Double it

My dad says that kids are supposed to be half their adult height on their second birthday. Grant and Collin had their two-year check-up today. They are going to be 5'8". We'll check on that in 18 years.

A real conversation that happened on the way to church.

"Please sir, I want some more"

Zach: I think begging is so big right now it has become a new sport. If I were a beggar I would have clever signs and then I would record how much money each one got me.

Amber: Good idea.

Zach: And then I'd write a book and sell it to other beggers.

Amber: Uh huh.

Zach : What a job. You can just go beg on your own schedule.

Amber (sounding a little concerned now): I think your job is pretty good too though. Right?

My twins are two

Grant and Collin turned two today. I can't believe it. It just sickens me that little kids have to grow up so quickly. Why can't they just stay young and innocent and care-free?

I want them to grow up, it's just if I could prolong the process I think I would be a little less overwhelmed by the warp speed growth. Nevertheless, I came to terms with it and threw a little party for them and their pre-school group today.
The invitations: I have always been an opponent of scrapping, but I may have loved making this. What's happening to me?
The shirts are a bit small, but they'll do.

My newly painted white chairs go great with the decor!

Thing one and thing two cupcakes with cotton candy hair.
The party favors: blue play dough in tiny "fish bowls".
Green eggs and ham.
Grant stayed awake for the whole party. Collin did not.

P.S. Party inspiration came from here, here, and here. I love the Internet.

Ida and the Idahoans

What do you do when your family visit coincides with three straight days of driving rain?

You whittle...
You celebrate everyone's birthday (we have three in November)...and you go biking AFTER the rain clears.

I love North Carolina!

Dear Zach

Happy Birthday! I love you.

P.S. Remember your 23rd birthday? We saw Pirates of the Carribean at the dollar theatre and you told me you liked me.

Happy Haunting

I so wanted to make homemade costumes for Grant and Collin this year, but I had no time after our move. Luckily we had these shiny outfits my sister bought them in China, so they were ninjas. They loved trick-or-treating, until we went to our neighbor who had a talking statue. I've never seen Grant run so fast.
My mom flew in the day before so she could pass out candy for us. She always looks like this!

Please don't tell my boys there is candy in these packages. They just like the colors and the noise they make.

Jack - O - Lantern

We showed the boys how to carve Jack -O-Lanterns this Halloween. Because the boys have not yet earned their "Totin' chip's" they got to decorate their pumpkins with stickers.
Grant did a pretty good job with his stickers. Collin just ran around waiting for the perfect moment to steal our carving implements. It has come to my attention that he is obsessed with knives. I have a lot to worry about folks!Aren't pumpkin guts the coolest?Our trick-or-treater's were impressed with Zach's "Jack" and my "Monster".