July 13, 2015

Still toothless, still smiley

Kira still has no teeth, but she must be teething, right?  She is still so happy all the time, so the combination of Advil and her amazing personality must be doing the trick.  She had a few seconds of fussiness today, but it turns out that both instances were due to a [practiclly odorless] poopy diaper that went undetected for too long.  

Sometimes Kira laughs and smiles for so long her cheeks must hurt!

Speaking of smiles- no one is smiling more today than this guys mom!  He has gone to bed for FIVE nights in a row without crying!  We have been drenching him in 'sleepy' essential oils and they seem to be magical.  Perhaps this just jinxed it, but what is more real- jinxes or oils???

Of course, after a winter of wanting to wear shorts and short sleeves, Max insisted on wearing a thermal shirt and mittens today.  His hands were, "FREEZING!!!"

He took his mittens off to ride the dinasour, after he made mommy break a $20 for change.  The ride only cost one cent but thanks to some change sucking toy in the mall, not even a penny was left in mommy's bag.  Max later revealed that he had change in his pocket the whole time!  "But that money doesn't get lost, mommy".  He must be saving up for something big.

 It is impossible to pitch in long sleeves, so on to outfit two....

...and later biker/street artist outfit number three.

Max secretly slithered down to the storage area of the basement where he came upon a box of clothes he had outgrown.  He came upstairs in these painted-on pajamas.  
"They fit!"
"They're loose!"  
"Remember I wore these to the hospital? And we rode in mommy's car and it was dark out.  Or was it daddy's car?"
He was right about that last bit.  He may not have the best sense of fit, but be never forgets a thing.  

July 12, 2015

Bagel bellies

Kira loved her first bagel! It kept her busy for a long time!

Max sat with Pa at the bagel store.  He said, "Boys over here and girls over there!" as he pointed and chuckled at Grandma, Kira, and mommy across the table.

Off to our favorite place.  We are so lucky that there is a pool that we can walk to in our neighborhood.





After the pool the water play continued on Lake Anne in paddle boats.  Max was so happy that his feet touched the pedals ...if he scooted down a lot.  He peddled for a whole five seconds and then he promptly...

Passed out!
We paddled by a group of people that laughed and tried to wake up the sleeping seaman at sea, but he just opened his eyes for a second and went back to sleep.

Please- do not sit still or take a rest from playing.

These dinner giggles were the sweetest!  It almost made it okay that Max spent half the meal crawling under the table and popping up by Kira's seat to surprise her.

July 11, 2015

Target RUN

Max thinks he is in Supermarket Sweep 


Someone is trying to monopolize all of the baby toys, and it is not the baby

Max did not have a swim suit, but he could not resist the fountain at Lake Anne 

Dry underwear and fresh breath are all a boy really needs after swimming in his clothes

Fun at the pool


July 10, 2015

The best days start with the best nights

Today was the greatest day!
It started off at the perfectly Godly hour of 7:00am.
Not only did Max go to sleep last night without waging war, but this morning he slept until 8:07am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  He came downstairs with a big smile and gave mommy a big hug.  He got quite a hug (and accolades, upon thank-you's, upon accolades) in return!

This sweet girl played in her crib until 7am and could not believe that Max was no where to be found.  Or heard. 

Everyone was in such a cheerful mood this morning!  Max set up a breakfast picnic in the kitchen.

Kira loves to eat 

Since Max slept so well last night, it was a good day for him to skip his nap.  He was such a sweet boy; he helped mommy put away laundry, made popcorn and watched Sesame Street.  We also played in the pool.  

Kira joined the pool party when she woke up from her nap.

We took a relaxing stroll around the neighborhood...

Which relaxed someone right into a nap...

But not Kira!  

Max and Kira were on their best behavior at dinner.  Max wanted Kira to throw puffs in his mouth, but that was just before we left for...

Ice cream!! The perfect way to end a perfect day!


While Max was watching the Yankees with daddy, Kira took a bath.  Max came up to tell us about A-Rod's home run.  Of course he had to pitch in and help wash Kira, too.



July 9, 2015

Hide and go...

Play!
Max asked to go to Hannah's house all morning, so luckily he snagged an invite after camp and we headed over.  Ben, Hannah, and Max had a blast running around and playing tag and hide and seek.

While the big kids were running wild, these two babes chilled out.  It is hard to believe this time last year they were both in their mommies' tummies.

Girl time!


Max let mommy do half of her exercise video this morning, which would be great, except for that it was the "Ten Minute Trainer".

We never got around to these sparklers on July 4th, but of course Max got hold of them (and nearly matches as well) so we lit one up for fun early this morning.  Emphasis on early, because Max went to bed at 10pm last night, so naturally he was up at 6am.

July 8, 2015

The doctor is in

"Why did the doctor say I have a head ache?" Max asked.  "My head hurts!"

Teething and balling!

And of course smiling!