrate and were there before Ellie arrived. When Ellie got home her princess dress and tiara were hanging outside and Daddy had instructions to have her put them on. Ellie was very surprised when she walked in the door and thought it was great that Mommy even dressed up as a princess for the tea party. She loves having tea parties so she had a great time. Nate dressed up in his Halloween costume (a knight) and was very chivalrous to the princesses and poured all of their tea and made sure they had everything they needed. We had apple juice as tea, water for creamer, finger peanut butter sandwiches, grapes, and chocolate chip cupcakes with chocolate frosting.

   

Then we headed off to McDonald’s around lunch time and the kids played while the moms ate.

 

Then we had one more surprise for Ellie. We took her to the Disney store and let her pick something out. She picked out a plush Sleeping Beauty. She fell asleep with her right beside her.

Eve

Eve found Ellie’s jammies and was very excited about playing with them. They just happened to make a cute bonnet on her head.

Eve was so tired that she kept crawling around and laying on the little blanket and pillow. Of course she wouldn’t stay there long cause she might fall asleep.

Stormy is 3 years old!

Stormy enjoyed a “birthday cake” of tuna flavored cat food with treats on top. He also got two crickets, however, he did not catch them. The kids sang him happy birthday.

     

Look what I can do!

Eve figured out how to pull herself up. She was so proud of herself!

Playing around on a Monday afternoon

Nate is fishing.

 

Ellie is showing off her sparkly teeth. She had just gone to the dentist and got a great report.

 

Eve playing dress up. I am not sure she enjoyed the feather boa we put on her but it looked super cute when she was crawling with it flowing around her.

Last Pool Party of the Season

 

Today it was 111 degrees so we had one last pool party. Since the nights have been cooler, the pool was a great temperature instead of feeling like bath water.