The power of 1 yogurt covered pretzel ...

when placed in the right hands... Good thing he's washable!

Happy Birthday Aunt Robin!!

Today is Shawn's Aunt Robin's Birthday! (BTW- Shawn used to call her Aunt Boobie, which I think is just hilarious) She sent us this adorable cow, along with a bunch of other great baby stuff, when Logan was born. It seemed appropriate to have Caden rockin' out for Robin's bday.

Happy Birthday Aunt Robin! We hope to see you again soon XXOO

Backyard Play

Yesterday, while playing around in the backyard, we set up the beach ball sprinkler and splashed around, fully clothed. Caden and Logan both go through 2-3 sets of clothes a day, so it doesn't make a big difference.

Logan stretched out to dry off and Caden wanted to be just like him. So Cute!!!

Father's Day Festivities

We started our Father's day celebrations Saturday night with Grandpa, Grandma and Aunt Kelly (it was Kelly's bday too!) I surprised the dads with some steamed lobster tails. 8 minutes over boiling beer...delicious!On Sunday morning, Shawn work up to homemade raspberry turnovers using raspberry jam made from scratch, oh yeah...Then it was off to the zoo to check out the new Elephant Exhibit.

The Giant Sloth roamed this area 10,000 years ago. Logan really liked this guy. Thank goodness the Sabre Toothed Tiger is extinct!

A Father's Day Footsie Wootsie!

Check out the baby koala...so cute!

And the baby anteater riding on mamas back...adorable! We finished the day celebrating with Papa and the rest of the VP crew. Happy Father's Day!!

Lego Playdate

Last week Logan had six of his school buddies over for some Lego fun. Their energy level was off the charts and their fun quota was fulfilled. These boys know how to play!

Feeding Myself!

Lately, Caden insists on feeding himself with a spoon. Check out the results...

Brotherly Love

Logan told me the other night that he wanted to sleep in Caden's room because that's what brothers do.

I think this summer time is bringing us some wonderful bonding time. Last summer, Caden only ate and slept, but now he's a walking, talking little boy.

They know how to make mama's heart happy!

Improptu Beach Trip

Today we started off to the Del Mar Fair...two and a half hours later, when the fairgrounds were still out of sight, we decided to ditch those plans and hit the beach. Of course, we weren't dressed for the beach but that didn't stop us from enjoying ourselves.

Caden kept Grandma busy!

Wet and Wild

Today we hit Pioneer Park with Ally, Zoe, Diego, Mitch and Vinny!

I like this!

FREEZE!

Squirt Gun Madness

Kelly defending herself Caden wanted in on the act too! Another fun day with our best buddies!!! To think they've known each other since they were just a few days old.

Caught in the Act

So yesterday morning was a bit of a challenge...Caden had a diaper blowout that I didn't notice right away...I'll spare you the stinky messy details but the end results involved a change of clothes for me, a bath for Caden and the Bissell carpet cleaner. Anyway, I needed to keep Caden out of the danger zone for a while to clean up the mess, so I plopped him on the other side of the baby barrier and kept one eye on him while I cleaned up. I noticed he was quiet for a little too long only to discover he had made it into the diaper bag and retrieved crackers, totally closed up in a baggie. So he opened the bag and pulled out the crackers, munching away, proud as can be. This boy will never starve!