First day of school!

Alex had his first day of school yesterday in the 2's "bunnies" class. There are 10 kids in the class with 2 teachers. Last week we had a pre-k reunion with 4 of the 5 kids from last year that are in the same class again this year! Alex had so much fun at the splash pad and seeing all of his friends. It's going to be a great year!

Ready to go!

Haven, Alex, Abbey, and Mikey -- splash pad fun!

Abbey and Haven doting on Miss M

Summer Pics

The last couple weeks:

Alex LOVED Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. He watched Sharknado 1 and 2 and then Shark Week all week long. Yes, he is lying on Max's dog bed and drinking a chocolate milkshake.

His latest obsession is "under water animals." Here is his collection. He sorts them and plays with them all day long.

Alex came home from his last day at Summer Camp as a lion. They said he messed the face paint up on the playground.

She can sit all by herself!

I took Alex and Mallory to the Rob Fleming Aquatic Center last week. Alex took off on his own and loved going down the water slide!

Fancy girl! Her hair is longer in the middle and sticks straight up. It looks like she is rocking a mohwak.

Fun in the pool!

Alex loves to get thrown

Mallory is pretty indifferent to the water.

Mallory is 6 months!

Happy half birthday Mallory. She's getting big and can sit up on her own (with a pillow behind her). She will sit and play with toys and rattles for a long time.  I'm enjoying the last couple of months I have before she is mobile. 

Weight: 17 lbs 1 oz (68%)

Height: 26.5 in (75%)

The Swicks come to Houston!

The Swicks (minus Steve) visited last week. Alex had so much fun playing with his cousins. We had them over, along with G&G Dibble, to our house on Sunday. On Monday, Rachel and I took the kids to an indoor play place called Wonderwild, Tuesday we hung out and played at G&G's house. Wednesday they came over to swim in our pool. Alex still talks about Haley and Hunter!

The girls

Cousins!

With Grandpa

Big hugs

Silliness

The mess! pretty much Alex's doing

Of course he found and lined up the dinosaurs at Wonderwild

Relaxing

Buddies

Alex really liked playing with Haley

Ready for Sharknado 2. Alex loved it. We watched it twice.

Swimming!

Having fun!

Pics

A few pics of what's been going on lately....

She LOVES this jumper!

Tunnel fun

Alex said "yee-haw!"

Helping Mom make cookies

"The cookies are melting"

More tunnel fun with Mallory in the background

Alex put coasters by her head and said "Mickey Mouse"

I have recently started Mallory on solids!

5 months!

Miss M is 5 months old! She is a sweetie. I have not started solids yet but plan to in the next week or two.

Just woke up from nap

Recently discovered feet and likes to put them in her mouth

Using his tools to fix the wagon side

Drying the rain outside with a paper towel

4th of July

We had a nice 4th of July. Alex looked so cute in his patriotic outfit! We went to my parents' house for dinner. No fireworks this year.