Our little Pumpkins!

Pinehurst, NC

Following our trip to the Great Wolf Lodge we drove to Pinehurst, NC to visit Grampy and Yia Yia. The twins had a lot of fun. Grampy taught them how to walk sideways, they rode their bikes, got new hats and gloves, Yia Yia carved special pumpkins for them, and they both got their own guitars too! Parker LOVES his guitar. He asks for it about 20 times every day!

Great Wolf Lodge

Brian was on leave for two weeks so we decided to take a trip to the Great Wolf Lodge in NC. The hotel is really cool. It has a large indoor water park, a clock tower show, arts and crafts, an arcade, and other activities like story time and trick or treating. We had such a good time that we are thinking about going back in December!

Pumpkin Patch 2009

Storytime with Daddy!

The twins LOVE reading. Tonight they insisted on having their "friends" read too. Parker had Manny (black penguin), Ming Ming (duck), mickey mouse, a giraffe and Nini (his beloved bunny) and Rylee had Manny (same name, but her penguin is pink), she also has a Ming Ming duck, Minnie Mouse, a pink bunny and her beloved baby that is named Baby. They both sleep with all of their "friends" every night. It is really funny to watch them carry them all around the house. Sometimes they end up carrying one in their mouth because they don't have enough hands!

Skype

My mom lives on the opposite side of the country and was supposed to come visit this month, but ended up needing surgery and couldn't make the trip. In order to keep in touch and play with Nana we started using Skype with the twins. It is a lot of fun. My mom reads them stories, has some puppets of different animals to interact with them. The first time we did it the twins were playing with Nana for over an hour! They like to show her all of their toys and and play peek a boo. Tonight we talked to Nana while the twins had their evening snack. Here is a photo of the twins talking with Nana!

Nathan's Birthday Party

The twins' friend Nathan turned 2 today so we went to his party at the park. Rylee just loves Nathan's older sister (she is the one blowing bubbles for the twins in the picture). Usually Rylee only wants me to carry her or put her in her car seat, but if Nathan's sister is around Rylee doesn't want anything to do with me...its a nice break! The twins have been to a couple of birthday parties before but this was the first time they actually had a small understanding of what was going on. They may not grasp the idea of a birthday yet, but they did understand we were celebrating because it was a special day for Nathan. I think their favorite part was the cupcakes!