Playing Around

Gage is still really into his trucks. He's kind of possessive of some of them, and he's the only one who can play with McQueen. That's ok, a boy really should have some stuff of his own.



Jude is trying to jump. His feet don't leave the floor, but he's very proud of himself.





Nate likes trucks too. He usually watches Gage and then tries to copy what he is doing. This is one of Gage's favourite trucks, and therefore, one of Nate's as well.



And both of the twins are walking now. Nate is still quite cautious and likes to keep an eye on everyone so he doesn't get knocked over. Jude just runs everywhere and hopes he doesn't fall down. Says a lot about their personalities I think.

A picture of James and I, dying in the heat. I've started my new job and it's going well. We may have an offer on the house, we'll find out this weekend I'm sure. We've looked at ten houses so far, and there's four we would like to see again, plus one we've yet to see. I'll be glad when we are moved and back to as normal as we can get.

Filthy Faces... Among Other Things

The boys are into eating fruit, and with this extremely hot weather, we let them eat as much as they want. It's pretty much the only thing we can guarantee that they'll eat. Gage really likes grapes, Nate will eat anything and Jude kind of picks at it all. The other day it was cherries. Jude mashed them all in his hands and then wiped his hands all over his face.





We have gotten them to eat chili, one of our favourite things to take pictures of around here. Chili faces are always so funny.

Gage



Jude



Nate

All Apologies

I have to say sorry for taking so long to post! We are super busy here. We are in the process of preparing to sell our townhouse so that we can buy a house. We are looking for a detached house with a back yard the boys can play in. So for the last two weeks we have been painting, packing, cleaning and staging. Hopefully I will have pictures of the changes in the next couple of days.

I'm also changing jobs, beginning next Monday. After eight years I've made a very hard decision to go to another company. I need the change I think.

I've been remiss about taking pictures of the boys during all of the commotion, so I snuck upstairs tonight and took pictures while they were sleeping.

Gage had his first "graduation" from his first year of preschool. He's now two and a half, and can carry on a conversation, so long as it's about something he's interested in. He never stops moving and has to run everywhere. He's really into knock knock jokes and Thomas the Train.



Nate started walking yesterday for our friend Elizabeth. He likes to repeat words and can ask for a cracker now. He points at things and waits for us to name them for him and then does his best to repeat the name. He loves Grover, his stuffed dog, Woof, trucks and especially balls.



Jude is walking all over the place now, and even trying to run. He can say a lot of words now, and really likes puppies and kitties. He's big into getting and giving kisses, and really likes to make people laugh. He likes anything that he can push across the floor, books and music. The other day he was trying to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star along with the Sesame Street CD that was in the van.



So if I'm a little slow with the posting in the next little bit, please forgive me. I'll keep everyone updated on the real estate situation.

Zoo Outing

A couple of weekends ago, we went to the zoo with the Twin & Triplet Club. We had a really good time, got to pet an armadillo and a duck and were separated from a Siberian Tiger named Boris by one chain link fence. True to form, our boys liked the prairie dogs the best, followed closely by the harbour seals and the monkeys.

Look at all the double strollers!





Melissa, our tour guide, and Peter the duck. Peter is a girl duck, which they didn't know until she had ducklings!



James, Gage and Peter.



Snow leopards having a nap.



Everyone was very tired after the zoo trip. Gage went to bed and James had a nap on the floor while Jude and Nate had some quiet time with their bottles.





Nate and Covers the Hippo. We also have a Ping the Panda and Woof the Dog.