what a great weekend! yesterday, when malloy got up, she was very concerned about where bella was and if she was still sleeping. of course, bella was still sleeping - at least malloy actually slept in until 7:00! bella ended up sleeping until 7:30 and then came out asking malloy why she was yelling and why she woke her up. the girls played all morning, watched a movie, played some more, and did a few art projects. then neal took them all to the park while i went to the gym. we had a big family bbq dinner with grandma tappy and grandpa gary, uncle ryan, kari, and bella, uncle paddy, auntie andi, wally, and uncle matt. the kids had so much fun with so many people around. they loved playing with the dogs, too! there was a fruit salad and rex was LOVING it! he ate SO MANY grapes!! and pineapple!! and then the watermelon came out and he ate a ton of that! he didn't even want cookies!

rex occupied himself while i made cookies :)

time for art!

 

mmmm homemade nutter butters!

the cookies were a hit!

rex walking around with kari's flip flops

this morning, when the kids got up, we went right to the store to get ingredients for this morning's breakfast! we had grandma, grandpa, uncle ryan, kari, and bella over for breakfast this morning. we had a french toast bake and an egg casserole with bagels and yogurt and fruit! we ate out on the deck in the sunshine and then played outside until naptime. we said good-bye to everyone before naptime - we'll miss having so much family around!! the kids love their grandma and grandpa. rex especially loves his grandpas!!! he was so excited to have grandpa gary playing with him!!! he's such a stinker with his grandmas - he takes a long time to warm up. he definitely favors the men in his life!! he did give grandma a few cuddles while she was here at least!!! malloy loves them both and had a great time showing off all of her songs, games, and new tricks!
malloy got up from nap before rex and she had a snack with daddy and then played a game with me. it's not often she gets one on one time with each of us! we had dinner and then had ice cream out on the deck before bed. malloy has started yelling at bedtime again. sometimes if i ignore it, she'll stop and go to sleep. tonight, she did not stop until i went in there. but that was it. i'm hoping it's just exhaustion from the weekend and we'll get back into a routine!

not the most appetizing picture but it was YUMMY!

playing outside

rex thought it was hilarious that uncle ryan was jumping over him!

matching numbers game - malloy can identify numbers 1, 3, 4, and 8 so far

making a pie. she was "adding some gummy bear toppings"

ice cream cones!

rex prefers to eat things with a spoon. he's not a fan of biting or chewing food.

popping bubbles with a gold club

reading at bedtime is always an adventure!