eureka!

well i understand the worm party phenomenon now...

we watched an episode of backyardigans last night where the backyardigans are a cowboy polka band who are heading to cheyenne to play some rockin' polka at sherman the worman's brother herman's surprise party. yes a surprise party for a worm, thrown by other worms. it all makes sense now.

and of course...

we can't let quentin's patriotism go unrecognized.

red, white, and vroooom!

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pickle's pretty sundress sunday!

so patriotic! bought this for july 4th but realized it could pull double-duty for memorial day too. but of course, she wanted to play with (and eat) the grass rather than have her picture taken. -

pickle's room: a vision

caroline's big girl room is starting to take shape in my head. it will be a garden-y room, with hedgehogs, ladybugs, clovers, and daisies. most of these things are just inspiration. but i did buy a bunch of the yellow fabric (1st image) to make curtains and possibly a bedspread because it's rare fabric and it is just what i was looking for. also bought the hedgehog beanbag chair. so our house needs to sell soon so we can move to philly and i can get to work on putting it together for realsies.

watch mommy!

quentin's newest thing is, "watch mommy!" because he knows it will get my attention. at least for now. because i'm not sure how many staged monster truck races i can watch before i am numb :)

worm party. surprise!

quentin has been absolutely obsessed with parties for a while now. he must have seen a show about a birthday party or read about one in a book. the first time i saw him do it a few weeks ago was with his monster trucks. he picked up each truck and said, "gravedigger going to the party," "monster mutt going to the party," etc. once the group had assembled, he starting mumbling about cupcakes and presents. and then he brought over another truck and exclaimed, "surprise!" - then he started doing it every time we have pasta for dinner (which is a lot, since it is one of the few non-dessert and non-french fry meals he will actually eat.) the noodles are worms and they are throwing a a worm surprise party. it is just too damn cute. it is so fun to see his imagination developing.

tubby time

now that caroline is getting bigger, she's more stable in the tub. so we've started bathing both kids at once. both seem to enjoy it and are willing to stay in the tub longer because they think it is play time.

monkey see, monkey do. quentin was sucking bath water off his wash cloth (gross i know, we pick our battles), so pickle wanted to do it too.

touch-a-truck, take two

we went to another touch-a-truck yesterday afternoon. quentin was not as excited but i think that was because this one didn't start until 1 p.m. and that is his usual nap time. it also didn't help that this one was a little more crowded so he had to wait his turn for things. but despite being a little crabby, he still loved the trucks. i think he may start to think that he can play on trucks all the time. -

and caroline reminds you to hydrate.

11 months old!

wow! baby girl is 11 months old! doesn't seem like it is possible. she seems like more of a baby than quentin did at this point, but i think that may just be a matter of perspective. caroline is cutting at least 5 new teeth right now (she won't really let us look in her mouth - we only get glimpses when she yawns or screams.) she's pulling herself up on everything and started cruising a little bit last week. she's pretty verbal, much more than we ever remember Q being. she definitely knows "mama" and "dada" and i'm pretty sure she says "there" when she is trying to hand something to you. and this girl can eat. we are pretty sure she is the reincarnation of our beagle abby who had a very loose definition of what constitutes food and once ate almost an entire bag of kibble because she could. can't believe she's almost a whole year old!

pickle's pretty sundress sunday!

it is impossible to get caroline to sit for a picture these days. she is much too enamored with the ability to stand and much more interested in everything going on around her. it doesn't matter so much this week, since i took the photos at night after several meals have left her filthy!

cuteness overload

babies and puppies. puppies and babies. - last night we went to visit a litter of ten 5-week-old irish setter puppies at my aunt's house. quentin is a big puppy fan. except that he wants to put them in a bucket. (because a few weeks ago we helped transfer the litter from one room to another, when they were much, much smaller, in a plastic bin.)

i think the kids enjoyed the dog biscuits more than the puppies did!