Twin's Birthday Party

Happy Birthday to Ian and Ryan, who turned 2 on Friday! We had so much fun helping them celebrate their birthday this weekend. Erin and Greg had a small family get together complete with good food, beers, and an Elmo birthday cake. The boys had a great time playing in the back yard.

Nana was halping Gabe play with all the big boy toys.

The Pool

We finally broke down and got Gabe an inflatable pool. He wasn't that impressed with it until about the third day when the water had finally warmed up to bath water temperature. It will hold 150 gallons! of water, but we just put alittle in for now. Even Daddy got in on the fun!

4th of July

Hope you all had a good 4th of July (OK, I know it was over a week ago now) I guess we've been busy. We went up to St. Helen's to spend the holiday with Dan's Aunt and Uncle, Grandparents, and Mom. Bet you'll never guess who was the life of the party (no, not Dan this time :)

"Poppy, I want the Foods Page, not the Sports Page!"

"Me and my Grama are so silly together"

Wear'n Daddy's Hat

Practicing my Fujian White Crane

The Beach

We spent the day in Newport with some friends and I wasn't quite sure how it would go when they said they wanted to go down to the beach for awhile, but when I plopped Gabe down on the sand, he raked one side with his hand and then the other side with his other hand and looked up with a huge grin on his face!

Case shared his bucket with Gabe and even showed him how to put sand in it.

When we took him down to the water, he was alittle scared of the waves. We will have to wait til he gets alittle older and try again.

We had a great day at the beach!

My Little Organizer?

I just wanted to share some pictures to let you all know what Gabe has been up to lately. One of his new hobbies is opening and closing the cupboards in the kitchen. I put some child safety locks on a few of them, but have declared most safe for his exploration (under supervision, of course:)

I have always loved Tupperware and/or plastic containers. Little did I know that they could be so much fun to push around on the floor too!

Hey Mom, is there a lid for this?

Apparently, the cupboards are not the only thing that can be emptied around here.

I was told the day would come when he will actually "help" me pick everything up.