Tough Guy

Chris has been promising Danny Super Soakers since we came home from the shore. Our friends brought some down, and they had a great time spraying each other. So today was the day, I think Chris enjoyed it just as much as Danny.

Don't feel too bad for Danny, he has pretty good aim. They were both soaked.

Tea Party

Danny gave Mia a Disney Princess Tea Party set for her birthday. She loves it, but Danny is really into it. While Mia was napping today he asked if we could set it up. That way when Mia woke up, we'd be ready to have a tea party. Danny is in charge, he pours the tea, milk and sugar and makes sure that everyone is in the proper seat. It is such a change from crashing monster trucks into the wall.

Outer Banks

We just got back from the Outer Banks. Here are some pictures of our trip.

Mia loved the beach! We couldn't keep either of them out of the waves.

We stayed in a house with some friends and had another group a few miles away. These are all of the kids building a engineer designed sand castle. This kept the kids and Adam pretty busy for a while.
The pool was great. Mia refused to take the hat and tinkerbelle glasses off.
Look at the cute little pony tails! I can finally do her hair. Still won't take the glasses off.

Mia blowing out our birthday cake candles.

Grandma reading an airplane book to Danny.

Mia wearing Teresas glasses

We had a great trip. Can't wait to do it again next summer! We did miss a major storm while we were gone. When we returned to Ohio, a good number of trees had fallen in our development. There are a ton of houses with roof damage and a handful of cars that were destroyed. This is the craziest weather!

Grave Digger!!!!!

Grave Digger is Danny's favorite monster truck. Chris took him to a monster truck show a few years ago and he has been hooked ever since. Grave Diggers home base is in the outer banks, so we stopped to have our picture taken. We didn't tell Danny prior to arriving, because we were not sure exactly where it was and what the hours were. He was so happy that he sprinted over to the display trucks.

Vacation

We are officially on vacation. We drove to NJ to stay with my sister for a few days and visit my parents. Here are pictures of Mia and Erin. We had matching outfits on them! We spent all of Tuesday in the pool. Mia and Erin even have matching bathinsuits under the vests. Danny is doing so well with his swimming. He is so comfortable in water. Mia loves water, but I think her vest is a bit too big right now.

Guess who was in Philly while we were in NJ- the Red Sox! My sister was very kind to watch the kids while we went 2 days in a row. We have now been to 5 Red Sox games in 6 days. I am officially tired of baseball- at least for the next few weeks.

Fathers Day Weekend

This Fathers Day Weekend the Red Sox happened to be in town. Chris went to the Friday night game with some friends. Saturday and Sunday, we took the kids. On Saturday, a very nice security guard gave Danny a ball that was hit during batting practice. He was thrilled and asked every few minutes if we still had the ball.

On Sunday, we got to the ballpark early enough to see batting practice. We got a table in the park restaurant. This was our view of the field. The kids did well both days. Chris had a great weekend and I am going to have a hrad time topping this next year!

Sprayground

It is starting to get very hot here. Today we met some friends at the sprayground. Danny is the little guy in the tan shorts to the right of the blue pole. He had a blast, Mia wouldn't go near the water. They have flowers that spray water, frogs that "spit" water and watering cans that dump. There are a few others around here with airplane (wright brothers) and construction themes. We'll have to go find them one day.