Mini-van Drama

In May we bought a wonderful 2008 Toyota Sienna mini-van. It was awesome! It had 8 leather seats with the front seats having 'bun warmers'. It is/was the perfect mom-mobile. Here are some pictures of it right after we got it.

While driving home, I was rear-ended. We were in the middle of traffic so speeds were not high, but I was hit at just the right spot so that the rear axel was damaged. Our insurance has 'totalled' the mini-van and now our insurance is working with the other insurance to figure out a settlement so we can get another mini-van. Yes, for anyone asking, I want another one just like this one. I don't know if I will be able to get the same color but I am looking! Here are some pictures of my wonderful car after the accident. So sad!

Hanging out with our new friend!

In August our friend Melissa and her new little man, Buddy, came to visit us. The twins weren't really sure what to make of him but Kiera's mothering nature kicked in whenever Buddy cried or his pacifier fell out.

Finally got that pacifier in.

Here are pictures to prove that Dylan and Kiera can play very well together.

A Boy and his Sippy Cup

Dylan has designed a new way to drink. Whether it is milk, juice or plain water he likes to hide it behind his much loved 'Banket'.

A New Toy

After spending MANY hours on Craig's List, we found a playset for the kids. Todd and my step-dad spent one very hot afternoon in July taking it apart in Ft. Worth then another morning put it all back together in our yard. The kids loved it, as you can see from the pictures. Dylan is into fixing things and was very excited to "help" put the playset together with his very own screwdriver. We have several pictures of Dylan right in the middle and climbing on Daddy and Pop-Pop to "help".

The whole gang helping. If you can't tell Dylan is helping with a big hammer!

Our 'new' playset!

Fashion Police - HELP!

Kiera is really into dressing herself right now. If she finds a pair of pants/shorts she will pull them on and she loves wearing hats. All day long she is putting socks on and off and shoes on and off. One interesting thing is that 90% of the time when she puts shoes on, she puts them on the correct foot! Don't know how she does it but Todd and I have both noticed this.

So in case you missed any of it, Kiera is wearing:

1. yellow construction hat
2. purple PJ shirt
3. rainbow suspenders
4. Dylan's black with white and green striped athletic shorts
5. LEFT dress shoe on the LEFT foot
6. plyers in top picture
7. pig snout pacifier in left hand (bottom picture)

Splish splash, we were takin' a bath!

"Silly Daddy, I'm not Bozo the clown!"


"Our daddy is SO silly"

Bubbles!

Chillin' out by the pool

We were finally able to use our kiddie swimming pool for swimming and not dancing (see previoius blog post Firsts). This is early evening time just after dinner so this is actually half pool time-half bath time.

What a ham!

They LOVE rubber duckies!


Dylan wants to have just as much water outside the pool as inside.

Relaxing after fun time in the pool.

Blog Updates

We have been complete blog slackers! Here are several posts with hopefully more to follow.

Super Heroes

We couldn't let Dylan be the only super hero in the house. After several of months looking we finally found a super hero outfit worthy enough for our little girl. Here are some pics of them waiting to save the world and of their flying lessons.

Looking out for evil

Ready to save the world!

Flying lessons