Music and Dancing

We're loving Lady GaGa. The boys clap and clap and clap. Red lights are no longer a reason to fuss as long as we have some GaGa playing. We especially like "'Just Dance". In addition to Lady GaGa, we discovered by accident that they seem to really enjoy any Tejano music that has a good beat. It's probably the accordion, can't get enough accordion. Aron has a new dance move we call "the raptor", where he leans forward and stretches his arms backward as far as he can muster. We also have a yet to be named one legged hop dance move. Aden is picking up the nice moves as well from his brother. Between the two boys and Daddy, there is no shortage of smooth moves in our house.

The Great Cornholio

We had the boys in their cribs to cool-down before bedtime....the usual baby jabber, and then hysterical laughter emanated from the room. We peeked in and found this...













Aden thought it was absolutely hilarious. Beavis and Butthead would be proud...

Children's Museum

We had a blast at the Children's Museum. So much to do. We tore around the toddler area, and then played with the big kid stuff. Granddad came to help Mommy and Daddy chub-wrangle. A great place, it will likely be a favorite destination for many years to come.

Summer Fun

We have been so busy this summer visiting many different parks. Early this month we went to a local park to feed the wildlife. Mommy thought this was a good idea since the boys are into throwing food, but of course they wanted nothing to do with the birds and ate the bread. In later weeks we went to Armand Bayou in search of more wildlife but only found mosquitoes. It was a short trip. Today we went to Moody Gardens Beach with our twin club friends. The boys are so interested in swimming. We spent hours in the lagoon practicing freestyle and putting our face in the water. This play date was one of mommy's best ideas, even daddy had fun. We are going to have to start looking into swim lessons for our little fish.
The boys have almost completed their first month in the toddler class. They seem to have adapted well and take a liking to the extra snacks the school provides. The boys have a curriculum of swim time, outdoor play, art time and of course nap time. They come home exhausted and ready for bed. Both boys have started communicating better. Although they often don't know the word they can point to their want. Aron is the master at saying bye-bye and blowing kisses. His newest word is puppy. Aden has fewer words but jabbers in sentences. He knows how to show you what he wants and is so definite in his commands. Both boys are expert walkers but would rather climb. They can now reach into drawers and on to counters which keeps us on our toes because more than once one of them has been caught wielding a knife from off the counter.
We just joined the web video movement through our new Skype account, so look us up for a web chat some time.

Blueberry Picking

We continued the Wenda tradition of going blueberry picking. Although not quite on board with the taste of blueberries they sure did enjoy picking and even more so feeding them to Ricky and Ray. It was very cute. We parked the boys next to a bush in their stroller and they filled their sippy cups with berries until they discovered it was more fun to throw them at each other.

Our First Trip to the Beach

The boys traveled with Mommy and Daddy to Galveston's East Beach for the AIA Sandcastle Competition. There was much fun to be had playing in the sand and the water. The boys worked up such an appetite that they each devoured a whole hot dog and a bag of potato chips from the hospitality tent! We made it about 2 1/2 hours before everyone was tired and we decided to head home. It was a lot of fun, and no one suffered a sunburn.

Mother's Day at Discovery Green

We visited Discovery Green downtown today for Mother's Day. We played in the fountain and ran all around!