Family Feud

Osten and Marci spent the afternoon with their cousins a couple of weeks ago. Boys will be boys, and well, Marci appears to be developing an appreciation of some quality girl time!

While Marci hung out inside with Mommy and Aunt Chandra, the boys had quite the battle on the back deck.

And the biggest boy won.

Ah, the agony of defeat. Better luck next time, Batman!

Look Who's Cookin'

Marci finally got her turn in the kitchen.

We made a batch of good ole-fashioned chocolate-chip cookies.

Look at all of those curls! Our baby is getting so big. I can't believe it!

Little Sister Antics

This picture makes me laugh every time I look at it!

Ahoy, Mateys!

There has been quite a bit of pirate activity around our house lately . . .

I love the hand on the hip! And the Batman cape and purse just make the outfits, don't you think??!!

Lamby & Parker

The kids and I went to the Teddy Bear Clinic at a local hospital last weekend with Lamby and Parker in tow, of course! Since they usually have to wait in the car, it was a special outing for them.

Osten and Marci checked them in and described their symptoms, which consisted of a "hurt head" for Lamby and a "tummy ache" for Parker.

There were TONS of stations set up with lots of fun stuff for the kids. One of our first stops was to get Lamby and Parker weighed and measured. They also had their temperatures taken and got their immunizations.

Not surprisingly, Parker has a very low BP! She and Lamby also got head bandages (with holes cut out for their ears!) and IVs. I think the kids especially enjoyed not being the patient for a change. They also had a great time in the moonbounce that was set up outside and loved seeing the hospital helicopter flying overhead. After we left the hospital, we picked up Chick-fil-A and had lunch with one hard-working Daddy who spent the better part of his Saturday at the office finishing a big project.

Oral Exam

Osten went for his first trip to the dentist today! They had all of these cool skulls in the waiting room along with a stack of kids' magazines and books. Osten was immediately impressed!

Mommy's friend, Miss Kay, gave us a tour of the Elvis bathroom before taking us back to her room. We chatted for a while, and Osten got to ride up and down in the big chair before getting down to business.

Miss Kay showed Osten all of her tools and squirted lots of water in his mouth which he thoroughly enjoyed. He just giggled and said, "Delicious!" and kept asking for more. She also introduced him to Mr. Thirsty (the water-sucker-outer thing) and Mr. Tickle (the electric toothbrush). He chose chocolate toothpaste (of course!) and sat still while she cleaned his front teeth. He wasn't such a fan of Mr. Tickle, so Miss Kay let him off the hook and took him to the treasure chest where he got to pick two prizes! He also got a Buzz Lightyear toothbrush that he thought was pretty neat. For a first visit, she said that he did great and is hopeful to be able to do a full cleaning next time! (Daddy and I decided that a first visit to the dentist was a good reason to let Lamby tag along . . . just in case!)

Dr. Folan took a look in Osten's mouth and said that his teeth look great! By the way, Miss Kay counted his teeth for him ~ he has 20!

Making a Splash

Look who finally got her turn in the pool yesterday! She was so excited and has been asking me for a week if it was time for her to swim yet. She no sooner got situated in her suit, and she was strutting around the pool deck like she owned the place!

She was sure to spread the word to Osten's teacher and one of his classmates that she was going to be swimming today, too.

Her lesson started 15 minutes after Osten's, and that quarter-hour was like an eternity!

A few last-minute carbs!