Cabin Weekend - Fourth of July

What a fun weekend we had at the cabin! Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa! Audrey loved the water and Isaac still can't stop talking about "grandpa's boat" and all of the pontoons (not to mention the bald eagle we saw...boy, was he excited to tell his teachers at school on Wednesday!).

 Stacy and Audrey on the dock

 Isaac and Grandpa "skipping" rocks

 "Eagle! Eagle!"

 Just me and dad

 On a mission!

 Here, fishie fishie

 Ugghhh...yuck!

Best part of the whole weekend, if you ask me!

Turning Two!

Thank you to everyone who came out and helped us celebrate Audrey and Isaac's second birthday. Here is a recap of the kids' fun:

 Yay, bubbles!

Finding Nemo theme

Audrey's cute polka-dot birthday outfit (thanks, Aunt Stacy!)

 Boys will be boys!

Mmmm...cupcake....

Bird Nerd

Most people know my love of birds (especially owls), but what they don't know is that at Fraser--Audrey and Isaac's day care--the assistant teacher in the Cat Room loves birds, too. So much so, that in fact she has taught Isaac to correctly identify and say all of these birds:
Mama cardinal
Daddy cardinal (different plumage than females)
Crow
Robin
Duck
Loon
Chickadee
Owl
Bald Eagle

Is that cool, or what?

Baptism

 Audrey at W.A. Frost after the baptism

 Landon and Graham!

 Isaac hanging out with his cousin

 Audrey and Mom 

 Audrey and Landon having fun emptying the bags/purses

Baby Indira who was baptized!

Shame on Me

I think this picture speaks for itself. I wish I could say that this fall was all Audrey, but my negligence had a lot to do with it. Poor girl...this trip to the E.R. topped off her horrible week. At least the Easter bunny came!

Bye Bye...Bou?

You know you have a "problem" when the name of your favorite fast food chain enters your 21-month olds' vocabulary. Ryan and I rarely eat fast food, but I am addicted to Caribou Coffee and will (probably too often) swing through the Caribou drive-thru, kids in tow, on the way to day care. So it shouldn't surprise me that today when I rolled down the window and was handed my coffee, the kids started chanting, "Bye bye Bou! Bye bye Bou!" It's funny when Isaac says it, but when Audrey joins him and they decide to shout it at the top of their lungs together, it's quite the spectacle. Perhaps they're trying to tell me that I need to kick the habit...:)

Now that they've started two and three word phrases, it's fun to see what combinations come out. Isaac has graduated from simply "Uh oh _____" and "____ please" to some more sophisticated combinations, but his sentence structure usually remains the same:
Uh oh ____ (i.e. "Uh oh basketball")
Hi ____ ("Hi Audee" - Audrey)
Out ____ (usually "Out Siddee!" - we obviously use that phrase around our house a lot)
Bye bye ____ (this one could be anything...the list goes on and on)
All gone _____ (usually "All gone yogurt" or his favorite foods when he has cleaned his plate)
Car wee/go _____ (I think he tries to tell us what is riding in a car: i.e. "Car wee baby" - a baby is riding in the car?)

...and let's not forget the possessives: "Dada's shoes," "Audrey's water," "Sydney's bowl," etc.etc. My favorite? When he points to my eyes and says, "Mama's blue eyes!" Granted, he thinks everyone has blue eyes and cannot quite grasp that Ryan's eyes are brown, but I think it's cute nonetheless!

Audrey has been adorable lately because she'll talk to us as though we're having a full conversation and she'll nod her head a lot and use hand gestures, but Ryan and I have no clue what she's saying! Then she'll wait for a response--and I'll have to scramble to say something more creative than, "Oh! Really?" or "That's right, Audrey." Isaac used to talk to himself a lot but rarely engaged us in these kinds of conversations, so it's fun that Audrey does this! It's also cute how much she follows and mimics Isaac. If he starts telling something "bye bye" or goodnight, Audrey will echoe him. That's one of the sweetest things about twins, I think!

Rub-a-Dub-Dub

Fun in the tub!

 Splish splosh splash!

Pucker up!