Color Run

If the Color Run 5K is coming to a city near you...sign up and DO IT!!! It's a race in which you get sprayed with color at every kilometer. It was so much fun, and I can't recommend it enough. I can't wait until it comes through Albuquerque in 2013. I think it would be a blast to do with the kiddos next year.

A Happy Meal Kind of Day

Sometime's it's a Happy Meal kind of day...

Crying Indian

Here's our little crying Indian (is it politically correct to say that?).

Screeches

Makayla has mastered the bloodcurdling, high-pitch scream. Needless to say, Andrew and I are not fans...especially when Joshua feels the need to duplicate the scream.

Play-doh

Joshua and I made play-doh, and it's his new favorite activity. He melts my heart when he says, "Pay-do, peas (aka: Play-doh, please)." I'm excited to make more colors now that I know he enjoys playing with it. I admit, I probably have just as much fun as he does when we pull it out!

As you can see, we are currently working on using a normal cup, hence the wet shirt : )

Story Time

Great-Grandpa's Trucks

Grandpa Grundstrom is quite the craftsman, and now Joshua is getting to enjoy some of the fruits of his labor. Grandpa made some really nice wooden cars, trucks, and tractors that Andrew brought with him when he first moved to Albuquerque. Joshua recently pointed to them and happily said, "Tractors, Tractors!" He's finally able to thoughtfully play with them (aka: not destroy them), so we are letting him play with them on the carpet. He loves his great-grandpa's trucks, and wants to play with them every chance he gets!

Joshua finally showed some love to his sister for a picture, and Makayla wasn't looking. Baby steps, I guess...

A very rare sharing moment ; ) The other 30 minutes mostly consisted of Joshua swatting Makayla's hand away.

Truck Obsession

Have I mentioned that Joshua is obsessed with trucks...okay, maybe once or twice ; ) This picture gives you an idea of what our meals look like. All three trucks must be present all the time...

First Tooth

After weeks of teething with nothing to show for it, Makayla's first pearly white finally broke through on the bottom. This picture pretty much sums up the last few weeks: 

Movin' On Up

Makayla is doing better sitting up on her own, so we tried out the bath seat in the tub. She had fun splashing her feet around, and chewing on Mr. Super-Duckie! She loves the water just like Brother and Daddy. I've got a family of fishes : )

Mega Blocks

Joshua is very much into blocks these days. He loves to stack them, and then cause total destruction by knocking them over. We pulled out his Mega Blocks, and he played with them for maybe five minutes. Andrew, on the other hand, enjoyed re-living his Lego days...

Banana "Ice Cream"

I made some banana "ice cream" today, and the kids gave it a big thumbs up! Though it doesn't contain any sugar or milk, it tastes pretty close to ice cream. All you do is take frozen bananas, throw them in the food processor, and pulverize them until they are the consistency of ice cream (that's it!). I added some peaches to Joshua's, and he went to town. This was the best Makayla has ever eaten solid foods. A great treat on a warm day!

Swingin'

Makayla had a lot of fun swingin' at the park for the first time. My first attempts at pictures were all dark because I had her facing away from the sun. I turned her around for a few pictures, and of course all I got was closed eyes. Oh well, she's still the cutest even when her baby blues are closed.

Pic Fun

My mom was playing around on her phone, and sent me the following picture of Makayla. I thought it was pretty funny, and had to share it.

Makes Me Smile

These are my favorite moments of the day:

Bath Hair

Summa-summa-summa-time

I can't believe my boy is almost two-years-old. I'm in denial. He is growing leaps and bounds right now. His vocabulary and problem solving are expanding every day. He doesn't look like the little boy who is hanging up in our room in his one-year-old shirt and tie. Thank you for letting me have a moment...