En Garde

Boys will be boys right? Well, Sam loves hitting things with his sword. He also likes to use it as a walking stick and a few other things. He's so funny though because he loves to go around saying, "En Garde!" I'm not sure he really knows what it means but he knows Daddy says it so it's got to be cool right? :)

Oh, and yes, I'm a girl. Can you tell? Not so into the running around hitting things with a stick or styrofoam thing. Oh, wait, sorry about that...styrofoam sword. But Sam was having fun. Why do I feel like I look like a pirate in this picture?

Marie has her priorities right. :) Does it taste good? I love the raised eyebrow. It may not taste good, it's definitely not chocolate, but it's great for teething! Maybe the eyebrow says differently.

Friends

My little Marie already has a friend. Sam seems to be content to do whatever whenever with just about whoever, although he does prefer family. Marie definitely prefers family but she seems to have a little friend. They both come to YW almost every week so you can guess how much the girls get out of the lesson when Marie is awake. (I try to make sure she sleeps through most of it) Either way it's fun to see them interact a bit. Yea for girl friends! :) They are so cute together!

Maybe someday she'll get that much hair ;) Oh, and they are only 3 months apart.

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. :)