Little Composers

Here are a few pics of the kids I snapped down at grandpa's the other day. A few months ago I had a similar picture of Luke and his buddy Samson.You have to love the chubby butts

Bella is really enjoying herself

How could anyone ever say no to that face.

Summer Update

We went down to the beach yesterday and in an attempt to get Luke engaged in something other than the water I started burying James in the sand. Well I guess Luke thought this was pretty cool cause he decided to lay down next to James and have me bury him to. If you know Luke he is not the kind of kid who like to sit still for more than a few seconds let only long enough for me to bury him and his dad and then take pictures, but it happened and I was amazed at his patience (I told him to pretend he was taking a nap). He is such a funny kid, full of surprises! Luke is under the Yellow baseball cap. I put in on his face to keep the sun out of his eyes
Here he is pretending to be taking a nap

Keeping his feet covered was the hardest part cause he kept wiggling his toes

After he was done being buried he decided to help me finish his dad off. He is throwing sand on James face in this picture (it makes sense it was the only part of him that wasn't buried)

Luke has become such a good brother to his little sister. Its really cute to watch be attentive to her needs. When she is sad or crying he will try to give her his toys, snacks or a sippy cup/baba. He has become a master at switching toys out. If he wants the car she is playing with he has learned she is easily distracted by the another toy and will trade her. Its so interesting to watch his mind develop as he is able to understand more complex emotions and situations.

They have also started to interact a lot more. It seems like whatever Bella is doing is the cool thing so Luke tends to want follow her lead. If Bella is eating, Luke wants to eat (not only does he want to eat but he wants to have whatever Bella is eating). If Bella is having a baba Luke wants one. If Bella plays in the Jumperoo Luke want to (he actually tried to climb in it with her one day and got stuck, Bella was pretty upset about it!). In the pic above I sat Bella down to watch a show with some snacks while I made dinner. Luke went down and plopped himself next to her and I luckily caught it on camera.

Berry Smoothies

So the Berry Smoothies at Costco are pretty much famous. Anyone who shops at Costco should know what I am talking about. Both of my kids are addicts!!! They both learned how to use a straw through the temptation of a Berry Smoothie. On one of our recent trips to Costco we found that we could no Longer just have one cup with smoothie we have to split into 2 due to the high volume of requests. Below is documentation of one of our experience.

As you can see Bella totally has us in check