Sometimes you’re a little strange, Carter!

We went out to eat with Mimi for dinner on Mother's Day and of course Dad let the kids pick their own outfits.   Carter looks especially cool ordering his kids cheesburger.  Yes, he wears his sunglasses at night. 

And speaking of Mimi she did her Mimi best to keep Carter at his utmost euphoric crazy-self!

And of course Ava got in on the action and took advantage of all the extra quality time and decided she needed to sleep in bed with Carter and Mimi. 

 Of an especially cute note today, Ava was babling 'Mama mama' at some time today.  Carter interupted her and informed her: "No A, Mama in Lorida, Mimi today!".

Guest Blogger Edition

As you likely know Mama, I mean Tracey, is on vacation in sunny Souther Florida. 

As a courtesy I have taken to her blog to continue spreading the word. 


The first 24 hours have been uneventful.  Coincendently, everyone has called at some point today to check-in with Dad.  See the pictures below for proof of our first ever successful Mama free day.

First off, check out my right arm.  Yeah it looks bad, but you should see Dad.  Whenever a leader leaves there is an
inevitable struggle for power.  He didn't stand a chance.

Ohh pullleeaazzeee Daddyy!?!?!?!  It's the only thing that can make it possible to bear that Mommy can't be here with me! 


Dad is sooo gullible, like taking candy from an Ava, or any baby for that matter.

Here is a picture of Ava during one of the rare occasions she didn't want Daddy carrying her around.  Of course she is crawling around on the garage floor but she is looking stylish in a new pair of shoes she got from Target today.

Hey Dad, what is it going to take to get some good help around here?   If it looks this disasterous after one day what will become of it in five days? 

Happy Mother's Day, we give you a mess!!!!

More fun on the Farm

We visited Parky's Farm again today, and although I didn't take a lot of pictures I did get some cute ones. 

We are number one!  I really have no idea what she was doing.

Getting two little ones to look at the camera is virtually impossible.

Getting them to keep their tongues in their mouth isn't so easy either.

I will be departing for florida in a little less than 24 hours (!!!!!!!!) and Mike has just informed he will be taking over blogging duties while I'm gone.  I'm kind of suprised/amused/excited about this turn of events, and I can't wait to see the results.  Enjoy them while I'm gone!

My best mother's day present

This is officially the best mother's day present I have ever recieved.  Carter made it at Mighty Max on Monday.

Although sitting on Ft. Myers Beach for five days with no children or responsibilities ranks pretty high up there too (Thanks Mike, Meme, Grandma and Grandbo for making this possible!)  Technically it's my 30th birthday present though.  Only 5 more days to go!

Helper girl

Is it too much to ask that she'll love to do dishes this much in 10 years?

Hat Craziness

Do you like their hats?  Carter picked them out and although we didn't buy them we did have to get their picture.  We checked out Old Navy this weekend because everything in the store was 30% off including clearance.  So I'm pretty proud to report we bought 1 shirt for Mike, 1 shirt for Ava, 3 shirts for Carter and 3 shirts for me, all for $47.  Not too shabby.  The shirt we got for Mike makes him look like Edward Cullen, so you know I'm happy about that. 

Spring Cleaning

Today we took advantage of an empty schedule (gasp!) and a rainy day to do a little spring cleaning.

Can you believe that Mike and Carter dusted?  Well, he got out a rag to clean his TV and I figured while he was at it I haven't dusted since ........well too long.  So just hit the chairs, tables, shelves and tv stand while you're at it.

Carter thought that the chair could use a little attention.  He only left three big puddles of water on the floor.

Thank you boys!