Action Shots!

Juliet enjoying some fresh air and practicing her soccer skills at cousin Brendan's soccer game!

Laundry Time

What is it about the laundry basket?  Matty and Juliet both love to jump in and hang out in the laundry basket! 

Matty getting some important reading done...

Juliet escaping, Matty purposely closing his eyes for the picture.  Thanks, buddy!

Photo Bomb!

I've just been photo bombed by Juliet!!  Aaah! 

Poor Daddy

Well, the Daddy pillow doesn't last long...before they start beating up on Daddy!!

Don't trust those innocent faces!

(Blog Note:  Yes, Juliet is wearing her "Birthday Girl" shirt in these pictures.  Yes, she is 17 months old.  Mommy was VERY low on clean laundry and Juliet is lucky enough to still fit perfectly in her 12 month clothes.)

Dynamic Duo

A word about the dynamic duo--Matty and Juliet.  They generally get along really well and Matty is always trying to help Juliet.  He will sit and help her take off her shoes or share his snack with her or try to change her diaper.  Juliet is more than willing to take Matty up on his offer to help and looks to him if Mommy or Daddy say no. 

Sunday morning as we were waking up, Juliet saunters into our bedroom.  How did Juliet get out of her crib??  It seems Matty went in to see her and found her awake.  She put her arms up to get out of the crib, so he decided to help her escape.  The details are fuzzy (interrogating a 1 and 3 year old is difficult).  It appears that Matty took his step stool from the bathroom and stood on it while he lifted and Juliet climbed out of the crib and down to the floor. 

Oh dear.  I can only imagine what these two are going to get into as they get older...

Good Pillow

Relaxing with Daddy--he makes an excellent pillow! 

Cousins

Getting a 1, 3, 5, and 9 year old to sit still, look at the camera, and all smile at the same time is just impossible.  They all look cute still!

90 is a big number!

GG's 90th Birthday party!

School Time

Let's get those game faces on--it's school time!!

Matty looking a little hesitant waiting to go into school...

There's a smile--hooray!

I was extremely relieved that Matty survived and had fun on his first day of school and did not shed any tears!  The chaos during drop off that first morning was like herding cats to the bathtub.  Screaming, crying, kids, plastered in the doorway trying not go in. Yikes! Seriously, those pre-school teachers have a tough job. 

Breakfast of Champions

Juliet enjoying her second breakfast after dropping Matty off at school

Matty's First Day of School!

Today, Matty started school!  It was his very first school morning to go to preschool! 

Waiting patiently to leave.

Showing off his cool back pack

Outside the school waiting to head in for his very first day!!  

Juliet and I are watching the clock waiting to go pick him up and hear all about his fun first day!  We'll let you know how he did tomorrow! 

8 Dinosaurs

Here's a picture with 8 dinosaurs...

Just kidding--but, seriously--HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY GG!!!! 

(Don't worry, she's a good sport and doesn't have internet access :-) )

Room for 1 More

It never fails--everyone wants to sit in the same chair.  Why can't everyone look at the camera and smile at the same time???

Nap Time

Juliet was all tuckered out after an afternoon shopping trip.  Here she is taking a nap on the couch.  In the close-up, you can see that Matty decided to make sure she had enough toys around her during said nap.  Hey--he was doing a great job of sharing!

So Long Summer 2012

Good bye to summer 2012!  We definitely enjoyed some fun and sun...more beach fun to look forward to next year....

Now, we'll have to focus on lots of fall excitement--preschool, Halloween, and much, much more!

The Flash

These pictures are a little blurry--it's Matty flying by in the swings!