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Sophie loves the slide! I actually put her up there by herself (of course I was within arms length!) and let her slide down, and she loved it! She would sit at the top, waiting for Parker to come around. When he did she would get so excited and push herself down! You can see how much fun she was having by the look on her face in this picture!

New Link

Steph Reimers (FAY) has a website of their family...I've added a link under the one for Jess' Blog...Check it out...

Just Some Really Cute Kids

Sophie has started pretending she is talking on the phone. I'm guessing it's because Todd or Auntie are always on their phones...ya, that must be it! Anyway, it's too cute...
Maddie and Parker were playing with playdoh when Sophie got a hold of a container. She was holding it up to her mouth and yelling into it and Maddie and Parker started to copy her. Sophie thought was pretty funny and I thought it was cute that the other two would copy Soso!


Even though Sophia looks exhausted here I think she is so cute with her little bow in her hair.

Auntie Jessie, RJ and Abby came over to play today. I love this one of the two girls staring each other down.
Actually, I think Abby is the one staring Sophie down! Look at that attitude!

Now, Sophie is trying to call Abby.
How cute are the boys looking out the window! Abby was up there just before this picture was taken - you can see the top of her head at the bottom. When Todd got home from work he mowed the lawn. Parker was running from window to window trying to watch him. He was also yelling out the window, trying to get Todd's attention, which he never did. How cute.Sophie, however, was too exhausted to care!

Oops!

Duh! I completely forgot to post the pictures from Grampy's birthday...thanks for the reminder, mom! Anyway...here they are...



Mom brought dinner and dessert. We just had to host...gotta love that!

Parker helped blow out the candles.

Hats

I don't have too many pictures tonight, but here are some of all of us trying on the hats that Parker found in Sophie's closet. Todd says I look like a boy...not nice, but the truth hurts...brace yourselves, it's not pretty! Tho, sadly, it is prettier than my new license picture!

We found the "Fargo" hat that Parker used to wear - it's my favorite!

Um...Todd isn't looking all that manly here...

Auntie's Pictures

Auntie emailed me some pictures she's taken - thanks Auntie!

Parker and Maddie at Elwood.And Sophie eating her very own apple! She loved it and screamed when Auntie took it away from her!

Here's Parker on the potty! He told Auntie he had to go pee and said he wanted to sit on the potty! This was the fifth time using the potty so he got to pick out a prize! We went to Walmart and he picked out a remote control VW Bus! Gotta love that! (don't think Todd will love this picture tho....it may disappear later...)

Not sure why Sophie was so upset (Parker says she pinched her finger, is that true Auntie?) but her face is priceless - she's so dramatic!

Thanks again Auntie!

elWood, not elMwood

Today, Auntie, Maddie, the kids and I went to Elwood Orchards (although Nicole thought it was called Elmwood, and got in trouble when she wrote that on her check...how dare she! !) Or is it Elmwood? Now I'm confused! Anyway...here are some pictures of the kids picking (and eating) apples.



We also got to go on a hay ride! Parker loved that he was riding on a wagon just like the tractor and wagon toy he has! We saw lots of corn and even bee hives/houses - whatever those things are called!

It was a really fun day. Of course this was Auntie Jessie's idea - she has all the fun ideas, but she couldn't make it - she's sick! Poor Auntie Jessie! Thanks for the good idea tho! Next time!

Track-a-ter

Todd took Parker on a "track-a-ter" (Parker's pronunciation) ride today. It was so cute. Parker was all business.

Actually, so was Todd...

Precious

Such a BIG Boy!

Parker got a "new" bike from our neighbor and took it for a spin today. It was so cute! He even agreed to wear the helmet so we allowed him to try taking it on the road. He loved it and made it all the way to the end of our street!

Mom's NOT Happy!

Today was a quiet day, but full of visitors all day long! Our day started with Uncle Jon coming over to help Todd cut down even more trees... hence the title: "Mom's not happy".

In the end, it doesn't look all that bad and it does allow more sunlight into the living room. Uncle Adam also came to visit, and watched the chopping action, with the kids, from the living room window.







































Adam and the kids had a good time hanging out. Hugging, tickling, fixing and digging!

































































































Later in the evening, Uncle B and Auntie C came over. We hung out and had Chinese for dinner!

Castle Park

Today, Grammy and I took the kids to a great park in Merrimack. Parker called it the "Castle Park" but I think it's actual name is "Kids Kove". It was really fun because it had all these little passageways and bouncy things. Parker had a blast! He still refused to try the slide even when his buddy, Andrew (we met him today), said, "I'll catch you so you won't be scared"! He was four! How precious! Here's a shot of the set up, tho I couldn't get it all in one shot! It's pretty big!If you click on this picture you can see a larger version of it and see Parker's little face poking out!
Here's Parker on the bucking bronco...

And Soso too... She looks like she may vomit tho!

And even though it looks like it, Parker wasn't actually pooping - believe it or not! But he posed like this for me. He even stayed posed until I turned the camera back on after accidently turning it off - he was so good and patient!
Parker pushing Soso on the swing...
Thanks for the fun outing Grammy!
I actually think maybe this playground was moved from the elementary school. I remember when we played softball against Merrimack in high school we would go over to the playground at the elementary school and play on this really big, wooden playground while waiting for the bus (such mature high schoolers, we were!). Well, we went to the elementary school first today and it wasn't there anymore. We just happened to see this one and stopped - looks familiar. Nicole, what do you think?? Is it even possible to move something like this? I just don't know!