All Dressed Up, to Church we Go

We tried...

This started out as an attempt to get a cute photo of the kids who both had the same color turquoise in their outfits without planning it. I thought I could get some really cool color coordinated pics but they were not cooperating. Daddy tried to help without much luck.

We Love Our Daddy

However, we did get some great shots of Daddy with each of the kids.

Splish Splash

We have enjoyed some of the warm sunny days this summer playing outside with the pirate ship water table that Conor got for his birthday this year. Both kids absolutely love splashing and pouring and squirting and just getting wet!
Conor is at a great age where he is really starting to use his imagination more. So fun to see.

Saturday in the Park

Saturday in the Park...I think it was the 4th of July, you know that song? Well, it was actually the 4th of June, but we had a great day in the park today. Daddy ran another 5K early this morning, and lucky for me BOTH kids slept in until 8:30!!! We spent the morning with the kids in just diapers or underwear as we tried to postpone turning the air conditioner on, but when they were nearly naked and still sweating, I decided it was time to cave in. After breakfast, we took a trip to the library where we checked out a record number of books because Conor is so excited about learning to read and Riley loves the "lift the flap" books these days. After that we went to the free splash fountain park nearby. We played in the water, packed a picnic lunch, fed the ducks, romped around on the playground, then came home to take some VERY long naps!!
Look, Mom, I'm jumping on a trampoline!
Picnic!!
Splish splash. Riley was a bit hesitant about entering the fountains on her own, but had no fear of getting wet or running through the towers of water with mommy.

Random Photos from the Last Few Weeks

We spend many Saturday mornings after breakfast turning up the radio and having a "Saturday Morning Dance Party"! Daddy has been teaching Conor some fancy new moves from the 80s, you'll have to ask him to show you sometime. Boogie on!
Getting ready to go to "school" (i.e. daycare) one morningLunchtime! This kid sure loves to eat. Neither one of them is picky at mealtimes. The hardest part is telling them it's time to be done. Adam often repeats the stories he's been told from his childhood where he was the last one to come down from the table and would cry and throw fits when he was told he had to be done...Riley clearly got that same gene.

Another episode of...Conor-isms

Here are some more of the funny things Conor has said over the last few months...

Mom, that was fanificent!

Conor: There's a hair on my apple!
Dad: Tell Mom to get that cotton-pickin' hair off your apple.
Conor: Mom, stop pickin' hair outta my apple!

We were watching the movie Hook with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman for one of our infamous "Family Movie Nights" and the part came on where Williams realizes that he actually is Peter Pan and starts to fly. As he raises his arms out in front of him and his feet lift off the ground, Conor gets all excited and says, " Look, Mom, he's Buzz Lightyear!"

We have been talking a lot about God being with us and our faith since Conor seems to be starting to comprehend and understand a little more and is starting to make the discussions more of a two-way conversation. One day in particular, I was talking about when times are hard or scary, and telling him we do not have to be worried or afraid because God helps us. Later that day, we were in the car listening to one of his children's music CDs--which have all been played so many times that he knows by heart which songs have scratches and how far into the song it will start to skip--when he mentioned excitedly at the time when the song usually skips, "Mom, the CD isn't skipping. That's because God helped us!"

On the way to daycare one morning, Conor said, "Mom, when I'm bigger, I don't have to pick a baby. I can just be Riley's dad."

When we were collecting money for a fundraising drive at church for the local crisis pregnancy center, we were filling a baby bottle with coins and explaining about how the money was to help people who need it and by donating it through church, we were also giving to Jesus. Conor said, "Jesus needs a lot of money."

After Conor jumped in a bunch of puddles in the grocery store parking lot, I was a bit frustrated at his soaking wet pants and shoes dripping in the car on the bags of groceries and said, "What were you thinking?" He answered honestly, "Just that it was a wet day".

Kip and Janice were babysitting one afternoon so Mom & Dad could have a matinee movie date when Mom had a vacation day from work. Conor has been really working hard at learning to read--and is doing phenomenally--and Janice was surprised when he was showing off some of his reading skills, so the following dialogue ensued.
Janice: Wow, Conor, you're a genius.
Conor: What's a genius?
Janice: That's someone who is really, really smart.
Conor: I'm smarter than a genius.