It Involved Lots of Bribes, a Threat of Jail Time, and some Oxy Clean

From the quick glimpse that I got on the camera, it looked like the pictures turned out really cute. Hopefully we will be able to get them in the next few weeks, and I will post some for you to enjoy, because of course you want to see them, and of course since the kids are impossibly cute you will enjoy them.

All in all, the night was a lot of "Girl Wonder look here...Boy Wonder look at the camera...Girl Wonder can you sit down next to your brother?...Papa be ready to take the picture...Mama do you do professional modeling...Boy Wonder please don't tackle your sister anymore." Of course as soon as we got to the park there was an ice cream truck, which is all Boy Wonder could think about. And of course the ice cream truck drove by in the middle of pictures which resulted in a few minutes of the ugly cry, and many promises that we can go and get ice cream from anywhere he wanted. It also involved giving him a dollar, and frankly I would have promised him a pony to cooperate.

As we were getting near the end of our session, a few "kids" started playing in one of the fountains, and of course Boy Wonder wanted to join in the fun. After several attempts at reasoning that he could not stripe down into his underwear to play in fountain, he was still convinced I that I am trying to ruin his life and prevent him from having any fun at all. So I told him that those boys could go to jail for doing that and did he want to go to jail?! He said he didn't and decided that it was best to get some ice cream on the way home and watch a concert that the Lake Harriett band shell. Of course now his white shirt is soaking in Oxy Clean in an attempt to get the chocolate ice cream out.

All of this in the of family pictures.

Coming Soon

Family pictures. Tomorrow we have our annual date with the most fantastic photographer to have our family pictures taken.

Wish us luck... We tend to have someone in the family who takes pictures like Chandler from friends.

A Boy's Perspective on Stinky Socks

Tonight Boy and Girl Wonder and I were getting to go for a walk. I asked Boy Wonder to get his socks and shoes. When I was putting his socks on him, I made joke about them being stinky. He asked me what they smelled like and I said "they smell like Boy Wonder."

His reply was "Oh, so they smell like flowers."

Watch out PGA Tour

After several trips to the driving range, Boy Wonder was ready for the real course.


He made a legit bogey on his first ever whole.

Like all golfers, he still needs lots of work on his short game.

Can't wait for many, many more rounds together. Thanks for joining us Grandpa.

Say What?

Whenever we read "Horton Hears a Who" we always make up silly titles like "Horton Said Boo" or "Horton Hears a Moo." When we read it the other night Boy Wonder and I had our clever banter back and forth with different plays on the catch title. Boy Wonder took the cake with "Horton Has Swine Flu."

Let Summer Begin!

Happy Birthday Girl Wonder!

Can it really already be a year?! It seems like just weeks ago I first saw you and realized in an instant that I had been missing you my whole life.

You have been such a blessing! It is amazing how your personality is coming alive! You love to giggle, play patty cake, cheer, dance and blow kisses. You are also starting to show that you are an independent girl who knows what she wants, and when she wants it.

It is so much fun to see you play with your brother and "hit" the ball with the golf club and do "big kid" things. You try to run and then realize that you don't know exactly how to move your feet that fast, but you keep on trying. You are growing up so quickly.

Our hope for you is that you continue to know how much we love you and how special you are. May the next year be full of new adventures as you continue to grow into a little girl who we couldn't be more proud to call our daughter.