richard

we are constantly amazed at how observant and considerate richard is. whenever he sees koopa, monkey, or rawr lying around, he'll pick it up and hand it to the rightful owner. the other evening, while we were cleaning up dinner, richard came over and ewok- talked to me to follow him. he led me over to the doorway that leads to the playroom. sure enough, we had forgotten to put up the babygate. instead of attempting to go down the stairs, which richard can't do yet, he pointed at it and ewok talked again. he wanted me to put the gate up! he's amazing like that:) he'll put toys away, clean up laundry, and help unload the dishwasher. AND he knows where EVERYTHING goes!! hard to believe he's only 15 months!

he knows keys open doors

unloading the dishwasher with mommy

he LOVES mickey mouse. i took off his mickey mouse shirt and he cried. 

still doesn't understand the camera

he built that tower all by himself! and posed for the pic afterward:)

sammy and richard

now here's sammy and richard

my mini batman

he really likes uncle richard

sammy with his GINORMOUS backpack:)

he really really needs a sheath for his sword

blowing bubbles with daddy. don't ask about the umbrella

ready for bed

captain diapey pants!

yummy! ice cream!

blowing bubbles

first ice cream cone

happy little boy!

ewok alert!

sooooo cute!

now that he's walking, he can dig in the dirt with the other kids:)

his sword is upside down:) it's king richard the shirtless!

family update

wow- lots has happened since i last posted! audrey is in school evey day now, for half a day, jack's in school two days a week and they both LOVE school:) jack's in the same program audrey was in last year, so he recognized the teacher and the classroom...it was no problem at all:) plus, they're both fully potty trained now! no more little potty seat and they can both wipe their own bums:) we had to wait until audrey's recent growth spurt because her arms weren't long enough to reach around. they all grew like crazy this summer and jack was finally able to balance on the potty without a little seat. yea!! makes my life A LOT easier not having to run to the bathroom every five minutes. richard and sammy are as cute as ever and sammy fully believes that he's going to school this year. he still needs a morning nap, so i'm signing him up for a mommy and me class in january:)

audrey and her flowers- when she takes care of them they survive. when mommy does, they die.

playing with uncle richard

first time on a pony!

"hupa hooping"

first day of school

my superman:)

aren't they cute?

first day of school! he and daddy bought that shirt just for school:)

in the classroom

getting ready for a cuddle with his mario blanket. he LOVES that blanket

jack's song

jack loves the primary song " i love to see the temple." he loves it so much, he sings it as a substitute for every hymn during sacrament:) the thing is, he doesn't stop singing when the music stops. he will always finish the entire song, even if there's no music. a couple weeks ago, he sang " i love to see the temple" during the sacrament hymn and he kept on singing, even after the congregation had stopped and the prayer had begun. luckily, he was singing pretty softly, but the people sitting behind us were laughing during the sacrament prayer:) so were we:)

cute little kids:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y0QL6WeJaQ
they're playing "music school" and for some reason, jack's a bird. audrey and sammy are both playing "flutes":)

this one is richard walking:) he's still as chubby as ever and soooo cute when he walks:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trr6ZiuIyvo

the great outdoors

now that we have a backyard, the kids are out there every day. at first, it was just audrey, since jack was terrified of bugs, but he's since gotten over that. now he's the one that loves to play in the sprinkler and the hose:) sammy still doesn't like water, unless it's his bath:) richard can't wait until he can go outside and play with the older kids. we can't let him outside right now because all he does is eat the dirt:)

okay- here's the story. they waited all day for it to rain and it didn't. so, they decided  to pretend it was raining with the sprinkler instead. there they were, standing under the spirnkler, with umbrellas, playing "it's raining":)

no sprinkler here...sammy doesn't like it. they're playing pirates. with umbrellas. 

no idea why he's lying on the kitchen floor

new superman jammies!!

helping richard walk to mommy

watching c is for cookie with cookie monster

this is sammy's reaction whenever the sprinkler is on. 

yes, he is sitting on jacob's head. then he started to bounce. that's when it got really funny:)

sammy doesn't like the sprinkler, but he loves to dig. the backyard is full of holes. oh well. 

my batman and superman watching the yip yip aliens on sesame street. they wouldn't take those jammies off for four days. 

he's playing beach. 

he can stand!! he's started walking since then, but i haven't gotten a good video yet

richard loves his daddy. whenever jacob's home, all richard wants to do is cuddle with his daddy:)

please, please, please let me outside to play!

he LOVED the sprinkler

his favorite toy

isn't he a cutie:)