Groovin to the music

So after I got out of the shower this morning, this is what I saw in my bedroom. Evan had swiped Greg's alarm clock radio and the kids were dancing up a storm. I was laughing so hard! Hey, they have rhythm! Usually if we see them with Greg's radio, we tell them, "No touch. Put it back please." However, this was just too funny and so I ran to get the video camera first.

In the video, they are saying, "more" and doing sign language for "more" because the radio cuts out or Evan has pressed a button and they want more music.

Tad embarassed for posting the video below, but I thought it was funny also. I was laughing so hard that I snorted while the camera was rolling. Makes it all the more hilarious don't you think?!

It was the best of nights. It was the worst of nights.

Well, it really wasn't the WORST of nights, but it definitely wasn't fun. Leah woke up around 2:45 am whimpering, so I went in after a couple of minutes and tried to soothe her. Of course, she scooped up her blankets and pacifier and pointed to the rocker. So, I went ahead and rocked her for about 10 minutes and put her back down in her bed. She didn't go back to bed so easily as I heard her start to whimper again as I was heading back to my bedroom. It was then silent for about 15 minutes and she started to cry, so I went back in after letting her cry again for a short while and again, she grabbed everything and wanted to be rocked. I gave in and rocked her for about 20 minutes to make sure she was really sleepy. She did go back down, so I went back into my bed. 10 minutes later... you guessed it...she was whimpering again. So, I went in and got her, changed her diaper and was sooooooo tired I ended up bringing her back into our bed to sleep. She slept until 8 am!

Evan had his BEST NIGHT EVER! He slept from 8 pm until 8 am this morning and didn't even wake up crying/whimpering like he usually does. Around 8 am, I heard his Baby Gloworm playing music so I went in to get him and found him playing in his bed. Awesome job Evan!

Side note with Evan and his crib, he is now able to climb up pretty high and almost out of his bed. Yikes! It's only a matter of time before he climbs out. I think we are going to have to go to the toddler bed soon.

They ate a good breakfast and read the paper with daddy this morning. I wish every morning was this good!

Fourth of July 2009

All week long I have been talking about how we were going to go to the parade on Saturday and it just HAD to "Rain on our parade!" I was upset because I had such a good time watching the kids a couple of weeks ago at another parade. Oh well. We kind of had a lazy Saturday morning, took a GREAT nap (all of us) in the middle of the afternoon and then headed on over to another friends' house for another night of BBQing and fireworks. The kids were happy to go swimming again and to see some more of their friends. Leah's dinner consisted of pretzels, cheez-its and watermelon. It was also the first time I had given the kids licorice (Uncle Mike's, mine and now the kids favorite licorice- Red Vines. These came in handy when we were watching the fireworks) She wouldn't have anything to do with hamburgers, hot dogs or her Gerber graduates Turkey Stew and Veggies. The girl just doesn't know what she's missin!

The neighbors across the street from our friends lit some colored smoke bombs and Evan started getting scared from those. So I thought, once again, we were going to have to cut the night short again, but surprisingly, they both did better with the fireworks that night. They both still cried when a firework went off, but only for a couple of seconds. Leah started to get the whole, "Ohh" and then clapping thing down. In fact, as we were getting her out of the carseat when we got home, she was clapping in her sleep. She must have ended up really enjoying the fireworks.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Friday before the 4th

Leah and Peyton (they could pass for sisters, don't you think?)

Having fun on a tire swing (which Leah fell off of shortly after)

Evan and Daddy sitting on a train

Leah wanting off of a tugboat

Greg was off work Friday, so we took the kids to the Museum of Transportation and enjoyed their Creation Station room and looked at all of the awesome old cars and trains. Evan was so excited to see the old cars, he was almost skipping and squealing because he liked them so much.

Friday night we went to my friends's house for some BBQ and fireworks. The kids enjoyed swimming, playing on the swingset, and playing with a water table. I had such a fun time with my friends, as always! When it was time for fireworks, Greg and I knew it was going to be crazy with the kids, so we packed up the car before they were set off in preparation of bolting to the car with two screaming kids; which did happen after about 5 minutes of fireworks. The fireworks weren't just your average bottlerockets, etc. These were HUGE fireworks and they were awesome. Here are just a couple of pictures from the night and from the Museum of Transportation. (Picture of Evan screaming because of the fireworks to come!)