jack and audrey

jack

i think jack is sitting on sammy

his hiding spot 

showing off his new toys from uncle richard

jack's turn to "break" his leg and have a "cast"

they're in sleeping bags

i'm so grateful we have such a huge couch

he pulled baby rawr around the entire house- i'm amazed his back didn't hurt

he's being a kitty in a cave

audrey

her kitty is going to school

this is where i found her- sleeping on a stool. why did we buy her a bed?

she broke her leg and has a cast on- made of packing tape

they're playing choo choo train

my big boy sammy

bedtime 

sammy's new pillow- charlie now sleeps in his bed

he's reading european history for dummies

this kid loves puzzles

yes, he is eating mustard

he's taking notes for audrey and jack while they play doctor

isn't he cute?

first time baking

sammy decorated his first cookies over family day. he had no idea what to do, so jack "helped" him by eating the sprinkles sammy spilled on the table. sammy didn't mind. he just wanted to play with the cookie dough.

he going after the lost sprinkle

yum yum- pure sugar with food dye!

this is how sammy wears stickers. audrey and jack used to put them all over their legs and feet:)

sprinkles, sprinkles, sprinkles

we made cookies for family day and the kids, of course, got to put sprinkles on the cookies. audrey insisted on putting a mountain of sprinkles on each cookie, so she ran out of sprinkles very very quickly:) she was very proud of her cookies:)

she "testing" some sprinkles

it was sammy's first time making cookies. he has no idea what to do

she was very careful

getting ready to go in her heels and handbag

this is what she looks like post bath

every time we play tent, she automatically starts reciting the max and ruby camping episode, verbatim

curiouser and curiouser

sammy is shaping up to be the oddest of all the kids. the kids all have their quirks and eccentricities that make them unique and hysterical to watch, but sammy is definitely the strangest. he loves qtips- don't know why- and this is what we found him doing with them one morning...

he's very proud of himself

he kept giggling the whole time

the total count came to five

he couldn't get out afterwards

apparently he was making soup

he loves this book so much he takes it to bed

superhero jack

jack loves superheroes! he loves batman, ironman, and link:) lately, he's been running around in jacob's old cape, pretending to be a superhero. one day, he came up to me and said,"mommy, do you need help? i'm super jack!" jacob had taught him that heroes help people, so jack was offering his assistance:) he even stands in a hero pose:)

this is my favorite pose

he'll even say "up up and away"

hamming it up for the camera:)

he's about to take flight

he moves! he sits! he likes to eat cheese!

richard can sit, crawl on all fours, and loves string cheese! he's been doing the gi joe crawl for a few weeks now,  and it finally developed into a crawl:) then, yesterday, he sat up all by himself!! he was so proud of himself! when i went to get him from his nap, richard was already up and sitting in his crib, playing with toys. i don't think he had slept at all- he just stayed up and sat and played:)

first time sitting without support

the book keeps his balance forward instead of backward

love the smile!

his favorite toy is the purple phone

exploring the bathroom- he really likes the ducky shower curtain

trying to figure out what the camera is

first bite of big kid food!!