Pool Time

We took the kids to the pool the other night.
Here's the little man- so scrumptious.
This is his "Whatchyou talkin' 'bout Willis?" face
...and a smile
Just a picture to prove Addie was there too. :)

Early Mornings and Anniversary

Scotty has a terrible habit of waking EARLY in the morning. The other morning he awoke at 4 something and my dear husband got him up and took him downstairs. When I came down later I found them like this- cuddled together and asleep on the livingroom floor.
In other news, Greg and I celebrated our NINTH anniversary last week. Can you believe it?! We went out to dinner at Le Chene, a local french restaurant, then came home to enjoy dessert and a movie on Greg's new ITouch. I totally surprised him with it, and his excitement over it was my favorite part of the anniversary! We had such a great night reflecting on God's grace to us over these nine years and how much has changed in that time. Though it doesn't sound like such an exciting night, everything was so enjoyable, and we both thought it was one of our best anniversaries ever.

Last Day of Ballet

Addie finished up her ballet class this last week.
We were glad to have had the experience, but probably this will be Addie's only time in ballet. She did fine, and we were glad to see that she tried hard and listened to the teacher, but after the initial curiosity wore off, she wasn't so in love with it.
For the last class, Greg joined us to see what Addie had learned.
Like playing on the barre...
And showing great enthusiasm.







Seriously though, she did a good job.
We went out to lunch to celebrate the last class- to Corner Bakery, the only place in town we could find that serves her favorite food- tomato soup! She also got a new "June" doll!


Next up: swim lessons!

Worms

Some of our neighbors have little boys the same age as Addie, and they were going to do this cool experiment involving worms in a jar. I thought it might be fun for us to do it too! So we got the jar all ready, got the worms, and Addie was all ready to go. Here's what happened:

Mom: Are you ready?
Addie: Yes!
Mom: Let's put those worms in the jar!




Mom: OK, reach in and get a worm!"

Addie: I don't like how it feels! (whining...)
Addie: (screeching...) Eeew! Eeew! Eeew! I don't want to touch it!!!!!



(after several prompts that were met with more screaming)

Mom: Calm down, you don't have to touch it




mom laughs so hard she can barely take pictures, dad learns what it is to have a little GIRL

Yay! Daddy will hold the worm for me!

Cruisin'

Just some cute pics of Scotty, walking along with his push toy!
Don't you love my shirt?
Hey hey!

Descanso Gardens

We spent the afternoon today at one of my favorite places in the world- Descanso Gardens! Hoping to get a good family picture while we were there, we went with the matching outfits.


This picture cracks me up. Addie is having an attitude, Scott is lovin' life.
Roses in bloom, poppies in bloom, temps in the low 80's- it was the perfect day for the gardens!

More Descanso

Greg plays with the kids on the "Great Lawn."
"Hey! Look what I found!"
Just cute.
And let me introduce you to Skinny Greg. He has lost 20 pounds since the new year!

Mother/Son, Daddy/Daughter

I love these pics of me and Scotty!
My new favorite picture.
Greg and Addie ride the train. Look at that excited wave!
She blew kisses as they went past- what a girl!

Descanso- still more

Addie took this picture of Greg and I.

We were really enjoying watching her try to take the picture, so Greg snuck out his phone and snapped a shot of Addie the photographer.

Several people walked by and got quite a kick out of the cute little girl photographer. One set of ladies even passed us hours later and said "Oh look, the photographer!"

Here she is with the "wowo plant." This plant had very soft leaves, that she said felt just like her wowo (which is the Spangler word for our kids' lovies).
Though we were a little late in the season, there were still some lilacs in bloom. Thank goodness! This is the highlight of my trip to Descanso.

Descanso... the last few

Dipping Addie down to smell a lilac.
Addie was asked to give me a LITTLE kiss and I got this instead. Can you tell I'm not sure what to do here?
End of the day and Scott fell asleep in my arms. Carrying this little load out to the car and the aching arms was well worth the sweetness.
Back at home- Scott using Greg as something to grab onto and stand up. He was slapping Greg happily and drooling all over him!

I Gave Addie a Haircut

Addie has had one haircut in her whole life- until this morning. I was feeling very brave... and away we went!
snip, snip, snip
And the finished product! It came out pretty good!
We think she looks shockingly older now. And we don't love it. We both had to catch our breath a little bit.