Picasso?

The twins showed me their self portraits at school....I think Elaine's speaks for itself

Happy Birthday

Today we had the twins birthday party. They had some friends from school and cousins come and share the day!

A Break From the Cold

This weekend we met up at an indoor waterpark with Aunt Jamie, Uncle Mark and our cousins Morgan and Jake. We had a blast. We haven't been at one for two years and it was way different this time! This time we could run around the fort and not get pushed over by the bigger kids. We went down a TON of slides and went around the lazy river a bunch of times.

 

Ethan and Patrick getting dumped on by the big bucket of water

Elaine and Jamies under the mushroom

Elaine finally braved the yellow tube slide

Riding the Lazy River with Morgan and Jake

Patrick and Mark thinking they were so cool with their undercover cups

 

Children's Museum

The twins were able to meet up with their cousins at the Children's Museum. They had a blast running around and playing. Mommy and aunt Melissa definitely got their workout running around and keeping track of four very active kids!

Happy New Years

The twins got to spend NYE with their Barker cousins and aunts/uncles. We definitely had a good time. By the end of the night the kids were exhausted!

A Little Help Decorating the Tree

Tonight we hung out and decorated the christmas tree.  It was the first year the twins were really able to help and I was extremely grateful....plus it made it so much more fun! 

The twins enjoyed uncovering their favorite ornaments.

TaDa!  The finished product with two excited kids, let the count down to Christmas begin!

A Belated Halloween House

Phillip and Amelia spent the night last night. I had some random Halloween candy house we never got to so I pulled it out for something to do with the kids. They had a blast and as you can tell from their mouths, definitely tried the black icing!

A Night at the Ballet

Tonight Ethan and I were allowed to come into Elaine's ballet class. She did great and Ethan was so sweet. He sat and watched her the whole time.... Of course he commentated the whole time!

The "Really Good Chili" Place

Ethan has fallen in love with Cincinnati chili 3 ways! He is constantly asking to go to the really good chili restaurant! So after ballet we were exhausted and headed to Blue Ash Chili since Ethan did so good watching Elaine's ballet class

Fun with Pizza Dough

Just a fun dinner out at Pomodori's! The twins love how they give them pizza dough to play with while they wait for their food.

Halloween

Tonight the twins went Trick or Treating in the neighborhood with Bradley.  It was cold and rainy so the kids all had to bundle up which lead to funny additions to their TMNT outfits!



With Nonie in the hospital, the twins were able to stop at our house and have Poppy hand them candy....they were super excited and thought it was really cool!

After lots of houses, they were bushed and ready to examine their loot!

Pumpkin Carving

Tonight the twins carved our pumpkin with Patrick.  Ethan grew bored quickly when it came to cleaning out the inside but Elaine thought it was crazy fun!  Ethan definitely jumped in when it was time to design the face and they both were excited to light it up.  They can't wait for the big day!

UC Homecoming

We met up at UC with Uncle Timmy, Phillip, and Amelia to celebrate UC's homecoming! The parade was great and the kids had a blast visiting their daddys' old fraternity house.