Meet the Ashes

Friday, July 10, 2009

Mini Town

Yesterday we went to a Mini Town which happens to be an indoor/outdoor play center. They have a pretend grocery store, school, beauty shop, bank, disco, movie theater, arcade, and pretend kitchen/living room area. Gracie and Ethan had fun pretending and enjoyed hanging out with some of their friends. Ethan really liked the grocery store and arcade. He would whip that cart around like a pro and load up on groceries. Gracie liked the disco and play kitchen area. She was holding all of the babies and didn't want to share. She loves holding a purse in one arm and a baby in the other. I have to get a picture of her because she looks so mature when she is holding her purse. She really liked the disco but only when it wasn't very full. She was shaking her little booty and laughing up a storm.

Ethan trying to put out a fire

Ethan on the teeter toter

Gracie on the other side

Gracie in the phone booth

Ethan and Gracie having tea

Gracie playing

Ethan making me a sandwich

Ethan and Samantha on the teeter toter.

Ethan showing of his moves.

Dress-up

Sitting in the back row with Faith at the movie theater.
Notice the cute kid chairs.

Gracie playing at school

Dancing at the disco

Our little party girl.

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

4th of July

This weekend was a busy weekend but it was a really fun weekend as well. Eric had a 4 day weekend which made both the kids and I happy. On Saturday we got together with our playgroup family and had a pool party/barbecue. It was a lot of fun but cooling off from the heat was the best part. Ethan enjoyed going down the water slide and hitting the pinata. I have to agree with him, the water slide was a lot of fun. Thankfully, everyone was so worn out that we all crashed as soon as we got home. But the quietness didn't last long because Ethan remembered that we were going to light fire works once it got dark. The excitement was just too much for him... all he kept saying was "I am so excited" over and over. Since we live out of San Antonio city limits, there are fields around us that have safe zones where you can come and light pretty much whatever you want in the safe zone because the fire department is present in case anything happens. They have restrictions but no one really followed them. Once we got there I knew Ethan would be fine with the fireworks but was worried about Gracie so it was touch and go at that point. Of course we only had sparklers and small fireworks but everyone else had bigger ones which were loud so I figured she was going to flip out at any moment. Just the opposite, she sat and watched them like she knew exactly what they were. She would point and clap and looked like she really enjoyed it. Ethan of course loved holding the sparkles and making weird designs. By the time we got home it was 10:00 and Ethan was nodding off but Gracie was wide awake. Where do they get their energy from?

Cool Gracie

Ethan going down a slide

The kids playing with their friends

Gracie getting wet

Ethan and Samantha hiding behind the whale.
Eric was shooting water at them.

Ethan running away after puling the handle that moved the bucket of water.

Gracie and Faith playing

They look at me like I am the weirdest.

Gracie enjoying lunch

Ethan hitting the pinata

Getting ready to go down the slide

Eric and Ethan about to get wet.

Ethan and Mommy having fun!

Playing by the baby pool

Dad taking the kiddos for a ride

Playing with Fireworks

Just relaxing

Too much fun

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Summer Fun

Seeing how the summers gets so hot here in Texas, we have been spending much of our time at the pool. We do our playgroup stuff in the morning when it is not so hot and hang out at the pool during the afternoons. The kids love to be outside especially at the pool so you should see Ethan and Gracie push each other trying to get into the gate. Here are a few pictures of them at the pool and one video I have been meaning to put up.