Max was ALL about sprinkles! They each got 3 cookies to frost because, as expected, they would frost, sprinkle and lick the same cookie repeatedly!
Maggie's hand coordination is greatly improving!
I love this photo!
Master Max creating his cookie.
Yum, yum, yum :o)
Papa NOT so happy about getting his photo but he knew it was hopeless to resist!
The final products... cute huh?
He was soooo excited to tell Papa he ran in the door and all over the house yelling, "Papa, Papa look what I got". Unfortunately Papa was not here but 45 minutes later when he did show the excitement had not waned a bit!
Both kids are doing well with their Spanish. They understand quite a bit and yesterday Maggie even said, "yo no se Mama" a.k.a. "I don't know Mom". Very cute in such a tiny baby voice. And Max always announces after school, "I spoke Spanish all by myself" with a proud grin.
Well it has been raining here the last couple days and, coming from California we don't have any rain gear. Which wouldn't be too bad except we live in a city and walk EVERYWHERE. I went to take Max to school and drove a whole block and a half due to rain. Soooo, Maggie and I went shopping and bought a rain cover for the stroller which will come in handy in the cold winter air too. We also got some fun rain boots. The kids had a blast jumping in the puddles after school!
As you all know Max HATES to get dirty and was a little distressed his new froggy boots were muddy. Then I told him we could rinse them off with the hose and he ran and jumped in the biggest puddle he could find.
For a kid who doesn't like to get messy he was awfully good at it!
And Maggie, who LOVES to be messy was really quite neat. I think that had more to do with her lack of jumping skills though. As much as she likes to run her jump is still a tiny inch or so off the ground. Whatever, she'll get there and in the meantime I don't have to wash mud off her pants!
I want a BIG pumpkin!
Do you think she could lift it?
This was cool... a big pile of sand and shovels with toys hidden inside. Each kid got to pick three.
"I did it Mom!"
The speck at the top of the slide is Max and Papa.
Maggie's turn!
Mama can we go again!
Outside the spooky house...
MM posing for the shot. All Maggie cared about was getting the camera because "I wanna see" the picture I haven't taken yet!
MM dancing until something catches their attention on t.v.
My Maggie looked so pretty but boy was she impatient for me to take a picture. Gotta get back to the tiara's and earrings now mom!
After Mike and Max had their respective Spanish Classes I found them totally passed out on the bed. My two favorite guys snuggled up. Look how tiny Max still is next to his Papa. Me les amo!
While the girls played and the boys were at school Mama was making lasagna for our dinner party tonight. Somehow the gods came got together and planned for our good friend, Brian, to be in DC from San Diego, Ed and Ruthie with their 2 kids in Richmond, Petra and Gerry with their daughter Alex from Alexandria, and Al who resides here in DC to all come over for dinner. Everyone, except moi, went to Tulane University and all are or were military and therefore are often scattered across the country, or other countries! Anywho, we got lucky and between weddings, meetings, training etc we are all in DC, at least for one night, together :o)
I love the photo above of Ruthie and Petra trying to get the kids to look at the camera at the same time. Let's see the oldest is 4 1/2 and the youngest is 20 months... good luck guys!
And of course sweet Alex. Not so much a camera hound but one heck of a singer and sweet as pie to the little ones. My kids ADORE her!
