The Soundtrack of Summer '09

While this age offers its challenges (tantrums and independent attitudes), it is more than anything, a lot of fun and very high on the entertainment value. Lately, M&E's language is really starting to develop and I'm amazed every time they voice a new observation. Madeline definitely has the more advanced vocabulary of the two, but Eli seems to be learning from her too. Here are a few samplings of my daily soundtrack...

"Wuvy, no!" : Eli has been referring to Madeline as "Wuvy" (like lovey, as in lovey dovey) for a couple of months now - no clue where he came up with that, but she answers to it.

"E-I!" : Madeline calls Eli "E-I" (like e-i, e-i, o) and she usually says it very, very loud.

"Jump Big Pool!", "Mommy, I wanna go pool.", "Mommy, pool!!" : Can you tell where we've been spending a lot of our time?

"Outside!", "Eat Outside!" : Can you tell where we've enjoyed many meals?

"On my knees.", "Eat outside pool on my knees." : M&E have discovered that it's often easier to reach their food whilst dining al fresco in aforementioned position.

"Bobbles" : goggles

"Butt" : bike

"Neigh" : horse

"Dadoo" : tractor

"Tup" : truck

"Peak, Dog!" : speak, dog!

"Slops" : socks

"Mommy night night" : I want to get up on Mommy's bed, throw all the pillows off, make a mess of the bedding and jump around.

"Ice" : ice, ice cream, icing - a multipurpose word dependant on context

I would have to say that M&E's current range of vocab may be nothing to write home about now (although blog-worthy in my book). However, considering how it's grown in just the past couple of months, I'm excited to see how quickly it explodes once they start MDO this fall.

"I Two"

Madeline and Eli are two. My goodness, time flies when you're having fun! We woke them up Thursday morning with a Happy Birthday serenade, which was followed by gifts...

What two-year-old doesn't need his own set of power tools?

After gifts, I loaded M&E up and took them to Panera for a big cinnamon roll for breakfast and a ride on the escalators afterwards. Then, we spent the morning at the pool because that's what Madeline said she wanted to do and she was the birthday girl after all.

On Saturday, Brandon and I had a wedding to go to in Atlanta, so on Sunday we had a little birthday party for M&E with some family members in Newnan that day.

We scraped the icing off of M&E's cupcakes so they wouldn't stain their cute new clothes from Mama Kaye. This was not okay with Madeline however, who demanded "ice," so when we got home that night, I stripped Little Miss down and let her go to town.

Thanks to Mama Kaye and Grandma and Grandpa for the birthday party and to all the grandparents, aunts and uncles for the gifts. We're looking forward to another fun-filled year with our two two-year-olds!

4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July this year. Unfortunately, we had to steer clear of the pool this year due to a bout of swimmer's ear Eli was fighting. Yep, we've been at the pool A LOT this summer, so much so that we literally got sick of it. But, really, what's better than spending all day every day at the pool in the summer? It sure makes for some good long naptimes!

This year, we actually stayed up to watch the Vulcan fireworks. They start at 9:00, so that was pretty impressive, and the kiddos did great. Eli started out saying "Uh oh, Mommy" every time one went off and then he changed to "Wow" for each one. Both M&E ended up in my arms for the show, so I got a little added work out in.






Brandon and I reminisced about how we watched the same fireworks show two years ago while sitting outside the Labor and Delivery wing of Brookwood Hospital eating popsicles with my big belly stuffed in a wheelchair praying for labor. My, two years sure did fly by!

I Scream, You Scream

We all scream for ice cream!