Atypical Saturday Morning

I wish all Saturday mornings were like this...

Typical Siblings

Kate decided to sit on Spencer's back while he played with his Thomas racetrack.

And then Spencer decided to buck her off.  

This picture makes me laugh every time :-)

[FYI...Kate was not hurt during this incident.]

Day Out with Thomas, Strasburg, PA 09/17/2011

[Disclaimer: the pictures are out of order but this new format of the website is driving me crazy so I'm not fixing them.]

Nice family photo taken by the "official" photographer of Day Out with Thomas.

Kate isn't sure what to think about the train.

Spencer and Mommy are waiting to wave to Thomas.

Hi Thomas!  Peep peep!

Kate is almost as excited as Spencer I think to see Thomas. 

This is Spencer's "say cheese" face.

Oh my gosh!  I'm riding on Thomas!

Spencer gave our tickets to the conductor.

Self portrait that Matt took outside the train window.

Chugga chugga choo choo!

Despite the cold and rain, we had a great time!

Playing Together 09/2011

The kids are actually playing nicely together.

Kate pulled her classic move and came to sit on my lap.  

If there is a lap to be had, Kate will back right up and sit down.

Ukranian Festival 09/2011

A rare family shot.  

As soon as we got to the Festival, Spencer was all about the shark.  So Matt bought 12 tickets, and Spencer would hand the guy a ticket and just keep going back until all the tickets were gone.

Kate and Zoe hung out while Spencer was going down the slide.

Phew, sure was hot!

Kate tries to cool off with some delicious lemonade.

1st day of school (pre-school and pre-k) 09/2011

Spencer still wasn't feeling 100% so he was having a hard time on his first day of school.

(Note the red eyes and nose.)  

Grandma made him laugh though so that was a good start.

Waiting for Ms. Marie and bus #298.

Grandpa is always good for a laugh.

Poor Spencer was sick when we went to Southern Maryland with Uncle Andrew, Aunt Ulana, Izzie and Zoe.  We tried to watch the air show from the restaurant but couldn't see much.

 

Spencer thought the jelly fish were cool.

Spencer did love the bridge to Solomon's Island and is still talking about going back and 

driving over the bridge.

Kate took a rest on Aunt Ulana's lap.  So comfy!

Spencer took a rest on Uncle Andrew's couch and actually fell asleep.  

Kate got her second wind when we got home and was trying out Spencer's new backpack.

Oh no!  The baby isn't buckled in and is falling out, the car keys are on the ground!

What a mess, Kate!

Miscellaneous August 2011

This girl loves balloons from Red Robin and Harris Teeter.  

I think she stole this one from her brother.

Kate decided to help herself to some crackers in the pantry.  Yummy!

Kate loves to push her doll around the house (when she herself isn't taking a turn in her doll stroller).

She is very safety conscious though...you have to make sure the doll is buckled in!

Kate loves to play with Elmo's Restaurant which is on loan from Sadie.  

Notice that the rice goes in the fridge, and everything else is in the oven.

Poor Spencer wasn't feeling well when Mommy snapped this picture.

Notice that he is playing with his car ramp while wearing his Cars jammies.

Hurricane Irene 08/26/2011

 

Spencer and Matt survey the damage to the 4 trees in our backyard.

Spencer and Sadie did a great job helping Matt pick up some of the debris in the front yard using Spencer's handy front loader.