Ethan and Emma are loving the nice weather

Ethan and Emma are having a great time being outside with the weather being so nice. I made gates for the deck so they can run around on it and be safe. Here they are riding their Rock-n-Rides on it. Today they spent hours outside between playing on the deck, taking a ride in the bike trailer and going for a walk with Mommy after woek while I made dinner and they still were made when they had to come in.

Emma undresses herself while taking her nap

I came up to open the door and make sure I heard Emma when she woke up from her nap and she was still sleeping but had removed her socks and thrown them out of her playpen and also managed to unzip her sweatshirt and pull it completely off.
Here's a picture of her after she woke up. Now if I could just teach her to dress herself!

Ethan and Emma at the Stay At Home Dad's playdate

Here's Ethan and Emma on the teeter totter at the SAHD's first outside playdate for 2010. It was a cool 4 person teeter totter.
It turns out Ethan and Emma are harder to watch at the playground than I had thought. They keep going off in different directions and eating all the mulch. Ethan went so far as lapping up the water that collects at the bottom of the slide. Both of them kept walking in front of the swings when people were swinging. Good news is they had a great time and were mad when we had to leave.

Jim entertains all the kids at Logan's birthday party.

Uncle Jim entertained all the kids in attendance at Ethan and Emma's cousin Logan's 2nd birthday party. He had them all on the flatbed and they were loving it.

Emma and Ethan go to the park with Grandma and Grandpa G

Emma and Ethan went to the park for the first time ever with Grandma and Grandpa G.


Here’s Grandma walking them to the park



Ethan and Emma both love the swings.



Emma really loved being pushed on the swings by Grandpa



Carl did a great job of pushing Ethan and Emma in the swings.



Mom even got in on the swing action. Not bad for a 85 year old!



Ethan learned how to rock and make the spring motorcycle go



Here’s Mom getting Emma ready to go down the slide. Both Ethan and Emma both wanted to go down at the same time. It was great having help at the park. When I go alone it is challenging keeping track of both of them at the same time and keeping them safe from eating the mulch, etc.

Grandma G reads to Ethan and Emma

Here's Grandma G reading to Ethan and Emma on her visit in this week.

Grandpa G feeds Ethan icecream

Grandpa and Grandma G were in for a visit and Ethan and Emma got Grandpa to share his icecream.

The Rogers' come by for a fun visit

Karen, Hannah, CJ and Halle came by for a visit since they were out of town for Ethan and Emma's birthday party. As usual Ethan and Emma had a ball with them. They played outside on the deck and the backyard now that we have the fence installed. Then when it got cold they came in to play with the Rock 'n Rides.



Here's Ethan doing a wheely as he get's pushed by Hannah and Halle



...and not to be outdone by her brother here's Emma doing a wheely as CJ pushes her. Daddy and Uncle Fred are so proud of them.

I've had enough, that's all I am eating Dad!

Ethan decided he had enough breakfast and demanded I stop. Got to love all the eggs in the hair and yes they were fun to get out. Teaching them to eat on their own is "fun".



Emma had to get in the act to with the eggs in the hair.

Wake up time is one-on-one time

Just took this shot from my iPhone of Little Man and am posting from
the iPhone as well.
This photo is just as he hit the floor after sliding off our bed. One-
on-one time is rare with twins and I love that he usually wakes up
before Emma and we play on out bed for 5-10 minutes before he gets
down to explore (exploring may mean unrolling all the toilet paper or
unscrewing the knobs on the vanity, but what the heck). I just love
laying on the bed giving him tickle kisses and asking him questions
that get no reply apart from him flashing that million dollar smile of
his to me. All to soon though he has had enough and is down on the
floor and the days race has begun.

Emma and Ethan love playing on the patio

Here's a few pics of Ethan and Emma playing on the patio.

Here's Ethan on the slide


And here's Emma taking her first time down the slide.


Ethan was too funny, he kept licking the screen of the firepit.

Emma and Ethan go for their first bike ride

Well I finally got to take Ethan and Emma on a bike ride, I would like to say they loved it, but they tolerated it would be more accurate,
Emma kept pulling her helmet off and Ethan was not pleased with the bumps when trying to sleep. They'll get used to it. They have to, it's not negotiable in our family. ☺