summer when little attitudes turn fussy and hot

i actually do not have a lot of pictures this week
oddly enough i was running after 2 feral children all week and weekend i did not have time to take pictures
we went to the natural history museum on sunday which was great fun
Silas ran around the museum with his arm out stretch screaming at the top of his little bubby voice
"WOW!!! WHAS THAT??"
his favorite of course was a swan
which he had to repeatly talk to
"QUACK QUACK QUACK" "WHAS THAT?" "WOW" "QUACK"
so i saw aaron and sadie occasionally while running after silas who was pushing people aside to look at ALL the neat stuff
it was a good day
and of course that meant walking to the botanical gardens to play in ALL the fountains
sadie was more reserved and did not want to get wet....Silas decided to walk into and through every fountain he could...even the ones that were not built for little people to play in
we will be heading back this week for more fun
sadie's new big thing is to play mommy
she likes to give me medicine kisses and watch me cry when she leaves to go to work
she is being a great big sister
I MEAN GREAT!!!
not sure how i could handle bubby without her help
we got some flash cards so she could teach silas his ABC's
and she is
she plays with him as much as he will let her and they love to play footsie
this is the new favorite activity before bed
they wrestle, dance, and LAUGH which is great to let them get all wired up before bed
(smart move on my part...but afterwards we usually sit down for some reading and quiet time...this can last up to an hour depends on how much dancing was going on)
new favorite movie in the house
"Totoro"
which if oyu have not seen is a must.....even if you are over 4 ft tall
that is all for today i will try and snap some good pictures this week
ps. sadie has her first dentist appt today!!! wish us luck

sister brother love!

the reenactment of sleeping beauty

sadie LOVES sleeping beauty though i do not think we have ever watched the movie all the way through
really all we do is read the story over and over and over again
and yes aaron and i can read it without the book
aaron likes to tell how after prince phillip and aurora go to college and buy their first castle how they will fix it up and make it a modern dwelling that any prince or princess would envy
sadie LOVES to reenact sleeping beauty
LOVES!!!
she grabs onto a pair of big girl panties and battles the dragon dancing around the room (she is listening to the sound track to keep her on the story)
she yells at maleficent and gives her a time out
so as you can tell our house is full of imaginary play
yesterday sadie dropped issac (bubby) and me off at school so she could go to work and eat a sandwich and drink coffee (sadie believe this is what aaron does at work eat sandwich's and drink coffee...and really i think that may be what he does)
sadie told me when she picks us up we could go to the bie berry berry (library)
there are so many more wonderful stories like this and i will try and tell you all of them
silas is really learning how his words
he says "up" and still loves to talk animal and dinosaur sounds
he also loves to play peek a boo
and lvoes to find little places in the house to hide
he is a funny kid
sadie and silas have gotten to be great play buddies!
it took 17 months but they seek each other out to play
they love to chase each other around the train table
sadie says bubby is the shark and goes running and screaming!!!
this means i can do the dishes
anyway here are some pictures of the bathroom and other fun things
we are actually trying to lessen our schedule up a bit
yes we are super busy ALL the time and in an attempts to keep the children cool and relaxed i am restricting our nights and weekends to only one major activity
this past weekend we went to farmpark and strawberry lanes (metroparks) the kids both just ran and ran and ran
which meant yes NAPS!!!!
that is all for now i will tell more stories as i remember them till later enjoy the heat and sunshine