They All Scream for Ice Cream!

What do you do when 4 kiddos, an Auntie & a Granny hear the Ice Cream Man? Well, you chase his truck through the neighborhood until he realizes you mean business, of course!

Luckily, Billy the Ice Cream Man pulled over in a shady spot for the troops to enjoy their licks!

Seeing that our little Alexander has had ice cream everynight of his visit in Carlisle, (in fact he finished both his & Norah's cones last night), you might think he's getting tired of it...Ah, no. Now the boy can identify the tell-tale ice cream truck music... our life will never be the same.

(Notice anything different? Hint, hint...)

After a week of cones, the boy doesn't even need his Mama's help catching the drips anymore:(. My little guy's growing up!

It is so much fun to visit grandma's house!

Summer Vacation

It may be hot outside, but Aunt Jenn's got that covered... or at least saturated.

Norah, Sarah & Ethan showed Alexander all around the splash pad at their favorite community park!

Unfortunately, the boy was TIRED. He really enjoyed the splash pad, but he was very interested in escaping toward the 3rd degree burn sliding boards. He passed out in the car on the way home & is sleeping soundly in Norah's bed now (Norah wanted to crawl up with him, but settled for her sister's bed in the same room. How sweet!)

On the way home, Ethan, the recently licensed backseat driver, asked, "Does that lady in front of us even know how to drive?" And easily accepted the excuse that she's, "A woman driver."

Every Wednesday, Aunt Jenn hires a babysitter... so this week when the babysitter arrived, we took the two littlest cutesos, walked/jogged two miles around the Army War College Links and then headed to our favorite store to return an ill-fitted bathing suit.

Forgot to return the suit, but we did hit clearance toy heaven and finished up the majority of our Christmas shopping... well, those of us that celebrate with presents finished up our shopping. Alexander was a big help carrying everything to the car!

Wet Science

Papa's big boss organized a generous family outing to the Pittsburgh Zoo Saturday afternoon; so we packed up the boy early & headed to the big city. We planned to meet up with baby Nikola for lunch @ Ikea, then hook up with a few more friends at the Carnegie Science Center before heading to the Zoo with Baby Ella @ 6pm... Don't they say something about the best laid plans?

We made it to Ikea for a little Swedish Meatball gobble...

And say what you must about those Swedes, but their meatballs... Oh, the babe approves!

Yeah, but after that, nothing else really went as planned... When we arrived at the Carnegie Science Center, Nik's mama realized she didn't have her tickets. Then the new baby on the block got tied up in Wheeling & was unable to go science with us. And then, Ella's Daddy called & canceled for the zoo...

So it was all Boris, all science, all afternoon!

Papa loved the first 3 floors, but the baby... whoa, the baby found his thrill on blueberry hill (aka, the 4th floor).

Water, water everywhere!

Around 4:30 the baby crashed. Whoa! Threw himself on the floor. Screaming & crying. Bad. Scene. Papa, of course, difused the situation. Calmed the boy. And kept us all up & happy for another hour before we headed home...

About 10 minutes out of Pittsburgh, the boy konked out... and about 10 seconds after we pulled into the carport, he woke up. Ugh. Refused to sleep after an amazing hour powernap.

No fun.

Happy Birthday Nikola!

Alexander's little BFF turned two last week; Happy Birthday Nikola!

Who

In Morgantown, WV & Lake Charles, LA is reading about our little baby Boris? And so often...

Let me know, so we can come visit & say nice things about you:).

Another Day, Another Watermelon

I'm kinda too tired to blog...We've had so much fun with Aunt Jenn & her kiddos this week; I'm not sure I could explain it to you all!


Unfortunately, they're leaving tomorrow. And we have a whole 1/2 watermelon left to eat!


Today we blew up the bigger baby pool, invited the neighbors over, and had some super-water slide fun!


Sarah & Ethan were trying to reenact Pappy's birthday with Uncle Johnny. Hilarious!

After we turned the water hose off, Sarah realized the pleasure to be had with the left over mud. I think she got that from Aunt Erin...