School Picture #2

This is Lily's newest school picture. Getting copies made and sent out is on my list of things to do. Until then, here's the preview....

My little ballplayer...

We signed Lily up for T-ball this year so she can experience a new sport. While she doesn't seem particularly adept at baseball, she is having fun. Her first game was today. I think she looks adorable in her uniform!
Here she is attempting to hit the ball. We still need to work on getting her to swing hard!!
And finally, she was hold her helmet, waiting to run home...

Momma Goes Running

I ran my second half marathon this weekend and had a blast! I placed 3rd in my age group and 32 overall in the womens division. Woo-hoo! I gotta say, I ♥ running...

Look What Daddy Brought Home...

Don't they look happy? How can you NOT love it when their eyes light up? While I wasn't super excited that Dylan brought this home, it was free, and the kids love it. Period.

Family Fun!

We truly enjoy playing as a family. Here are a few pictures of us trying out Lily's new Play-doh kitchen. While I'm not usually hip on alot of gadgets and silly toys with lots of parts, this is actually pretty fun....

Smash!

Riley got to experience his very first visit to Urgent Care on Thursday. I took this picture several hours after his hand got slammed in the door by Lily. All in all he's handling it well. Getting x-rays was a nightmare as you can imagine with a 17 month old. Hopefully we won't have to make any more trips to Urgent Care for a long time!

The newest...

It was haircut time in our house (for the kids anyway)....Lily loves her new 'do! We hadn't cut it since Nov '08 and it was definitely time. It makes life so much simpler when getting ready for school...I don't have to hear "Ow, Ow, OWWWW" over and over again. Momma is happy, Lily is happy...
Riley actually did well with his haircut too (much to my surprise). It was just getting so shaggy, but not anymore. He's losing the "baby" and becoming more "toddler" every day. He's getting such a personality. What a crack up.

Lily is loving school...shocker! Riley is talking more and more every day. His favorite phrase is "whass 'at?" {to the un-mommy peeps, "what's that?" is what he's asking}. He's very curious, like Lily. He's doing great learning to follow directions...something that Lily seems to be forgetting how to do now. Haha! They are both learning and growing so fast these days. Lily is reading, and she's getting better and better every day. We've entered the stage where she reads to me at bedtime first, then I read to her. It's fantastic, I love it.
Oh, and Riley FINALLY started walking unassisted! Yay. Now he's a regular walkin' machine. He's also really interested in animals and loves to woof-woof at dogs (and the occasional cat). I also started introducing the potty to get him used to the concept. Now he pulls at his diaper and wants to sit on the potty after he does his dirty work...we're trying to get it before, but it hasn't quite clicked. No big rush though (he's only 16 months!).
So that's the newest....till next time.