Twinkletoes

Oscar's Fourth Birthday

Oscar celebrated with a big boy bike and a trip to Elmwood Park Zoo, where he went for his very first pony ride.

First Day of Preschool

Our boy was amped.

More September Pics

I'm on fire!

Playing Catch at the Treehouse

While Gabe was away, the kids and I took a road trip to Michigan. Here are Oscar and I playing ball in my parents' yard. O calls their place the Treehouse. :) Photos courtesy of his Uncle Sean.

Suriname Send-Off

Gabe spent the month of September in Suriname for work. Here are some pics of the kids sending him off.

August 2009

July 2009

It's safety first with this guy:

Where's my margarita?

And Then Summer Happened.

Yes, we were way to busy to blog this summer. Busy, busy, busy. What with all the lounging by our classy inflatable pool and the not weeding of our garden.

Here we go with June-

Oh, Hi! Rory Had a Birthday!

In fact, it was her Very First Birthday! That was, let's see, five months ago. So.

Pictures.

Rory is NOT 10ish Months Old

Nowhere near it, people. And don't even get me started on her giant brother.

More make-up posts coming at ya. Eventually. When we have time. Oh, nevermind.

Rory is 10(ish) Months Old

Can you believe it? Rory is 10.5 months old, and she is keeping us very busy. I had intended to do a blog entry for her at nine months, and then, well, I'm not sure what happened!

Rory is definitely a mover and a shaker, and she keeps her brother, Gabe and I on our toes. She is regularly saying "Mama" and "Dada," and she has recently started in with "Ogga," which we're pretty sure is "Oscar." :) She loves perusing and eating magazines and catalogues, picking at the carpet, trying new finger foods, and she has mad sippy cup skills. R is cruising now, and she enjoys bellying up to Oscar's train table and giving his track layout the Godzilla treatment. When we're outside she sticks to crawling, probably so that she can more easily access fists full of dirt and dried leaves to shove in her mouth. She is totally going to be the kid who eats glue in kindergarten. We are so enjoying our delightful, destructive, funny little girl. :)

Here are a couple of pics of Rory playing and snoozing outside on Easter.

Spring is Here

Helping Out Around the House