Just when we thought our daughters could not possibly get any more adorable. They do something like this: Maddie and Liz were excitedly streaking around the house in their diapers. Some unspoken signal was conveyed between them and it was suddenly time to climb up and play on Cody's chair. As in most occasions when they are being extraordinarily cute, I plucked the camera up and pointed to shoot. At first sight of the camera, both girls began smiling wide and saying "Cheese!", as clear as day!
Now, we have never encouraged the use of the word "cheese" in any prior photographs. (Besides, what is the likelihood they would even humor us at their age?) Our technique usually revolves around some sort of tomfoolery or wild antics to get the girls to smile. Nope, don't ask me where they pick up these behaviors... probably day care.
Official 18 month photograph for your enjoyment.
Grandma came for an extended weekend and spent some quality time with us and the girls.
Activities included the Children's Museum, lots of outdoor playtime due to the beautiful weather and even a night all by herself with Maddie and Lizzy. Erica and I went to a graduation party for one of our neighbor's kids and Grandma stayed home to watch the girls. Despite our cautions as to how the girls can become very dramatic and cranky, everything went very smoothly and they had a wonderful time together.
We have made some noteworthy discoveries this month. Not least of which is that dancing can be really fun, especially if you can shake your thing on the dance floor!
Erica and I are installing new floors for the dining room and office area later this month. Throughout the process of choosing which to use we brought home samples which the girls delighted in dragging out and stomping around on. They are going to go bonkers when they realize that we will have wall-to-wall dance floors!
Summer is in full swing and what collection of "fun in the sun" toys would be complete without a pool and a water table?
Just to get a feel for how they would react, we put everything up on the deck first. Setting up the pool turned out to be quite an ordeal. (Thanks to my mom for insisting on getting us an electric air pump to inflate it. I think I would STILL be pumping had we used a manual pump.) Next came the water and let me tell you that you're not going to want to swim in it right out of the hose. CHILLY! Many, many pots of hot water later we finally decided to give it a try with the girls. Daddy loved the pool. Madeline was OK with the pool. Elizabeth, ehhh, not so much. She did stop crying long enough to take this picture though so I have some hope for the future.
Who knew that corn could be so delicious and enjoyed in so many ways?!
You are not imagining things, they have discovered the joy of eating corn on the cob. Sometimes you really just have to throw caution to the wind, sit back, and be amazed at the results. You would think humans have some sort of innate ability to eat corn on the cob the way they skillfully handled those.
Plenty of additional pictures over on Flickr from this past month. See you soon.
