Fun in Port A

We went to the beach for the weekend with my office. 

My sister and fam. and brother Dan tagged along. 

Merry loved the seagulls- she chased them around flapping her arms- she also loved to feed them.

Men and babes

We stayed in a little round house on stilts- the kids thought it was great fun

Holy Mackrel

Brian, Dan and Mando went fishing- they caught lots and lots of fish- here the kids are showing off the Mangrove Snapper

 

more of Grace at 4 months

Gracie weighed in at 12lbs 12oz at her 4 month checkup-

 she was only 24 inches (short but sweet)

For some reason I couldn't load any more pictures so these will have to do

More Merry trauma- Merry has a mystery allergy to some food - it might be raspberries, it might be something else- we have to take her to an allergist- fun fun

She also decided to take a remote control car and drive it in her hair.  Then she put a huge chunk of hair out before I could get her to let me work it out.

Jacob told me if I just eat toast I will shrink up so I am little tiny-  maybe I should try his theory.  

Hut, hut

Little Gracie is 4 months old and ready for her first football season.  What teams is she supporting- why my fantasy football teams and the Millard Eagles (she is sporting her dad's old football jersey).

Her favorite past times include eating, sleeping and blowing raspberries.

More pictures to come

1st day of school

Okay so just 1st day of preschool.  Jacob was ready to go and did not want to stop to get his picture taken.  Merry was a little sad because she thought she was going to be with Jacob at school.  I started feeling a little guilty for putting her in preschool at 2 - then I got home and the house was quiet and I stopped feeling guilty.  They both had a great 1st day and still want to go back-  I am taking that as a good sign.  

Oh and Brian picked out our new wreath for our door- I thing he did a good job.

one big party

The youngest four in my family had a party this weekend at my house-
this is a picture of all the kids present.
Jacob at 4 1/2 is the oldest of the 9 and Elias at 10 wks (the cute chubby baby in the middle) is the youngest.
My toy room looked like it exploded but every one had a fabulous time

Grace has had a little red mark on the side of her nose since she was born- Jacob just finally noticed it while we were taking these pictures. It only took him 3 1/2 months- what a great observer. He ofcourse had to show it to Merry who was not very impressed.

A post dedicated to Jacob

Jacob playing in the rain

This is to balance all the posts about Merry and Grace -  

favorite color:  all the colors

favorite book:  any I spy book

favorite toy:  puzzles

favorite animal: chickens, dogs and cats

favorite foods: oranges, chocolate milk and water

favorite place: the park or swimming pool

he added his own favorite- his favorite umbrella is his spider man one - not the stripy one

he hopes to one day be a pirate or robot or daddy

he also wants pajamas with clouds on them

he is such a fun boy 

so what has merry been up too?

I realize that tons of my posts have been about Merry being naughty- but she is 2 what can I say

So I go up stairs and this is what I find

Merry cooking naked covered in pen- I did dress her sometime that day

A view from behind- that can not be comfortable- I think those panties are backwards

Being naughty is a hard job- sure wears a person out

Jacob and I have almost conquered Sponge Bob- we have 92 out of 100 golden spatulas

Every time I play he gets so excited- he runs up to me and says "you know what I am going to give you mom" then he hugs and kisses me.  Totally makes playing sponge bob worth it.

And a pic of little Gracie- Merry and Jacob usually argue over what blanket she should use-  Jacob always picks his old blue ones and Merry the pink.  I am just glad they like to share with her.