Chillin'

I'm digging the fall fashion. It's getting cooler (wearing jeans instead of shorts) but not too bad (no need for socks just yet). The bedhead goes so well with the chill look too. nice.

Love her happy face!

Bedhead is not just for us crazy curly-haired girls. That's cool.

A friend gave us this hand-me-down motorcycle for the little mama. But we don't have the charger for it. :( I thought it might work with Brady's Jeep charger. Bummer. Cute that she's still excited about it, even if it doesn't move.

This scene cracked me up. They were both having gummy snacks after dinner. For some reason Brady was laying on the floor eating his. Copycat got right down there with him and that made for two little cuties chillin' on the floor relaxing.

Super-friends

We had a super special treat after school today. We got to bring Colton home with us! Melissa (Colton's mom) had back-to-school night tonight and Chad (dad) was out of town. She asked me if I could pick up Colton with Brady...whoohoo! That's fun for us All! It was SUCH a blast. This was our first friend over (without mom) and seriously, I can see now why parents of twins often say it gets easier when they are older. I didn't have to "watch this Mommy" "play ___ with me, Mommy" none of that b/c Brady had his best friend over. Even Sylvie was occupied- chasing not one but Two older brothers around the house and imitating them kept her busy! btw, I love how she says "coh-tin" and another btw, Colton's going to be an Awesome big brother (Melissa's pregnant with Twins!) b/c he was so sweet to Sylvie. She thoroughly enjoyed the extra attention from "another big brother." And just to illustrate how sweet Colton is and how close these boys are, he told his mommy that if one of the babies is a girl, that they should name her Sylvie like Brady's sister. :) So sweet!

I thought I'd be able to put Brady's booster seat in the middle of the two car seats, but there wasn't enough room. Good thing it's only 1/2 mile home. Here's a pict of our extended family's ride home from my phone-

They started out playing baseball. I didn't notice until after I downloaded the picts and viewed them on a larger screen that Colton looks like a real ballplayer in these. lol!

Next they moved on to basketball...with a real laundry basket, that is. ;p

Then they had a jam session (with the cutest little groupie).

"God, our Father; God, our Father
Once again; once again...

We will ask your blessing; We will ask your blessing
Amen; Amen"

"God is Awesome!"

"This is how long Colton's mom has to work tonight."
is what they are saying here.

Boy version of dress-up.
(Colton was loving Brett's old motorcycle helmet.)

and guess what adorable little sidekick jumped in the picture? :p

Kind Colton acknowledged Sylvie's request,
"Coh-tin! Coh-tin! Seat! Seat!"

Boys' bath time!

Little sister had already had her bath.
But she wanted bubbles and "a guy" like the boys.
Okay, baby girl.

Spider-men!

Web-slingers in action

Superhero snack

Even superheroes need to refuel!
(and when they play together as nicely as these boys do,
they get a chocolate chip treat!)

Pooo-way!

Sylvie saw Brady's fruit gummy snacks and requested them too, "Gummy! 'nacks!" I replied, "No, Sylvie you must have some breakfast and milk first." and took her milk out of the fridge to hand to her. She points to her sippy cup and then to the fridge, pouts, and says to me, "Pooo-way!" I LOLed. That's the first time she's told me to "Put it away." It was funny and cute...but still didn't get her her gummy snacks. So then she stood in the pantry and cried without actually producing any tears. Then said, "Aw done!" when she turned the tantrum off.

btw, this has been one of our favorite things Sylvie's doing lately. She self-imposes "time away" to compose herself. I guess b/c she's seen us do it with Brady where we've told him, "This is a no crying/no whining zone. If you want to cry, go to the crying couch. When you've pulled it together and are all done, you may come back and join us." So in the past two weeks, when Sylvie bursts in to tears (at something she has deemed unjust) she runs away crying to a private spot...and then returns about a minute later with a clean face and says, "Aw done!" It is the CUTEST thing ever- first, to listen to her feet pad the floor and her crying echo as she runs away to compose herself and then to listen to her feet pad back and see a happy-faced little girl proclaim, "Aw done!"
love love love you sweet Sylvie!

She still didn't stop lobbying for the snacks though. "Weeeach! Baydee! pease!" as she fully extends and stands on her tiptoes to try to get to the third shelf in the pantry while appealing to her taller older brother. Brown-noser Brady says, "No, Sylvie I can't reach those either. Mommy said you hafta have breakfast and milk First." LOL!!! They crack.me.up.

Gummy snacks were forgotten when we headed out to school and Sylvie wanted the "yeash" (that's what she's saying here) to walk Romey. Okay, cutie-cake, that you can have. :)

End of Summer Fashion = Photo Shoot

We have a little Indian summer going on here- the sun has finally returned and it's supposed to be in the high 80's today. I found a bunch of cutie summer clothes in the Maya Collection that Sylvie hadn't worn yet. I thought this first outfit was adorable- pairing one of Maya's shirts with shorts she already had...until I noticed how "exposed" her midriff was. So we just took pictures in it-

Is she not the cutest little model?

She wound up wearing a pretty sun dress. Brady was actually being my photography assistant and holding objects behind my head to make Sylvie look at the camera.

Then my assistant asked if I would take his (and Winter's) picture too. Of course, sweet boy. So I indulged him in his pj's before i realized that I actually just bought him an outfit that complements his sister's! LOVE how this little impromptu photo shoot turned out! Not bad at all for 7:30 in the morning!

Since big bro had a toy prop, she had to have one too...but then wouldn't let hers go.

sweetness.

I had to do a little coaching about appropriate smiles. Brady got it, but this advice was lost on "cheeeese! head" Sylvie and pouty (but still so cute) Sylvie. :p