smart and sneaky girl

Hannah is SO smart. Corey takes the kids to his mom's house while I teach my Bradley class and they do their thing there for the night. Well, this past Friday night was not any different. Saturday we had his mom watch the kids again because we were having a garage sale and it was just that much easier to do without them running around and crying after the toys that were being sold. So she took them to her house for the morning. While there Hannah knows what Nanny has in the house (because she goes all the time but also because she was there last night). They were eating a snack (cookies, or fruit snack) when Hannah says "Nanny, can I have 2 of them since Daddy's not here?"

Friends...?

Today Benjamin and Hannah got on their scooters and were riding out on the sidewalk when a boy from across the street came over. He is about 8 or 9 years old and he was on his scooter too. Ben couldn't have been more excited about having someone to scooter with! They went back and forth to our regular stopping point (about 3 houses down from our house so that we can watch them) and back. Hannah trailed along too. When the neighbor boy stopped to take a break on the curb, they both put their scooters in the street and sat next to each other. It didn't seem like the boy was bothered by having Ben follow him around but he wasn't engaging him in conversation either...just doing his own thing with Ben on his side. He did, at one point help Ben "fix" his scooter. At one point in their cruising together they stopped at the neighbors garage and were just standing next to each other. Ben looked up at him (I don't know what they were talking about but this is what I overheard) and asked "Do you like cauliflower?" the boy said "no" and Ben said "I do, it's good." And off they went.

6 months old!

Here is Noah... tipping the scales at 21lbs 13oz, getting up on all fours with his bum in the air and scooting backwards!

The party!

We celebrated Hannah's 3rd birthday today with all her friends and family! She seemed to have so much fun and she got lots of neat presents from everyone.

Hannah is 3!

Hannah celebrated her birthday today! She is so excited about it. She got dressed all by herself today. We opened presents this morning and she got Dora dominoes...so much fun! Who knew it would be the thing she likes the most? She also got a basket, grippers, and a bell for her bike (used to be Bens) from Daddy. Ben gave her some other Dora stuff and I bought her a big floor pad with markers (washable ones!) and now they can draw on the floor.
We went to the park today too. She loves to swing and so she got to swing for a long time today!

Here she is riding her bike. A quick video clip.


Dora Dominoes!
The Tigger movie!

Dora...

We have had a Dora and Diego explosion in our house! The kids are running around playing Dora and Diego (can you guess who is who?) They tell each other what to say while playing, like they are scripting out their play. They have quite a bit of toys and a few videos to watch but they love to play on their own the best. The problem we have found is that there isn't much in the way of Diego but tons of Dora...he'll become more popular because the boys are getting older and love his sense of adventure rescuing animals. "Bakpack, backpack..."