Thursday, May 12, 2011

Preparing for The Big Day

What is "The Big Day" you ask? It is the swim/superhero birthday party that we are throwing for Harrison for his 3rd birthday. I really don't feel that we have done enough to saturate his whole identity with superhero gear so to make up for it, Robert and I will really go for it and make this a theme party. In case you missed our Halloween party a few years back, we (even Jojo) have superhero costumes already.

The other day I found some Superman shirts at the Gap for Robert and Harrison to wear around the house - as twins. I was going to surprise Harrison with the shirts on his birthday but, as usual, he trumped my surprise by anxiously watching the dryer to see if any of his Spiderman pajamas were clean yet. As soon as he spotted the Superman logo he opened the dryer and yelled for me to come see what he found. He immediately put on his new attire and asked me, for the remainder of the day, "When is Daddy getting home?". Here is what happened as soon as he got home:








And here is the Christmas card that we made from our Halloween party...in case you missed it.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Happy Mothers Day

From Robert and I to all the amazing mothers in our lives: We love you!












Thursday, May 5, 2011

Amatuer Photo Session

These two clowns were in need of a photo shoot today so I took it upon myself to make sure that happened. Lately, Harrison has decided that not looking at the camera accentuates his devious side, so getting a picture with him smiling directly into the camera is a lot like photographing a unicorn. Brooks, on the other hand, is a camera magnet and I'm pretty sure she enjoys every photo session that we've had to date.

On an update note, Harrison continues to be one of the most outgoing people I know. We went on a walk yesterday and he went up to every person who pulled into their driveway, walked over to their car door, and said "Hi. I'm 2 and a half. What are you doing?" As if getting out of a car didn't speak for itself. Every person was tickled by this encounter, as was I, because he says it in such a conversational way. I love his people skills! Harrison seems to have a comedic side as well. The other day Robert said "Harrison, you're crazy." and Harrison goes "You crazy!" With that, Robert and I laughed so hard and you could tell that the wheels were spinning in Harrison's head on how to get another laugh. Which he did. He has become very good at acrobatics and in the next week, he will be participating in soccer, martial arts, and possibly gymnastics (all 1 hour per week). I will DEFINITELY be adding pictures of that soon. And I anticipate that he will be swimming very well by the end of the summer.

And Brooks might need to join her brother in some of his sports activities. She is one extremely physical little 6 month old! Not only can she make it from one side of the room to the next in about 5 seconds, she is eagerly grabbing onto furniture in an attempt to pull herself up. I'm scared already. She definitely prefers to play with Harrison's action figurines and Robert's wooden shoe horns (don't ask) versus any of her pink, rattle baby toys. I'm thinking that my time is a bit limited on getting her to wear dresses and bows. So while I can still make these executive decisions to keep her dolled up, I'll do it. I'm willing to make a prediction that once she is able to call some shots, camo and superhero outfits will be part of her attire (fingers crossed that I am wrong). As long as she is not as free spirited as her brother in the clothes department, I'm fine with that. And what I mean by free spirited is... completely free of clothing at any given moment in time. But she has the most adorable, quirky smile so I have no doubt that that whatever she decides to wear will look perfect with a smile like that!

These two make us laugh all the time! They have such unique personalities already and Robert and I are so excited to see what they will come up with next.






Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter In Athens

Well, the Easter Bunny decided to visit us in Athens and Harrison couldn't have been more pleased. We had a weekend adventure of hunting eggs, fishing in the pool, chasing Harrison down a golf course, dying Easter eggs, and most importantly, visiting with family. Harrison has grown up so much in the last few months and it was so much fun to watch his excitement with everything that the weekend had to offer. One difficult aspect to the weekend was keeping Harrison in clothing. He has a small obsession with trading out one pair of superhero underware for the next and he will do this multiple times throughout the day. The biggest problem with this little scenario is that he will forget to actually put on the new pair leaving him naked and free as a bird forcing someone to chase him down and strategically convince him that he should wear something, if nothing else, a new pair of underware. Lucky for us, some of Harrison's Easter eggs were filled with brand new pairs of Spiderman underware. It was a win win situation.

And sweet, little Brooks had a very entertaining weekend as well. She was super busy showing everyone how active and alert that she has become. I guess that some of her acute interest in watching her brother has finally paid off because she can "crawl" or should I say "scoot" from one side of the room to the next. She also enjoyed splashing in the baby pool next to her brother. She didn't even mind when he dive bombed into the pool while splashing her in the face. These two were definitely made for each other.

We all had a great time visiting with family and Harrison and Brooks are lucky kids to have so many people that love them and want to spend time with them. We had a wonderful Easter and are looking forward to many more holidays with fun filled adventures.