Dr. Appt Stats

I almost forgot to post this--we had a joint Dr. Appt for the two kids Friday morning. Dora had four shots and Eli had two, which was not very popular, but hooray they are over it finally.

Eli is 40.5 inches and weighs 39 pounds. That puts him in the 92 and 95 percentiles respectively. (So about normal for him. He's always been big).

Dora is 25 pounds even and almost 36 inches--she's TALL. She was way off the charts for height. That put her in the 85% for weight, but the doc says she's about 50% based on her height. SO, she's super tall but not too hefty for her size, which I think you can tell from looking at her.

They both scored top marks on all the diagnostic questions for kids their age, so...so far, so good.

Weekend of Playing

We had a fun weekend with Dad home. It feels like he hasn't had a weekend off in forever! We just hung around the house and played! Here are a few shots I thought to grab the camera and take. The kids have been getting a LOT of horsey back rides. Once dad actually gave them BOTH a ride at the same time.

So fun!
Here is Dora with her three favorite animals again! She is obsessed with these three guys! (Or four--sometimes the horsey's baby gets included in the mix.)

Angela's blog gave us some ideas for new things to do in terms of acrobatics. We already had boom boom flip (which I won't try to explain) and Dora/Eli Basket and so on, but here's the incredible flying kiddos! Dora picked this up RIGHT away. I did it with her for a while, and then it was daddy's turn. I grabbed the camera then...

Eli is never one to be outdone by his sister (except did I mention Dora pooed and peed in the potty yesterday!? So maybe in potty training she will outdo him!)

She found this old hat and insisted on wearing it. I wouldn't have gotten ANOTHER photo of her with her animal posse except I thought it was funny she was using the sheep as an ottoman.

Awww, after a day of fun, they watched a movie together. They always share the couch (lately) and it makes me so happy!

I almost forgot to mention that Eli insisted on wearing his cowboy hat because he was watching a "cowboy" movie that Dora picked (Spirit--its about a horse.)

30th Birthday

I had a wonderful birthday!! I had lots of gifts, all day to spend with family, and several friends who brought me things! Thanks Jenny for the amazing oatmeal cake! Whit and the kids were so sweet all day, with Dora giving me special hugs she is usually stingy with.

Eli helped me open all my presents!

He and Dora were as excited as I was by the new ice-cream maker (thanks mom and dad) and the candy (thanks honey). Haha.

All in all, 30 feels pretty much like 29! Plus, I sort of hijacked a friend's barbecue and had a party there. They even sang to me and cut a cake! It was a great birthday and Whit and I finished the day going on a date! Hooray!

Rub a Dub Dub

Two cuties in a tub! The kids wanted bubbles last week so I thought it would look cute to snap a few photos. They are starting to play together (although they still fight a lot) and I am so happy! They loved the bubbles.

I just love to see them happy!

I'm still 29 Dangit

For 88 more minutes! My (new) best friend Natalie made me a cake with candles and got me a TIARA! Tomorrow I will have to post some photos of how fabulous I make 30 look.

Whitney told me 30 is when you become a real adult. I think that's just something old people tell themselves to feel better. I bet I change my tune in... 86 minutes!

Around the House

We have been having too much fun around here. We don't live by Hershey Park anymore (sad for my little guy!) and so we went to the Grants Pass fair. The kids got balloons...

(Oh and the last time we went to the Sill's house, Dora broke her nose. Poor thing! Her little face looks so sad!)

At the fair, we saw the Bear display. Every year here they do some kind of display of art with bears. This year was bears on motorcycles. Businesses around here buy them.

This one is my favorite!

Eli made a friend...

Awwww...
Yeah so my one shot with Dora, the balloon blocks her head!

Eli and I rode the ferris wheel!

And Eli rode some bouncing cars that were really fun.

I tried (unsucessfully) to be artsy...

Dora's latest thing is sitting on my elephant. If you know how much I love my stuffed animals, you know how much this means I love my angel to let her squish my FAO Schwartz elephant like that! Cute, though, huh? She's adopted these three as her own little babies. She carries them all over the house. (That poor nose!)

We have had the bouncy house up for a week!

Dora can climb up the back on her own now!!

Oregon's Birthday Present to Me

I just checked the forecast. For my birthday, Oregon is lowering the temperature to a high of 76. It DOES love me. :-)

New Bike

Today Eli told me he had to go to the hospital to work. So he could make a lot of money and buy a bike, with training wheels, that he can take off soon. He wants a bike so badly! Poor kid.

Right after that, he told me he had to go send an email. Since he was going to college soon! Sheesh, where did the time go? It feels like just yesterday that he was three...

Eli's faces

So Eli told me to get the camera and he'd make some funny faces for me. He did!