Playgrounds and More Twins

The big highlight of our days right now is deciding which playground to go to if the weather is nice out. We are fotunate enough to have 2 playgrounds in our subdivision that are nice enough for the kids to play in(after a visit to city hall by Rob to complain). Also the kids are getting big enough that they can climb by themselves.
Elsie is still a little cautious and crawls on her hands and knees sometimes.
This past Thursday we were able to visit with another set of twins that I met online. Shannon and Dana and Brynn. They are 17 months old right now, so just a little bit younger. They live in SanDiego, but they came home to MI for a wedding. This is a picture of most of the kids looking in the window at a cat.
Dawn with Max and Anna, Shannon with Dana and Brynn and Me with Elsie and Reid.
Elsie and Reid just hanging out.

Aunt Michelle and Uncle Rick's Wedding

Grandma doing a reading during the ceremony.
Michelle and Rick
Dancing
Elsie in her cute little dress(thank you Erlinda) and Reid looking very handsome.
Elsie with cousin Katie waiting to catch the bouquet.
Of course we didn't get any family pics, and not any good ones of daddy,so here he is with Uncle Randy. I think they were trying to make Reid laugh or something. This is the only picture I have of myself. We were sitting in the garden with GG after the ceremony.
Reid and Elsie starting to boogie. They really enjoyed the music and the lights.
This was just a really cute picture of Reid and cousin Christopher.

Last week we went on our first big family trip. We headed to the Atlanta area for Uncle Rick and Aunt Michelle's wedding. We had a great time. The kids were troopers and made it through until 10PM. The were getting a bit crabby until the music started and then found a 2nd wind. We survived 4 nights sleeping in a hotel but still aren't back to sleeping well at home here. I think they got used to sleeping with mommy and daddy in the big beds.

Reid went and sat with Grandma during the ceremony and I only got to stay until Michelle and her dad walked down the aisle. Then Miss Elsie and I had to go for a little walk. I usually have a ton of cool pics from weddings. This is my first wedding with kids, so unfortunately, not too many pics.

The whole wedding was held at Kimball Hall in Roswell GA.

Ruby Falls/Georgia Aquarium

This is us standing in front of Ruby Falls.

Last Wednesday morning we started out on our trip to Atlanta for Rob's brothers wedding. Overall the trip went really well. The kids did extremely well in the car. We made it to Chattanooga TN on the first day. We had to find a mall on the way down to let the kids get out of the car and run around in the play area because it rained the whole way down there. We were hoping for nice weather the next day so we could go to the Chattanooga Zoo, but unfortunately it was raining again when we woke up. So we chose to go to Ruby Falls. The worlds tallest underground waterfall. We weren't sure about taking 2-20 month old kids there, but we asked when we arrived and the lady said it wouldn't be a problem. Well little did we know that we would have to carry(yes you read right)carry the kids the entire time. We took an elevator down into the cave and then had to walk with the kids to the falls.(about a 1/2 mile) It just wasn't safe enough to let the kids down to walk. They did ok with the whole thing because there was enough to look at. Once we got to the Falls it really was pretty. The picture doesn't do it justice. I couldn't take too many pictures because I was carrying a squirmy kid.
We met up with Rob's family who were on their way down from Indiana and made our way to Marietta, GA. We had lunch together and then went to see Rick and Michelle's new house. On Friday we(Grandma, Great Grandma, Uncle Randy, Rob and I and kids)went to the Georgia Aquarium. The kids tried to have a good time but were pretty crabby when we were there. The seals were probably their favorite thing. They sat at the window for a while and watched them swim back and forth in front of the window.

I actually caught Elsie laughing at the seals.
Reid was pretty excited about all of the big fish in the giant aquarium.

Bleeding Heart/Eating Dirt

So I went to the computer today to upload pics to post a blog and realized that I had only taken 5 pics this week. So this is a pic of the bleeding heart that is in my backyard. I so don't have a green thumb. Everything that is there came with the house. It is all green except for this one little plant that has one strand of flowers. It is just so pretty.
And then there is Reid. He decided one day that he would try to eat the dirt. He looks like such a little devil with a whole face full of dirt.
We are going to Rick and Michelle's wedding this week, so we will have a lot of good pics for next week. I hope everyone had a good Mothers Day.

Another Busy Week

My Goddaughter Allyson had her first communion. She looked so pretty and so grown up. The kids did great and had a good time after the church service. Thank you to our friend Anna for lending us a cute dress.
We went out and spent the day at my friend Phia's place. She has a sand box that we tried out for the first time. We will not be getting a sand box anytime soon. Way too dirty for me. This is the kids playing in the box with Matthew.
And then we went to the Detroit Zoo this week with my friend Marcia and her daughter Meg. We had a fun time there as well. Its so much bigger than Toledo, but the kids hung out and had a great time.
Reid is pointing at a butterfly. Not really a great place for 20 month olds(yes, the kids will be 20 months old by the time I post this)Its hard to explain the "you can look but not touch rule".
This is how most of our day went. Elsie hanging back,checking things out. Reid taking off, and Marcia pushing an empty stroller.
Reid looking very cute.
Elsie just as cute, even though it was waaaay past naptime.

The new polar bear exhibit was really cool. The kids loved watching the seals swim right over top of them.
Again, Elsie hanging back, looking at the animals and Reid in a full run, taking off again.
Meg, Elsie and Marcia on the train.
This was the kids first train ride. They weren't too sure of it at the start, but soon we had them laughing. We had to say "choo, choo"about a hundred times.
Elsie finally enjoying herself on the train.

First Haircuts

Reid went back in November for his first cut. He went with his Daddy to the barber shop.

Elsie just had her first cut last week, the first week of May. She just needed a little trim.

This week in Woodhaven

Elsie, Reid, Max and Anna at the mall.A few random pics from this week. Mostly because I need to figure out a better way to post the pics on here, but I'm too lazy to do it. I need Tonya(twim mom friend) to email me and tell me how. Anyways. It is a little cooler this week, so we met up today with Max, Anna and Dawn at the mall. We haven't been able to get together for a couple of weeks. When they were walking into the mall, Reid got all excited and started waving at them. It was pretty funny. He said Anna's name too. So these are a few pics of them playing in the mall.
Max laughing at someone in the tunnel.
Anna was just not herself today. They had school before they came and was pretty tired. So at one point when we were counting heads to make sure all kids were accounted for, we find her across the play area sitting all by herself.
Elsie doing some people/kid watching.
Dawn with the kids.
Nana and Papa were here this weekend. They watched the kids while we went out overnight for our anniversary. On Friday night when they got here we bbq'd. The kids had their first corn on the cob. It was pretty good. Not as good as the local huron county corn, but still pretty good. The kids seemed to like it.

On our way out to visit Max and Anna. Elsie loves her glasses these days and will leave them on the whole time. Reid's don't last too long. We are working on leaving his hat on though.
Reid at the mall.
The girls, Elsie and Anna.