Hanging out with Family

While on vacation in Denver, we got a lot of playtime in with Grandma and Grandma, Auntie Angie, Uncle Andy, Auntie Liz, Uncle Pete and all of our cousins: Grant, Lauren, Rachel, Owen and Aiden. What a fun time!!

Simon flirting with the camera:


Solomon playing with the trains:


Drink break!!!


Simon blowing on Isla's freshly painted nails:


Rachel combing Isla's hair:


Isla drawing pictures:


Playing Ring Around the Rosie:

When did my daughter turn 6?

Isla said something that made our mouths drop the other day:

"Baby eat dinner all gone so baby get cookie"

Cha Cha is her baby and we teach the kids that they can't get dessert unless they finish their food (or make a very good effort to finish it). Our "shock" came from the length of the sentence and the fact that she used "so" appropriately.

WOW.

She acts like she's 6. :)

CooCoo Monster

For Simon's 2nd birthday, we gave him a Cookie Monster puppet. He loves Cookie Monster, aka "CooCoo Monster". The bad news is that literally 30 seconds after he picked it up to play with it, he dropped CooCoo on the floor and the eye ball broke. Daddy fixed CooCoo's eye with super glue but it broke again last night leaving Simon a bit devastated. I couldn't take the sadness anymore so we took the kids to Target at 7 pm last night and got Simon a new stuffed (eyes are stuffed too) CooCoo Monster. Needless-to-say, CooCoo slept with him last night, ate breakfast with him this morning and went on a walk too.

Ah, Simon and CooCoo...the best of pals.

Simon with Old CooCoo:

Another picture of him obsessed with the broken eye:


A picture with the new CooCoo...coming soon.

Yoberri Frozen Yogurt

We went for frozen yogurt today and was once again surprised by Isla's attention to detail. I got each of the kids a cup of banana flavored yogurt (white). Lais sat down next to Isla and began to eat her blackberry yogurt (purple). Isla told Lais she wanted a bite of her yogurt...here's the conversation:

Isla "Bite?"

Lais said, "Isla, it's the same thing."

Isla quickly responded, "No, mine white. Your's purple."

So much for getting to try other flavors around the kids. Isla obviously knew our flavor wasn't the "same".

Can't get enough of her babies...

It's definitely natural. Isla's motherly instinct showed up at 18 months of age. Here she is feeding her babies on a routine afternoon.

Noodle Mania

What do you do on a Friday morning to entertain three kiddos? Well, you have Noodle Mania!!!

Getting pampered

Every Mommy needs to be pampered once in a while. My recent pampering was a trip to Kristov at WildHare Salon in Santa Fe. He did some great highlights/lowlights and then a wonderful cut - my best cut ever in Santa Fe!! I totally recommend him. He was able to fix my disastrous haircut from May and turn it into a fun, stylish cut! In addition, I was even pampered with a made-just-for-me cappuccino while he colored my hair. Ahhhh, delicious!

Here are some pics:

Speech Therapy Graduation

Here's a picture of Isla, taken at the speech therapy graduation. The boys were being monitored for a couple months to be sure they weren't behind on their speech. After realizing they were just fine (actually, advanced), they decided to graduate them from all services. Here Isla is enjoying some ice cream on the special night.



(The original picture is actually a photo copy - that's why it looks slightly strange. I took a picture of it with my phone and posted it.)

Rides at the Mall

What to do on a super hot Friday? Go to the mall, of course! Here are the kids riding rides....well, Isla and Solomon:





Simon was drooling over the candy store next door. Such a Mommy's boy. :)