These Two

 Love seeing them love each other

What we're up to today...trying out a new park. These swings were a hit!

Tissues, please!

Yeah, so a "snotty nose" takes on a whole new meaning when oxygen tubes are involved. Yuck.

And this mama has been known to suck out the nose cannula with my mouth. I know. I cannot even describe the revulsion. What we won't do for our kiddos, huh?! :)

Poor baby has been sick for a week now with this cold and the snot, it just keeps comin'! The positives are that she hasn't had a fever and doesn't seem to be getting an infection of any sort from it. But oh boy, has she struggled with her O2 levels!

So much for the "healing" that some random lady claimed for her a few weeks ago (more on that later). Yeah, I don't think so.

Ahoy, Doughnuts!

Alexis, Jack and Michaela

I'm so behind on updates and have to jump back in somehow, so here goes! It's September. We're enjoying cooler weather, fighting colds and enjoying outings with the cousins.

Last Thursday, our local Krispy Kreme celebrated National Pirates Day by giving out one dozen doughnuts to anyone brave enough to don pirate garb. Yes, you read that correctly. ONE. DOZEN. DOUGHNUTS. EACH. Needless to say, the wee pirates were made to hand over most of their bounty to the grown ups!

Jack was a little uncertain about the process and only participated under duress and after insisting on wearing his komodo-dragon-hunting boots and cowboy vest. Interesting pirate combo but who cares?!

We concluded the fun with a picnic at a local playground and then took our sugary, dusty little mateys off home for long naps.

And I hate to admit it, but by 9 am the next day, there wasn't a doughnut to be found at our house! Yum.

One Year Later!

Big Girl Seat

 

 

She's finally got a big girl car seat! Poor thing was far too tall for the infant carrier, but due to limited funds and her weight etc., we hadn't found her a decent option until last week. But hubby found a great deal on Craigslist and voila! She loves it and I suspect would love it even more if we had her facing forward. Another 6 months, baby girl!

YUM!

It's National Doughnut Day, and one of our nearby doughnut chains was giving out free doughnuts! We've never participated before, but the kids were so excited to stop by and pick out a treat after lunch today. Thanks Krispy Kreme!

Oma & Opa

Our dear friends Conrad and Myriam were in town on Monday and came to visit us. We haven't seen them since October and so LOVED getting to catch up with them. The kids had a great time with them too (especially since a new box of animal crackers from Trader Joes was involved!). Sophie is usually cautious of new visitors but she warmed up pretty quickly and was especially attached to Conrad.

And they have very graciously let our kiddos call them Oma and Opa (German names for grandparents, as they have European roots)...so special to have them involved in their lives!