Week at Su-su & Gramby's

August was a busy month of weddings for us - family friend Will Zimmerman was married in early August in Charlottesville, and beloved Uncle Jack was married to Dy in Hawaii on the 14th of August. Su-su and Gramby graciously agreed to keep the kids for our weekend jaunt to Charlottesville and our week-long vacation to Hawaii! Here are some of their adventures.

Mommy & Daddy are gone one day, and already the treats are being doled out!




Fun in the giraffe pool.


Church park

Trains!








Picnic at Maymont park




Hmm, I think that dress is on backwards.




At the zoo

Clearly thrilled by the prairie dogs.










Trains of any kind bring excitement around our house.




Carousel with Gramby


Mmm, sno-cones






My baby can swim!


And now for regression even further than the exersaucer... the swing!
Clara in the baby swing


Jack in the baby swing


At the Richmond Children's Museum


Clara milks the cow!


Skyping with us in Hawaii!


Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens

Jack drinks from the water fountain

In the fountains

Climbing a gigantic tree

Exhausted from a fun with Susles and Grambles

Schaeffers Come to Town

The last weekend in July, the Schaeffers came down for a visit. Clara was so excited to have a sleep over with Luke.

Here they are enjoying some cupcakes.


Dinner chaos - singing at the table (Pop-pop would not be happy). In case you can't recognize the song in the cacophony, it's Alicia Keyes - "New York"!

Back Home/End of July

Dressed as a bride in honor of the weddings Mommy & Daddy are traveling to in August.


Chillin' after a fun day at the pool.


Home Depot


Jack's new fav - beans and rice!


Showing off her birthday tutu from Nay-nay


Playing with Daddy's "little computer" aka the iPad.




All set to go to the store but not quite ready to stop playing.


Jack was traumatized by losing his balloon to the wild blue yonder. So he hung onto to the replacement and Clara's for the rest of the day.


At the park


Our friend returned our exersaucer after having borrowed it for her little one who has since out grown it. Of course it was the number one entertainer the week before it was once again put up in the attic.




Previous last pictures in the exersaucer...
Jack: October 2009 - 6 mo old


Clara: August 2009 - 2 years old


Good to know it is still entertaining and sturdy!

Berenstain Bears Week at Grandma's

aka Clara & Jack spend a week with Nay-nay & Pop-pop!

One of the big highlights of the summer has been the week that Jack & Clara spent with Nay-nay & Pop-pop while Brec and I attended a wedding in Northern VA, followed by a week in Raleigh on our own. They had a great visit!

Backyard pool time!






Post-pool snacktime




Eating peaches with his shades on.


The week isn't complete w/o a visit to "Lucy's pool" aka Ridgetop.


Jumping off the steps at the shallow end


Jumping off the side




The boy won't nap, but he gets his rest where he can...

at a towel at the pool


or on the kitchen floor.


Why post this picture of Lucy's room you may ask?


'Cause there's a little Skeekbo hidden among the pillows!


Then to top off the week, everyone headed to Memo & Augs' house.

A trip to Memo's wouldn't be complete w/o a makeover.


Check out his new haircut.


Lunch out on the patio.


The other subjects of this picture may not approve, but I had to post it b/c I liked the way I looked. ;)


Jack & Augs lunching.


Back yard pool time at Memo's!

28 weeks!

This Sunday marked the beginning of my third and final trimester, yikes!

In the beginning I was convinced the baby is girl based on how I was feeling compared to my pregnancies with Jack and Clara, but as I go along, now I've begun to doubt the "evidence" and have started thinking boy. Feel free to cast your vote in the poll on the side bar!

Here's a series of belly shots from Clara, Jack, and baby #3.

4th of July (and week)

We had a really nice holiday weekend that ended with a backyard cookout with friends. Here you can see the girls eating cupcakes after copious corn on the cob and watermelon.


The boys, however are more interested in other things... :)


What?


Later that week the kids were modeling their sunglasses.


And finally this has become somewhat of a ritual on the trampoline. Whenever Clara is solo jumping, Jack runs around her.

Summer Week in Richmond

We spent the last week in Richmond to kick start Nay-nay's summer vacation! Among the many fun activities including a trip to the pool from which we do not have any pictures, we managed to remember to take out the camera and capture some moments at our lunch with the Schaeffers and on our trip to the river!

Little kids at the lunch table.


Too cool for school


Big kids dining in style


After lunch reading the world's longest version of Aladdin - Luke wanted to sit in the chair and have me show him the pictures as I was reading.


Mesmerized by the timeless love story.



We spent another day at the Rappahanock River with two of Nay-nay's friends from school. It was a gorgeous day, and the water temp and temperament were perfect.

As you can see by the next three shots, shoveling sand was a favored activity. Clara was trying to cover up "all the yucky black sand with concrete".




Of course Jack followed suit like a good little brother. ;)


This movies shows the kids walking around in the water. I must have followed Jack out until it would get too deep for him and back into the shore before he'd turn around ready for more for at least a half an hour. He just loved being able to walk around so freely. Clara was very steady on her feet and had a great time.


Nancy and I with the kids in very cool netted-floaty contraptions.


Princess inner-tube with Jenny