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Squeak!

Rocky

What better way to start a new month than with a black eye?

Month Day

I have to admit, I did not want to do this month's month-day pictures.  Jess and Bran turned two last month ... so do I still do monthly pictures?  Or are we now at the half-year stage?  Like the next time is two and half?  Ack!  And then that makes this Fletch's last month-day session?  Because next month he is two, too?  Double Ack!

So we were late. 

It appears I was not the only one who didn't want to do them.

Jess was a perfect picture of uncooperative.

Which is not her usual.

The boys have dibs on that.

And while Jess decided that she didn't really want to sit with Brandon ...

Brandon and Fletch decided it would be a great time.  

I love how they are looking at each other in this shot!

Picnic

We have been trying to take advantage of the little bits and pieces of Spring that have been popping up around us, and we had our first outside picnic lunch of the season!

Rainy Days and Mondays

In an effort to let neither get us down, we did some painting ...

Her cheese makes me smile!

My attempt at a bunch of twists.

Wrightsville Beach

 

We had a great time with Carolyn and her crew …



Oh, the chaos.



Oh, the absolute chaos that erupted like tiny volcanoes throughout each and every day when you take my three kids and put them in a house with my cousins three kids.

We did watercolors and dancing,

 



 
play-dough and board games,








finger painting and snacks,


family meals and sand play,

children's museum and story time.







What a great time with a great set of memories.

 

My kids went all WW.F (did I just date myself?  Should I have said MM.A?!) on each other every day to see who would get to sit in the swing.  Check out who won almost every match ...







Jess loved the baby and would hand her stuff and do her little Mama routine that she does with the boys.  Brandon spent all of his time taking whatever the baby was crawling toward, before she could get to it.  Typical Brandon, only he didn't have to fight for whatever he wanted to take, like he does with his siblings.  He would just take it (rattle, car, flower thing, music stuff, whatever) and then say No-No Baby.  Fletcher loved the baby for the first two days - he would follow her around and kiss her and hug her and tell her HELLO BABY! and hand her toys.  Then he grew bored and spent the next two days telling her NO BABY!  about EVERYTHING.

They had a train table set up … big hit!

I'll give you three guesses as to which one of my children ran full speed into the ocean in his snowsuit.



And while it was a great time, I was so happy to get home, unpack, put kids to bed, and pick up Mike from the airport.

Man, that was a long three weeks.

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Monthly Special

Fletch and I went to get his hair cut yesterday while Grammy stayed home with Jessica and Brandon.  They were having a special for the month of February - free color streak!  So streak we did ...

Brandon was quite intrigued with those blue tips ...

Then a box arrived from Aunt Annette with lots of fun clothes from Livie and Dom.  Of course, Jess had to try as much on right away as she could.  We're so blessed to receive these kinds of boxes from our family and friends, and doubly so since the kids have so much fun opening them and checking everything out!

I went into the kitchen later and found this ...

Both Angus and Lacey were very confused by this turn of events ...

Brandon and Jess' outing is to the doctor for their two year appointment.  Somehow, I don't think it is going to go over as well as the free color streak. And I don't think I'll take pictures.