Stitches, destruction and a bit of cake

Hogle Zoo

Behold the cunning construction worker in it's natural habitat.

"I'm not so sure about this Grammy.  He looks kind of scary."

"Oh, now he doesn't look so bad."

"Can we keep him?"

Hiya pal

Monkey Trouble.
Two of the monkeys got loose.

Hanging around the house

Washing the car with Daddy.

Tuesday and Carter become best buddies at meal time.

Being silly with Grampy.

All around the Mulberry bush......

Pop! Goes the Weasel.

Ready to go "yide" (carterese for 'outside')

Bubbles!!

Carter loves to play in Tuesday's bed.
After conceding to the fact the he could not fit through the doggy door himself, he was content with stuffing all his toys out instead.

Craig helping Celene with her math homework.
After hours of frustration, Craig decided to read the rest of the instruction sheet.  Lo and behold, the answer had been there the whole time.  Epic fail.

Cuddly Cousins on a Couch (ok, not a couch, a luv sac)

Craig with two of his favorite little people in the whole world.

Legos.
Dad enjoyed it more than Carter.

"I don't know how those puzzle pieces got stuck in the fireplace."

Carter's stitches.
Two deep, Ten superficial.

Cheetos make everything better.

Bringing down the House

Before shot #1

Before shot #2
(fyi, we don't have any after shots, only during shots)

Teaching.....

....... learning........

........and mastering. 

"Can we just leave it this way?'

Carter's a quick learner.

Cutting tile.

What a good helper.

Home again, home again, jiggity jig

After 6 weeks of being gone, our plant was barely clinging to life.  It is currently in critical condition, but with hopes of improvement.  

"Dad! How am I supposed to help you eat that if you keep pulling it away from me!  I have little arms!"

"Can I eat it now?"

Happy Birthday Mommy!
(Notice the blob in the upper left corner.  That is when the frosting bag broke)

School's out!!!

We've been on vacation the past month and a half so we're way behind on our blogging.  Here's part one of the update.

Week before our trip

Carter loves bubbles!!

Little Rascal

Bring on the dirt and worms!
(for those who are unfamiliar with this delicacy, this dish consists of chocolate pudding, crushed oreos and gummy worms.  Yum!)

Carter loved it for a minute until he discovered he was dirty.

Carter: "Daddy had an off day on baby dressing duty."
Craig:  "I blame the baby"

Grammy and Uncle Danny took us to the Wildlife Zoo and Aquarium:

This Boa Constrictor display had no glass separating you from  the snake.  Craig did not like this part.

We can't remember what this is Carter is looking at, but he seems to like it.

Giraffe!

Shhh! The tigers are sleeping.

Racing uncle Danny

Waiting for the train to go.

What a cutie

Carter will be reverent at the zoo, just not church.

Attacked by the killer baby goat!

Hey guys, want to race?

New York, New York.....and Philly

Rebel child

Use your eagle powers Craig!
Craig: "That's what I'm doing"

Practicing for New York.
Taxi!

Craig: "World's worst drinking fountain"
Paige: "World's best photo op"

 Ye Olde Time Yoga
"We call this 'The signer'"

"Do you like my beard?"

"Yes, I am the most interesting man in the world."

The mighty hunter

Paige: "I ran up the Rocky Steps."
Celene: "Ugh.  That's so 90's"

YO ADRIAN!!!

Photobombed by grandpa Batty

S-T-O-W
(for you National Treasure fans, the bench Riley was sitting on is no longer there so we  found the closest alternative).

Logan Square.

Temple site.  Wahoo!!!
Currently a big hole in the ground, but it's progress.

She loves me.....

.....She loves me not.

Sorry!

"Craig! Do you think this is a game?"

Philly Cheesesteak.  mmmm

Valley Forge

Craig misses tracting so he thought he'd give it another go.  He was unsuccessful.

Craig, can we afford this house?

Waiting for the train to take us to Grand Central Station.

Grand Central

Times Square, in the rain.

Wicked!