Fun Outdoors

Yay for growing grass! Last night when the sprinklers were running the girls discovered how fun it was to run through them. I can't wait for next year when we have nice thick grass all summer!
Elijah stood on the porch to watch the girls and laughed at them and clapped.Then we went out back to the garden to pick some corn for dinner. Here is my modest and semi-successful garden.The girls really enjoyed their corn.

A Day at the Zoo!

Thursday they replaced our roof from the hail storm a few months ago. I didn't want to stay at home all day with the noise, so the kids and I went to the zoo. We met my sister Carrie and her son Oliver there, but they could only stay for a little while.

Katie took this picture of "Nemo."Elijah spent most of the day in a carrier on my front, and he loved all the animals. I took him out of the carrier for this picture, and all of a sudden he no longer liked the "big lizard." Katie had to keep him from running away long enough for me to get this picture.

David's trip to Pennsylvania

A couple weeks ago David went to Philadelphia for a week for work. Here are some pictures he brought back. David was told that Geno's was the best place to go for the Philly cheese steak, so he went to try it out. He said the most popular sandwich ordered is with Cheese-Whiz and onions. To order it you say "Philly Whiz wit."David also had a chance to go to a Phillies game while he was there. Here are some pictures from that. He went to the game on September 11th, and they brought out a huge flag (David counted 90+ people holding it).

The scoreboard.And finally, the car that he followed out of the Phillies parking lot. The license plate reads "BUD LITE"

Silly Little Man

So here's another post without any pictures - sorry. Elijah has been so funny lately. He isn't talking a ton (the two things you hear out of his mouth lately are "HI!" and "Uh-Oh!"), but he does understand really well. Today he had stinky pants and so he brought me a diaper. I said "thank you, lay down now," and he did. Then, when I was done changing his diaper I said "Ok, now it's nap time. Let's go to your bedroom for bed." He pointed to his room, and I nodded, then he walked into his room and waited for me to lift him into his crib. Funny little man. I like it when he obeys :-)

Boosting Mommy's Self-Esteem

So the girls are sometimes really good at making me feel good about myself. Take for instance the other night when I was getting the girls ready for their bath. Cailin and Katie were standing in the bathroom (naked) and Katie says: "Cailin, our bums are getting big! We are going to have BIG bums like Mommy!!"