Watermelon in the backyard.  What's better?

John Paul ate like, 6 pieces.  Cecilia took half an hour to make it through one.

But she certainly ate it with gusto!

Happy Pentecost!

We celebrated with a church picnic (because we go to Holy Spirit, so it's their birthday!).  John Paul finally got the hang of the moon bounce, despite the serious face!

Cecilia spent most of the time crouching...

And then got scared and had to get off!

So we got a "snow cone" without any flavoring - big hit!

Andrew was there too...

John Paul showed his sharing skills - these kids are ALWAYS willing to share food.  Toys?  Not so much...

Just love that pensive face...

While grabbing a mouthful of ice!

And then it was time to stick her hands in a bucket full of ice water.

John Paul's favorite part?  The moon bounce and the band - he joined a group of teenagers for a while and danced circles around them, it was pretty hilarious.  And he was excited to eat a hot dog.  

Cecilia's favorite part?  The bucket full of ice water.  She played there for like, 10 minutes, and didn't want to leave!

Just say Yes!

To a baby who things lying on the steps and kicking the wall is the FUNNIEST thing!

To the toddler who asks Mom to set up the wading pool...  indoors!  

The kids had a BLAST - it was several hours of nonstop fun while I got to sit on the couch reading a book.

To the boy who begs for some time alone with the digital camera.

He also took about 20 videos of his feet, most of which were about 2 seconds long.  

Easy to please

You know your kids are easy to please when...

The big boy happily exclaims, "COLD VEGGIES!!!" and insists on holding the bag of frozen vegetables at the grocery store because he's SO excited to be buying them!

The big boy asks for "Cold veggies" (frozen mixed vegetables) as his first snack of the day, immediately following a large breakfast.

The baby insists on getting out of her high chair in order to share the "go wedgies" (cold veggies) with her brother.



Makes it easier to maintain their lunchtime diet of cold cuts, cheese, and crackers when they're willing to much on uncooked frozen veggies all day long!

Too cute!

Just had to take a picture of John Paul's Sunday outfit...

Don't the lopsided sunglasses just make the whole thing?  

For some reason he always insists on putting one side on top of one ear...

And later on we had some amazing sibling coloring time - they are just too cute!