Saturday Mornings at the Park

Silly Jelly Belly Girls

It's fun to compare our kids at the same age. There are so many differences and lots of similarities. Most of all, lots of laughs and snuggles all the way around. :-)

Ellie - 3 months

Jackie - 3 months

Are we Jets fans?

Eleanor: "Do we have a choice?"
Colin: "No."
Jackie: "Might as well embrace the fun clothes, especially this hat."

God love football season.

Sweet Sisters

OverZealous???

Random shot I threw in here. I like it of the girls and I. I did a good job of hiding my arm in this self taken photo. :-)

Ellie and I, resting at Lafortune after a 5K.

If you don't know already, I looooove to take long walks. It is the best opportunity to talk about anything under the sun. I had the bright idea a few weekends ago to walk Lafortune as a family of 4. Colin looked at me like I was a loon when I brought up the idea. What's the big deal? It's only 3 miles!! He gave in reluctantly and I'm just thinking to myself that I will have to be the physically active leader in the family and I can't wait for Colin to be excited about it. We packed up and headed to 51st and Yale.

Ellie was in the stoller from the travel system and Jackie in the umbrella stroller. All is good. They were both happy, smiling children during mile 1. Colin was pushing the umbrella stroller and complaining away about pushing it through the gravel. I traded places with him feeling very good about my decision to take the harder of 2 jobs, but in my head thinking he was just a complainer. Well, it was actually a pain the rear to push that thing through the gravel trail. Did I mention, we weren't even past mile 1? Well, pretty soon Jackie was tired of the stoller. Colin put her on his shoulders. As most 2 year olds do, she grew tired of most scenarios pretty quickly. She walked, was carried, was forced to ride in the stroller and carried again for a 5K. The whole way we are promising her that the play ground was just around the corner....

We finally made it and I'm glad we went, but maybe next time we'll do a shorter walk and reach the playground a bit sooner. You just have to know your limits with kids and we are constantly testing them. It keeps life interesting, that is for sure!

Saturday Morning Ease

Jackie's petals - this reminds me of Zuzu's petals from "It's a Wonderful Life."

I love it that when I see my Dad's hands now, they remind me of my Grandfather's hands.

Ellie on her Belly

This gal is such a delight!! She's rolling from her tummy to her back, lifting and controlling her head and smiles so much. She just makes others happy. What a gift our little Eleanor is!!