Our Greenhouse (and Redhouse)

Davis and Andrew have been asking to plant seeds recently, so I got a couple of Sesame Street "My First Garden" kits for them. Since Andrew loves tomatoes and Elmo, I got him the Elmo's tomato growing kit. And, because Davis's favorite color is green, I got him the Oscar the Grouch green bean growing kit. They had so much fun creating their greenhouses and planting their seeds. I tried explaining the concept of a greenhouse, but they still called Andrew's a "redhouse" because his pots and Elmo stickers were red. Not sure my explanation was very effective. That's ok - they had a blast! We put them in the kitchen window sill and I'm sure they'll be checking them every day.

Happy Girl!

Daddy took this adorable picture of Maddie and got the sweetest smile out of her! This is how she looks pretty much every time she sees Daddy. And he is wrapped around her little finger!

Yellow Day

Well, today was yellow day at VBS. Each day has a designated color theme which everyone wears. Of course we all wanted to support this, but Maddie doesn't have a lot of yellow (due to our obsession with pink). However, the boys helped me pick out this dress and yellow flower to help her stay in the spirit of things!





She looks pretty serious about it, doesn't she? Maddie has a really sweet smile that melts your heart, but it's hard to capture since the only time she'll do it is when I take the camera down and grin at her!

Soooo hungry!

We are having Vacation Bible School this week at church. Since it goes until noon each day, we are all pretty hungry by the time we get done. Today the boys were being so good during our errands afterward that I decided to take them to one of their favorite places...Pei Wei! You can see that they are enjoying it!

The love edamame and have so much fun squeezing them out of the little bean pods. Today was especially good because Andrew shot one out that actually came flying across the table and hit Mommy in the cheek. I have to admit it was a pretty good shot, although accidental. I laughed a lot but then had to explain that it was only funny once...

Madeline was, of course, blissfully sleeping through all of it. Restaurants are just about her favorite place to nap.

Just couldn't resist

This was just too cute not to post. No event or outing to tell about...just hanging out at home taking random pictures.

Blue is not just for boys

We have gone a little pink crazy with Madeline being the only girl, but do have a few things that aren't just pink...so it's fun dressing her in something different every now and then. She was digging the bow today! I'm still trying to figure out hair accessories, but glad she has some hair to put them in. : )

Trip to the Aquarium

We took a trip to the Downtown Aquarium today! The boys had so much fun. It was our second trip and they loved it just as much the second time. But we need Daddy to go back with us and take them on all the rides. With Maddie along, I couldn't do the whole ride thing. Regardless, we had a fantastic time. Of course, I dressed Madeline in her finest aquarium-viewing attire...yes, that is a goldfish on her romper...

Here are Davis and Andrew at the entrance to the Aquarium:

Finding treasures inside...

...and trying to touch the stingrays!

We ate lunch there, including dessert, which for the boys was a shark-shaped rice crispy treat they could "paint" and then eat. So fun!!

This is Davis's new shark that he got on the trip. He is aptly named "Sharky"!