Off to the Park!

Rian, Grandma Kate, the Critters, and I headed over to Winthrop Park during Rian's birthday weekend. The Critters love that park. I will say that it is close to the house and it is nice and shaded. The one bad thing is the Critters get tired of the 'little people' section and want to head over to the 'big kid' playground. Unfortunately, unlike Minihaha Park in Orlando, there is not a fence around the 'little people' section to contain them. Hadley is getting quite quick in climbing up things at the playground. You definitely cannot turn your back on Peacharoo.

Here are a few snapshots from our time at the park (I didn't realize until after I loaded them that all of the pictures are the Critters on the same park apparatus.):

Brother having the best time! EVER!

Peach swinging away.

Plane! CarCar. Plane!

(you have to say this in your best Tattoo (from Fantasy Island) voice.)

Chris

CarCar got some new kicks!

Here is CarCar sporting some new shoes:

CarCar toes!

Sassymcsassenstein. (We're not too sure what Brother is so upset about.)

Chris

Yuvies goes Seepees.

Hadley refers to her lovie as a "yuvie." We are trying only have the Critters have their lovies when they go to sleep. I have been telling them since their lovies stay up all night making sure they are okay that they (lovies) need to sleep when they are up during the day. So far it seems to be working, the Critters voluntarily put their lovies into their cribs after they are changed. The say "night, night yuvies!"

Hadley, or "Haddies" as she calls herself, took saying night, night to her lovie to a whole new level. She actually had me tuck her lovie and stuffed animals in for their nap. Hadley apparently just wanted to make sure that they were comfortable when they slept.

Here are a few pics:

All tucked in.

Haddies' Hippo taking a nap.

Haddies' yuvie.

Chris

FSU Day @ The Capital

I know these posts are coming fast and furious. The Critters are still asleep. I guess they were a little tired after last night, the girls were not feeling too well.

Rian and Erica brought the Critters and Norah up to the Capital for FSU Day. The girls got to see the band and Brother got to see the cheerleaders and Garnet and Gold Girls. It was a nice little break in the day to see Rian and the Critters.

A few pics:

The Marching Chiefs rolling in.

The main attraction according to Brother.

CarCar and Dad.

Chris

Easter Egg Hunt 2011

We had an Easter Egg Hunt for the Critters on the Saturday before Easter. I am not sure if we hid the eggs quite good enough as the Critters did not miss one of them. Maybe I can attribute that to us having amazing bright children rather than poor egg hiding skills. The girls tied with 22 eggs and brother was right behind with 2o eggs. It did get a little vicious toward the end and some skirmishes had to be broken up over eggs.

Here are a few pics from the hunt:

Hadley has found a love for backpacks.

Brother barreling along.

Oh look, Peach has her backpack on.

Traffic jam.

Eureka, an undiscovered plethora of eggs!

Chris

Tallahassee Museum! Oh yea, I'm kinda back.

Session is almost done. I have a slew of blogs to get out just no time to do anything of real substance. This blog should have been posted in the middle of March since that is when we hit the museum.

We all headed over to the museum and the Critters abso-freakin-lutely loved it. Hadley loved all of the animals that they had there. Reese liked riding on the wooden walkways, there were some inclines that he thought were a roller coaster. I was really actually surprised at how many animals that they had there. From foxes, to bears, to a Florida Panther. (I have recently learned that they just got two new baby panthers.) They even have Bald Eagles! Rian was a little concerned that the animals were going to climb the trees and pounce on us. I tried to play it down but the Bobcat could have absolutely attacked us from above.

After taking a few loops we decided to call it a day. Needless to say the kids slept great that afternoon.

Here are a few pics:

Brother sporting the popped collar!

H2O Break.

And why are you taking my picture?

Cypress Tree.

Barn Owls.

The wagon.

Bald Eagle.

Chris

Happy Birthday Momma

Momma,

Daddy is always gone and he didn't do this when we asked. Happy Birthday Momma!!!!!!!

Remember that it's Daddy's fault this is late. CarCar found a funny picture for you.

Love,

CarCar, Peach, and Brother