"The Escape from Kitchen-traz!"

Starring Cole Riordan as the Escapee

I thought I was losing my mind.  How on earth is Cole in the dining room AGAIN?  Did I forget to close a baby gate?  After numerous repeat performances, we finally learned his secret...  

Baby gates?  We LAUGH at baby gates!!!   

"CAR!!  WOAH!!  WOW!!  CAR!!"

Happy Birthday Uncle Joey!!  We love you!!

In honor of your birthday, we decided to "TP" mommy's kitchen and bathroom.  It looked great!  Just like streamers!!

Pirates at Play

I finished the pirate chest for the boys new swing set and we decided that was reason enough to try out our new hats and march around like pirates.  We were singing the theme song from Pirates of the Caribbean and laughing.  I didn't include the video of my singing...I figured I save you all that torture.  :)  Enjoy!

The Happy Painter

The rain finally broke this afternoon, so we brought out the easels to paint with their new brushes. Cole tired of it after about 15 minutes (he was busy practicing his slide technique), but Tommy stayed by his easel until dinner. He even took over and finished painting Cole's picture. :)

The photo above is of Tommy standing proudly by his artwork...and below is some video of my artists at work!

Forks are fun!

Hard to believe the boys are 19 months old! I made the boys dinner last night and was looking around for their spoons when I came across little forks that the boys had gotten as a gift for their 1st birthday. Forks? I had totally forgotten about them! Is it too early for forks?

I took them out and gave the boys a demonstration. They picked them up...speared a meatball...and that was that. They've been eating with their forks ever since. What else do these guys know that they aren't sharing??? ;)