Happy 4th of July!

Waiting for the parade...


Being patriotic...


I managed to pry open Paige's hand enough to get her to hold the flag!

Date Day!

We went on a date yesterday for the first time since...November...amazing, I know. We're impressive like that.

Big Truck Day!

Big Truck Day is exactly what it sounds like so we always know it's going to be a big hit with Owen. Turns out that Pat was pretty excited about it too since a Coke delivery truck was there giving away free pop:) This one was much better than the one we went to last year. Street sweepers, cranes, a tow truck, three different kinds of police vehicles, and lots more! We were by the police car when the fire truck showed up and it was pretty funny to hear the policemen talk about how the firemen always steal their thunder when they show up with the fire truck. It was true, everyone gathered at the fire truck immediately upon its arrival!

Pictures from last year

Owen loved the ketchup hot dog guy and had no trouble giving him high fives and hanging out with him. He does have his limits though and would not visit with Slider!

Paige was there too and passed the time by munching on her arm:)

Success!

I finally had success with a Deceptively Delicious recipe! I was starting to get discouraged so I'm glad this banana bread came out so great. I really love my normal recipe so I was surprised to find out I liked this one so much. It has cauliflower puree in it and I didn't think it tasted like anything was hiding in it at all.


And because they're cute...

Kebabs

I made these Aloha Chicken Kebabs from Deceptively Delicious and they would have been great if I had followed the directions. Unfortunately I didn't and most of the breading burnt and fell off. But what did manage to stay on was good:) They used a sweet potato and pineapple puree. Owen, however wanted all of his breading scraped off so...hiding veggies in his chicken breading was totally pointless...


We're normally pretty horrible at cooking steak and don't even bother trying but we actually had some success with these kebabs! I wrote down the recipe but can't remember where I found it on the internet. I think it used some combination of soy sauce, ginger, pineapple juice, pepper, and oil. Pat took this lovely picture and was also in charge of grilling them.

Softball

We finally made it out to see Pat play some softball last night!
(click here for pictures from last year)

Pat in action


Paige did this the whole time. No, really, she cried the whole time unless I was swinging her car seat. It hurt my arms.


Owen did this the whole time. He was super excited to watch the game and kept waving to Pat. I felt really bad when we had to leave before the second game but I promised we would go again. Now we just have to get Paige to cooperate...

The funniest part of the night for me was when I was trying to get both kids out of the park and Owen announced he had to use the bathroom. They're still fixing up the park so the only option was a port-a-potty which Owen decleared too yucky and stinky to use (and rightly so). Pat had to run over between innings to help out. Good thing he did because I really didn't want to cram myself, Owen and Paige into a stinky, yucky port-a-potty.

3 out of 4

My Mother's Day

Waffles for breakfast!


I was trying to plant some seeds with Owen and he was super upset about getting his picture taken... I think he didn't want any evidence that he was actually enjoying himself for a moment.


A fort!

I wanted a picture with Paige and Owen and he happily obliged but when I saw them and realized I looked like a giant crazy person Owen refused to take any more! He let out this huge sigh and just walked away. I thought it was hilarious. I actually look less crazy in this picture than I did in the other ones, trust me.

Earth Day Walk

We got out for a walk yesterday even though it was a bit chilly and ended up in the park.


There was a tire stuck on the waterfall...that is not very earthy.


Paige slept through everything.

Love

Hello Hippo!

We wanted Owen to have a gift for Paige and decided since he loves his giraffe blanket so much he would probably love to give her a blanket of her own.

Paige and Hippo.


Presenting...Hippo!


Owen the adoring brother...


Paige just hanging out.

A Small Celebration

Here are just a few pictures from Pat's birthday. I'm on partial bedrest which means I didn't quite get to treat Pat to the birthday celebration I would have liked. He made his own birthday dinner, we made the cake together and we went shopping for his presents together that same day.

Blowing out the candle! I tried to make a fancy bow-looking thingy out of the top of the Target bag but Pat said it looked like some animal had shredded it!


The yummy cake! I think it was called Black Forest Cake and it was basically one of those jello poke cakes with some flavors we hadn't had before.

Chocolate cake with cherry jello dripped over it. How did someone figure out that this would be so good?!

A nice picture of Pat.

Happy Birthday Pat!

Today is Pat's 29th birthday!! Hooray!

(picture taken by Owen)

Reception

Just a couple more pictures from the wedding...

Pat showing Owen how the cameras on the table worked.


They had a kid's area with some toys and crayons and other stuff (such a good idea!) but Owen scooted his train all the way back to our table.

All Dressed Up!

We went to a friend's wedding over the weekend and needed to pass some time between the ceremony and reception. We ended up finding a really nice park right along the beach that was perfect. The ceremony was so nice and the reception was a lot of fun. I forgot to ask the couple if they minded me putting up pictures so I won't be posting any of them. Here are some pictures of the park and I'll put up some pictures from the reception another day!

Owen getting ready for his ride on the merry-go-round (that's what it's called, right?). I seriously thought they had removed all of these from playgrounds, I hardly every see them and this was Owen's first time on one!


I rode too but I made sure to hold on since I didn't quite trust how fast Pat was going to spin us. I also don't trust my ability to balance anymore...


Family photo on the beach!

I was not wearing the appropriate footwear to venture out as far as Pat and Owen so they had a nice father/son moment.

Fun Furniture

We've been assembling a lot of furniture around here lately...

The crib...


My most favorite warning on a box...


And...Owen's furniture! His old furniture got moved into the nursery.