Mooserific!

Abby played Pieces all by herself for about 30 minutes, solving a ton of puzzles. I’m both a proud papa and a proud app developer.

We’re loving our new house and neighborhood! The girls and I took a short walk this morning down to the Kenwood Hills Cabana Club to check out the pool and playground area. It’s a super short walk from our house, but feels miles away back in the woods. The girls greatly enjoyed swinging, playing on the play structure, and collecting landscaping pebbles from the picnic area. I can’t wait to take them swimming there next summer!

Amelia and Ron are married! They had a wonderful wedding at Lake Hope. We were all too busy having fun to take any really good pictures though. Lucky for us there was a photographer! More and better pictures coming soon. (Pictures: after the ceremony; rehearsal dinner; an enthusiastic rocking Gwen; outside our cabin; top bunk jumpers; silliness after lunch on the road).

While the cookies baked, the girls relished licking the leftover sprinkles off of the baking pan. Abby later declared “these are the best sprinkle cookies ever!”

Thank you

How many 22 month olds do you know who say “thank you, Papa” as they’re being cleaned up after vomiting?

Poor Josie got sick tonight and thanked me and John for cleaning up. It was a pleasant moment in what was a sad end to the day. She may not have been feeling well, but she still had her manners and was so very thoughtful. What a nice girl!

We had a great time at the Red Stewart Airfield Airshow, even though we spent it huddled under the wing of an Aeronca Champ and got soaked on our way back to the car. We’ll hope for better weather next year!

Hats!

They understand the concept

Yesterday, Josie and Gwen both noticed the baby monitor laying out within their reach. They both made a mad dash to it. Josie looked Gwen in the face, and with a very serious voice, said “share Gwenny!”

This morning, while I made breakfast, I realized it was awfully quiet. “Gwen and Josie, what are you doing?” Josie responded “sharing!” They were, in fact, sharing, but up to no good.

Mr. Squinty responds to his wife’s Ice Bucket Challenge. Mayhem ensues.

Playing dress-up

Great morning feeding the ducks and splashing around at Winton Woods Park

Challenge accepted. Donation made.

The girls and I visited yet another park this morning - Harbin Park in Fairfield. Their favorite part was definitely the swings.

We finally found a house. Here are the photos from the listing.

A little genius?

Josie can already count to eight! This afternoon while changing her diaper, I said one. She then said two. I repeated two, and she said three. I was impressed by that alone, but I still repeated three, and she said four! This went on until eight. Amazing! She’s not even two yet! (And, I should say, this was the first time we did this. I’m not sure where she learned how to count.)