Happy Monday!

Kira loves going on summer lunch dates with mommy and daddy.

She polished off two pouches before our food came.  Rather than eat the homemade baby food taking up prime real estate in the freezer, Kira prefers to feed herself these pouches.  Not only does she like the independence of being able to feed herself, but she enjoys chewing on the package for dessert.  

One of Max's many obsessions is the tongue of his sneakers touching his ankles.  He was so fed up with it today that he came right home from camp, marched in the house, and immediately grabbed the scissors to rid his new sneakers of the pesky tongue.  Luckily the real scissors where hidden and he was redirected to a more appropriate activity...

The playground!

Max loved going down the slide with Kira, but she is not totally sold.

"Chase me!!"

Thank goodness Max was around to buckle the back of this Ergo AND to distract Kira from taking off these sunglasses for a hot second.  What would we do without him?!

In preparation for her nine month check-up tomorrow, Kira had some heavy duty crawling boot camp today.  It went a little something like this:

Place Kira on her tummy and watch her...

1. Kick

2. Smile

3. Laugh

4. Roll 

and repeat...

Despite her immobility, she will probably still get promoted to 10 months old tomorrow.  It really is too bad that she cannot stay a little baby forever!!

Sunday shopping

Most people go grocery shopping on Sundays, but not us.  We go shoe shopping.  Max tantrumed his way into another new pair of sneakers.  In his defense, he is still mourning the loss of his sneakers that were left behind somewhere near Sesame Place.  So off to "the Nike store" (Nordstrom Rack) because "I NEED Nikes!!!"

Jumping for joy 

Kira is the best shopping buddy ever!  As long as she has a mirror and someone to smile back at her, she is a happy girl!

"Write my friends (and their mommies' and daddies')!!  I am running on my friends!!  They are all the flavors!!"

They had more fun than their [lack of] smiles portray.

Likes the pool, but LOVES the snacks.

Bedtime banter

Upon beginning his bedtime story this evening, Max noted the following-

Mommy: Where is the Green Sheep, by Mem Fox

Max: No!  It's not by Mem Fox, it's by Mem Sheep.

Too bad we never go to the pool...

Kira hates the water...

And Max never goes down the water slide...

Ever.

"Look I made a C!"

'No nap Max' fell asleep on the couch, but his eyes did not get the memo.  Always fighting against sleep.

Celia and Kira look so old in these chairs!

Max and Ben were playing hide and seek, but forgot to ask someone to seek.  Who knows how long these guys were hiding?

TGIF

Our gas was shut off due to a nearby gas line break, and while Max was distraught about not making pancakes, he was surprisingly pleased with having the same baby food breakfast as Kira.

"Let's play a game with Kira!"

Let's!

Double high fives for Friday!

The water table turned sand table has kept Max very busy looking for buried treasure (pennies).

Someone get this girl a phone book to sit on.

Doctor Max, the Bandage Man

One of Max's favorite books is Doctor Dan, the Bandage Man.  Now his favorite thing to do is cover people in bandages, of the basketball variety.

Morning bandaid fest

Max drew all of the bases and wanted to play ball

Kira is his biggest fan

He hit a home run over the fence 

Pirates Cove water park was a blast! Max had such a great time!!

Good thing Aunt Arielle was there to catch Max!

"I need more sugar so I can be Santa"

(Translation: I need more bubbles, like in Willy Wonka, so I can make a bubble beard)

Private pool(s)

Pools for everyone!

We are all so excited that the power is back on!! It was out for 5 hours this afternoon- but we survived!

Max slapped one of his new, and very favorite bandaids on Kira's 'mark' and said she was all better.  "She doesn't have to go to the doctor now," he confirmed.

ICE CREAM!

"Mommy write my OTHER name". He meant 'Brooks'; he has no idea who 'Ryan' is.

Max got his ears checked at the doctor this morning.  Pawley came along for some much needed moral support.  Last time Max saw the doctor, he was extremely upset when she looked in his ears.  This morning Max said, "My cat can't talk so it won't hurt him."  Luckily it did not hurt Max either!  He was very brave and his ears are all better, too!

Arielle brought Kira and mommy matching pajamas!  It is like Christmas in July!  Max was slightly (extremely) angry (jealous).

Greetings from Florida

Aunt Arielle is here! 

Max was so excited that Avery came to the pool.  These two fishes went down the water slide for two hours straight!

While Kira napped, we had homemade ice pops and Max opened LOTS of presents from his aunt.

Max's favorite present from Aunt Arielle were these basketball bandaids.  It is pretty funny considering- A- they are bandaids and B- Max hates bandaids.  

Kira loved this chewy necklace 

Kira was covered in all sorts of company in her crib this morning.