Where does he get this stuff?!

Alright, so we have always known that Michael is ham, but as he gets older and his speech develops he is continually coming up with "catch phrases" that crack us up. Right now, the most popular are:

1. "It's dark and spooky!" usually referring to the bathroom or his bedroom without the light on.

2. "That so silly!" with his head tilted to the side and an eye roll.

3. "You okay, mommy?" I have been sick and coughing a lot and every time I cough he asks me this. I answer "yes, I'm okay" and the other day he responded with...

4. "I'm glad!" said matter of factly.

5. "Too par away" (yes par, not far) and "Me too big" usually in conjunction with each other.

6. "What dat noooise?" Very drawn out and asked repeatedly, over and over, and over, and over...

and finally, the new favorite

7. "Sorry bout dat!" which is actually really sweet and usually follows crashing into you or stepping on your foot.

In other news, Stephen has waged a war against Red Bird (the cardinal that sits on his rear view mirror and pecks at his reflection and simultaneously poops on his door.) He has borrowed a pellet gun and a bebe gun to attempt to either kill or convince the bird to move on. Here are some pictures of Michael helping daddy take target practice in the back yard. I particularly like the one with his eyes closed!

Apparently church is VERY tiring! Savannah barely made it into the house before she crashed on the floor.

Hopper Frog

After his nap today, Michael was outside digging in the dirt under the jungle gym when suddenly he came tearing into the house screaming! I quickly determined that he wasn't hurt and began the process of elimination to figure out what he was so worked up about-something bit him, a spider, Dixie did something, a bug..."no, no, no." Finally I got something about a hopper, which is usually a cricket or grasshopper. He took me to the climbing wall ladder and pointed to a little frog-hopper frog! Apparently it was taking a break in the cool shade and dirt when Michael disturbed his peace, tried to hop to his escape, and scared Michael. We sat for a while talking to Hopper Frog and Michael finally decided that Hopper needed our help to get back to a tree. Here are some videos of Michael talking about Hopper (it is kind of hard to hear sometimes because our AC is running in the background.)

More backyard fun!

Just some more fun pictures from the backyard.

These kids sure love to get dirty!

I bought this tu-tu for Savannah-who looks happier wearing it...?

These pictures are older, but still hought they were too cute to leave out. They are from July and August.

Typical Michael-all letter magnets must be aligned, in rows, sorted by color! Oh, watch out if you get them out of order!

Labor Day and Back to School

We spent the "last" day of Summer at the Splash Park in Collierville (us and half of Memphis!) The kids had a blast playing with all of the other children and jumping through the sprinklers-we definitely have two water babies. What a great way to cool off and spend the afternoon!

Both kids started Mother's Day Out on Tuesday and Michael got to take his new Cars backpack! With all of his stuff inside, he could barely stand up! Neither one napped very well at school (Michael didn't nap at all) so they both came home and crashed!

Once daddy got home, we all went out and played in the backyard. Here are some pictures from that afternoon:

What lazy babies

For all of their differences, Michael and Savannah can be surprisingly similar sometimes!

They both ate supper like this-foot propped up-for about 10 minutes and love lounging on the couch with a cup and blanket!

Summer Days

Our Summer days are winding down, and with only a week and a half left before Stephen goes back to school, we are trying to make the most of every day. Here are some pictures from the splash park and playground in Collierville and from our backyard.

We have also began the potty training adventure with Michael...It has gone well! He has been diaper free during the day for three days and has only had a few accidents. He is still in a pull-up at night and we haven't had success with #2 in the potty yet! We have a ways to go, but feel like he has done really well so far.

ABC's

Seriously, could this be any cuter?! I LOVE the ABC's...esp. the "l m n o p" part!

Fourth of July and the Red Truck

Our Fourth of July weekend began Thursday when we welcomed Daddy home at the airport! After six weeks, Stephen is home and has completed Officer Training School! We now have the rest of the Summer to relax and play. Friday morning was spent outside playing with our new toy-a red Power Wheels Jeep! It was handed down to us by our neighbor and we waited to try it until Stephen got home. Michael cruised all over the cul-de-sac and backyard! We also bought some sparklers and Michael got to hold his own this time!

That evening, we met our friends Brian, Cammie and their daughter Brinsley at the Germantown Family Fourth Celebration. We jumped in the bouncy thing, ate Popsicles, danced to the live band and watched fireworks. It was a late night, but everyone had a good time and the kiddos slept all the way home!

Nothing Sweeter!

Is there anything sweeter than hearing your children laugh?

My little monkey's

I pulled the guest room bed in from the garage to set up in Savannah's room, and they went crazy jumping on it while it was still on the floor. I love the part where they both lie down and actually look like they like eachother! This all takes place moments before Michael bangs against the wall, knocking everything off a shelf, sending it crashing onto the floor and scaring Savannah so badly that she falls backwards off the bed! Never a boring minute here...