Talking about swimming

We went to the Y tonight and swam - the girls did great! Caroline was bobbing around in her life-jacket swimsuit and a noodle - we barely had to keep a hand on her! Macie took a little longer to warm up, but after a while, started floating on her back and kicking her feet (with us letting go, too!). They found a yellow ball and a football to "swim" after and kick. It was great.

On the way home, we asked, "Caroline, did you have fun swimming?" and she answered, "Yots! Yots!" (lots of fun or lots of swimming... or does it matter :)

Then, we asked, "Macie, did you have fun swimming?" and she thought for a second and then said, "Toys. Nice, Nice!"

We'll be back there asap....

First trip to the Children's Museum!

WHO KNEW!? The Seattle Children's Museum is the PERFECT rainy day activity. The girls were in heaven - playing with Kai, putting on life jackets, crawling in tents, making balls fly through the air, going "grocery shopping," and let's not forget - THE WATER TABLE!!!! Notice, M and C are the only ones with their shirts off (they get really excited around water)! Great day.

Kai, Macie, and Caroline - making a big, wet mess!

Jon Jon's soccer game

We went up to Monroe last weekend to check out Uncle Tony and Aunt Cici's house that they're building - it's awesome - and to see Jonathan play in his soccer game! The girls had so much fun watching the game and cheering with Gabe. Here are some shots my sister took...

Jon in action!


Caroline

Macie

Love you, sis!

I love this picture! Caroline and Macie made their own reading nook and were having so much fun playing in the hall. Their smiles say it all :)

1 month shy of 2 years! What?!

That's right, the girls are 23months old today! They are getting more hilarious, independent, creative, and talkative by the day. This past week has been an interesting one for naps - instead of napping, they play peek-a-boo and jump up in down in their cribs until they get bored....then, they take off all their clothes and laugh. No wonder they're so excited to go down for naps! There's no sleeping involved!!!! They've also had some funny phrases recently - saying, "Go, Peyton Manning!" and "Brett Favre, OH NO!" and "Ama and Daco bus fun!" (they went on their first bus ride with my parents this week) and "Worm, no step on it" and "Macie sleeping. Macie, wake up!" (thanks, Caroline :) and "peanut butter time" and "Y - people swimming" (we've been going to the YMCA, which is awesome! I can't keep up, but it sure is fun to talk to Macie and Caroline. I can't believe they turn 2 in one month!!!!

Nap time shenanigans

It got better! About 30min after I took this video, I checked on the girls and they'd taken their diapers off - augh!!!!

Grover and Elmo!

Check these hats and scarves out! The girls were SOOOOO excited about the early birthday presents that cousin Lexi made for them. Can you believe how awesome they are! Macie (Grover) and Caroline (Elmo) have been sporting them all around town!