Sunday, June 27, 2010
Some things never change
The girls watching Olivia on the floor of our house and eating grapes (that came from Chile, just like the ones we bought in SD). =) It's still pouring outside and there's apparently a limit on how long it continues to be fun to stomp in the puddles.
Playing in the Rain
My video from yesterday must have been too long and it never uploaded. Trying again w/ a new one from today. Looks like it'll be pretty easy to get 'playing in the rain' footage here, since we're now 2 for 2 of rainy days.
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
We're in Panama safe and sound
We are here, and Boquete is everything we hoped it would be. The little town is authentically rustic, and our cabin is awesome. Here is video of the normally-rain-phobic Audrey living it up in the puddles. We shopped for groceries at the little store (like a combination hardware store and grocery store) and made macaroni and cheese, hotdogs (which were locally made, and the girls wouldn't even eat them, but Iain thought they were fine), and fresh green beans. The only bad thing about today is that the US lost to Ghana.
[The video will be uploaded shortly.]
[The video will be uploaded shortly.]
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Our new baby
The title was just to get your attention. We don't have a REAL new baby, but Audrey has been pretending for the last few days that we have a "little tiny baby." And his or her name (it's a girl or boy, depending on the hour) is "Twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder what you are." =)
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Happy Father's Day
Iain, we love you! Thank you for being an awesome dad for Audrey & Avery.
Tonight, Audrey said she wanted to "make a concert" and walked down to the bottom of the stairs and sang "I've Been Working on the Railroad" (she needed some help to get started) and then sang the ABC song and Twinkle Twinkle at her loudest volume and without help (well, Avery was her back-up dancer). This is extremely rare for Audrey and it was beautiful (I honestly had no idea she even knew the ABC song and then she belted it out solo, perfectly, from start to finish).
And earlier this afternoon, the girls counted loudly and in unison from one to thirty in Spanish with Iain (they were motivated becase he was putting Dora and Diego tattoos on their arms and they can't pick up the wet napkin until they get to thirty, but that's beside the point).
Anyway, even though they didn't really get that today was Father's Day, I'm just gonna' go ahead and say that these were about the best 2 presents they could have given Iain.
Audrey and Avery, you are a blessing to us. We love you both sooooooo much!
Tonight, Audrey said she wanted to "make a concert" and walked down to the bottom of the stairs and sang "I've Been Working on the Railroad" (she needed some help to get started) and then sang the ABC song and Twinkle Twinkle at her loudest volume and without help (well, Avery was her back-up dancer). This is extremely rare for Audrey and it was beautiful (I honestly had no idea she even knew the ABC song and then she belted it out solo, perfectly, from start to finish).
And earlier this afternoon, the girls counted loudly and in unison from one to thirty in Spanish with Iain (they were motivated becase he was putting Dora and Diego tattoos on their arms and they can't pick up the wet napkin until they get to thirty, but that's beside the point).
Anyway, even though they didn't really get that today was Father's Day, I'm just gonna' go ahead and say that these were about the best 2 presents they could have given Iain.
Audrey and Avery, you are a blessing to us. We love you both sooooooo much!
Some Uncle Brantley tendencies
So our girls are 3 and 1 and it looks like they have their Uncle Brantley's arguing genes, since I know they didn't come from me. =)
This started on our trip across the country and now happens about once a day, but it goes something like this:
[We're walking on a sidewalk and we all see a squirrel running.]
Mommy: Avery, was that a squirrel running?
Avery: No.
Audrey: Yes it was.
Avery: No.
Audrey: Yes it was.
Avery: No.
Audrey: Yes it was.
Really? They're going to argue about this? Yep. They are 3 and 1 and they will go back and forth about the most random things and will continue until one of us intervenes. It's hilarious and scary at the same time.
This started on our trip across the country and now happens about once a day, but it goes something like this:
[We're walking on a sidewalk and we all see a squirrel running.]
Mommy: Avery, was that a squirrel running?
Avery: No.
Audrey: Yes it was.
Avery: No.
Audrey: Yes it was.
Avery: No.
Audrey: Yes it was.
Really? They're going to argue about this? Yep. They are 3 and 1 and they will go back and forth about the most random things and will continue until one of us intervenes. It's hilarious and scary at the same time.
We're East-Coasties Again
We're back! We arrived in the DC metro area last Sunday for a week of househunting. Mim has been here to watch the girls while Iain and I looked at a zillion houses from Vienna to Arlington to Alexandria and back. We found the most perfect house on Thursday and are set to move in the first of August. We also spent a small fortune yesterday on new furniture (for those of you who know us well, you know this has been a long time in coming ... no more Bronco-chewed couch cushions or chairs that are in danger of severely injuring someone). =) Here are some recent pix & video (we spent a couple of days with our cousins Jill, Jeff and Addyson last weekend and had an AWESOME time with them ... thanks guys). Other random pix are the girls dancing in a hotel room in Memphis or Knoxville (can't remember anymore), Aves eating pistachios (that girl is CRAZY for pistachios, and she'll crack her OWN, thank you very much), and the 4 of us in a cave in eastern Tennessee. The video of Avery and Addyson with the chalk was unfortunately cut off just before the most hysterical moment when Avery stood up, yelled "OUT" and then had a little stare-down with Addy. I'm so sad that I missed the moment). 
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