Sleepy babies

It always amazes me how they go, go, go, go, go... yea, you get the picture. And then all of a sudden, CRASH! Well, I guess the crashing part doesn't surprise me so much as the constant non stop GO.

So this is one of my favorite parts of the day, when they start to look like this...

...and then do this.
Marie must be related to me or something. She's always wanting to put her feet up around her ears all the time. Even when she's sleeping. Infact, sometimes she won't settle down and squwirms like crazy until she gets the right position. Gotta have that leg up to sleep comfortably right? And this was after I had let it slide down a bit because she was finally asleep and I was getting ready to put her down.

Fun in the sun

We had a really warm summer last year and hoped to go to the pool a ton this summer. However it wasn't nearly as warm so we didn't go as much as planned. Some days were just a bit crazy for it even if it was warm so this is what we did instead.They both loved it and had a blast. I wish we had pictures of the local pool (because it's pretty cool) but we don't. Both Sam and Marie loved the water even though it was, as Arnold calls it, "Refreshing". I call it COLD! I guess that's what happens when you grow up in Texas. :)

2 cents...

Ok, so I need all those who are willing or interested to donate their 2 cents to my blog. I can't decide what to put after Mandimunchkin instead of the previous, escapades of an angel, line that use to be there. (and yes it's all still a work in progress) So here are some of my ideas. Let me know which is your favorite via comments or email. If you happen to have any better ideas I'd love those 2 cents too. (I could get rich off of this! ;)

Mandimunchkin:
-and My Monkeys
-Monkeying Around
-and Our little Monkeys
-Going Bananas

Or... a little different but could work, would replace all of the title.
-Mandi and the Munchkins

And just because I can't do any kind of a post without a picture of the two cutest kids in the world, hehe...

Work in progress...

Just so you know I'm changing the background on this so it's going to look different on and off till we get it right. I like the monkeys but the white in the background is a bit busy for me and kinda drives me crazy so we are trying to make that disappear. I'm also going to change the title a bit. Arnold loves me and thinks I'm an angel (he started this for me) but I'm more related to the little guys holding the bananas than the angel at the top. My children are closely related to both although I'm not sure how that works but it does. So enjoy the changes while they happen... or something. :)


Pictures of my angel monkeys for your enjoyment to go with the long explanation just given.

Family photos...

Or something. :)

The tree house complete almost...

Sam has loved this tree house. There are a few things that have been added since the full shot of it but for the most part this is what it looks like.

You can't really see all the detail from here but it's pretty cool. There are 3 sections that surround the tree and Sam has lots of climbing space. Sometimes a little too much.
He kept trying to do things that didn't really seem all that safe. So this next picture is of him pretending like he wasn't going to climb on top of the roof next to him. Gotta love the grin that says, "Huh? I wasn't going to do that. I was just standing here." Right...
And finally this is Sam working. His favorite thing at this point is to work on the tree house. He found an extra screw here and was playing with that till I took it away, but he has a little hammer and work set that stays in the tree house. He's always out there pounding on something and if you ask him what he's doing he'll say, "Working!".

Oh, and yes, that is a full Thomas the tank engine outfit. He wears it as frequently as possible.

9 months!

Yea! Congrats to Marie for surviving 9 months with a big brother that loves her to death, almost literally sometimes. Actually I just needed a good reason to post this picture instead of doing the planned blog about Sam and the tree house being finished. And then I realized that she's 9 months old today and it was perfect! So here's to Marie in all her cuteness. She actually has enough hair to pull this off and it was so fun to do! :)

Just a few of the new things she does are:
-Walk with a push toy
-Stand on her own as long as she doesn't realize it
-Get into everything (oh, wait that's an old one)
-Loves to wave at everyone
-Says "Hi"