14 months

The girls are so funny these days and becoming quite the little ladies. Just this past weekend we noticed they are starting to play more. Around the house and at the playgrounds. Friday when we went to the park I noticed I spent less time pulling wood-chips out of their mouths and more time just having fun. They loved the slides and tunnels. They were at the park with Kyle this weekend too and exploring all over.

Walking is now Mary's preferred mode of transportation and Emma just started walking more over the weekend. She started walking a week or so ago but is doing more as of Saturday. They are funny to watch interact, Emma tends to take things from Mary and Mary will then scream bloody murder like someone has cut out her kidney. Luckily she gets over it quickly and moves on to something else. Just has to make sure EVERYONE knows she was not happy about that.

Unfortunately sleeping has taking a turn for the worse, they were doing so well but lately are getting up 2-3 times a night. It's mainly Mary, but when I go in Emma wakes up too. I feed them and they immediately go back to sleep so it's not the worst thing ever and will pass someday. Mary FINALLY has one tooth, so that could also be a reason for interrupted sleep. Emma is getting her 12th tooth.

They don't really like sitting still for their block photos, so here are some action shots. Emma through a crazy fit when I moved her to get Mary's photos, she did NOT want to be away from those blocks. As you can see she loved playing with them.
















They just will NOT leave the blocks alone long enough for me to get a photo so I put them on the floor.


Didn't last long.


Isaac wanted to get his blocks out as well, this photo was so cute!


I tried to get Mary in there too, but by the time I set her on the couch and took my steps back to get my camera up to my eye she had made her way off.... stinker


Mary likes to do her own thing a lot of the time, she's a busy bee.


Isaac had TBall again tonight, however he did not take a nap today (he did lay in his bed for two hours though) so his ears weren't working as well. Last week it was cancelled due to rain and the week before was the off week for the fourth so it was good to be back. He is also trying to read, here's a video that Kyle took tonight of them in bed.

Arboretum Lego Sculptures

Last Friday, June 26th we headed out to the Arboretum for an evening visit. We got there about 6 and the visitor's center was closed but the grounds stay open until 8pm. It was really looking like rain so we were on the clock to stay dry.

There are 13 'Art with LEGO Bricks' sculptures and we saw all but three. So this post will have to be continued once we make it back to find the others we didn't see this visit (Part two is here). I'll list them in the order we saw them but label them with their designated numbers.

#2 Peacock ~ 68,827 lego bricks





#1 Hummingbird on Flower ~ 61,107 lego bricks





#6 Giant Pansy Bloom ~ 29,314 lego bricks 



I think this one is my favorite:
#7 Birdbath ~ 14,802 lego bricks



Look at the little bees!








Playing peek-a-boo




Had a hard time finding this one. The map had it marked in a different spot than it actually ended up being but it wasn't far from there. We were right by it when we saw the pansy but didn't go far enough to see it.

#5 Deer Family ~ 84,442 lego bricks







We headed back to the car, the rain appeared to be closing in. We drove down to the other parking lot area and saw a few more that were close by

#9 Galapagos Tortoise and Finch ~ 23,317 lego bricks 





#Wheelbarrow ~ 29,900 lego bricks







#10 Monarch Butterfly on Milkweed ~ 39,708 lego bricks





Kyle picked up me and Isaac and we drove down to the learning center area as it started to rain. Two more were located at this remote location. I hoped out of the van to take a photo of them.

#13 Grandfather and Grandchild Gardening ~ 46,940 lego bricks





These were the only two that Isaac wasn't out with me and of course one of them would have been perfect to get his picture with... there's always next time.

#12 LEGO Brick Mosaic ~ 12,990 lego bricks



I'll end with some cute photos of the girls last Sunday before church.


Mary giving kisses

Many faces of Mary

Now that Mary is walking she is turning out to be quite the clutz... well mainly due to tiredness but last week it was a black eye from falling into the side of the tub as I was getting her sister settled in the bath. This week it was a fall outside on the sidewalk with an ending nose plant scraping up her cute little nose. :-( she's a trooper though. 

Dave Concert

We had a date night last night. Got to see Dave Matthews Band again at the Xcel Center in St Paul. My 7th concert, Kyle's fourth. 

Their two sets of the night, photo from DMBs Facebook page:

Splash Pad June 25th

We hit the splash pad again Thursday morning on the 25th. I took a few pictures this time. Nothing to exciting but thought I'd share. It was the perfect hot day for playing in the water!