Dallin's favorite complaint is "Tay-din not tar-ing" which for those of you not up to date in two-year-old lingo interprets to mean "Katelyn's not sharing" and according to Dallin this is a crime committed all day everyday. whether it's because Katelyn is playing quietly by herself with her own princess toys, or if she is sitting in a seat Dallin has designated as his own or if she eats her food at a normal human pace and Dallin has scarfed his down and would like hers as well, he proclaims in loud accord "Tay-din's Not Dar-ing" now don't get me wrong Katelyn does her share of "not sharing" but Dallin thinks if ever he doesn't get exactly what he wants it's because someone is not sharing. this is actually a pretty ingenious tactic because if ever Dallin pronounces this at a busy moment when we aren't paying full attention to the situation, our first reaction is to yell out, "Katelyn you need to share with Dallin please." and then continue with the task at hand. not giving the situation a second thought until the offended come forth with her own complaints.

we Love visiting the Florida Aquarium, unfortunately we don't own passes, fortunately we know people who do I we are able to go with them. This time we went with Jill and Nina, my wonderful visiting teachers.

Katelyn loves looking at the fish and turtles and of course playing the the purple shells.

Nina and Grant. Nina bought him that adorable Aquarium hat, she is thoughtful in so many ways.

Dallin loved playing in the sand. and Katelyn and Dallin both love climbing on top of the stone animals.

There is this amazing water play area that the kids love. They have a blast running circles around each other, getting splashed and going down the water slide.

They have this great room where you can sit in rocking chairs, listen to relaxing music and watch the fish... we don't generally spend a lot of time there because my kids tend to ruin the ambiance as they chase each other around the room and yell, "mommy watch this!" at the top of their lungs.

Split personality

I've come to the conclusion that Dallin has a split personality. those of us who know him best know that he is a fun loving, happy to be alive, laugh out loud, excited little boy. to everyone else he is the quiet boy who glares. He's not really glaring, he is just trying to put his head down and hide his face but still look at you, which turns out looking like a glare. I think he inherits this trait from his dad, not the glaring but the split personality. it's always surprising to me when people think Cameron is a serious person.

My kids are obsessed with putting things on their heads. their favorites are meat, and shirts. Every night before bed Dallin has this ritual where he insist on putting his pajamas on "by my selt" he gets his shirt on the crown of his head then runs yelling "where Day-lyn doe?" when he finds Katelyn. She then puts her shirt on her head and they both run, literary run, around the house sing "look at my tilly head!" at the top of their lungs.

they also like putting meat on their heads, much to my displeasure. I'm not sure where this one came from. last night they decided to do meat and cheese. crazy kids.

Epcot

One thing I love about Katelyn is she gets excited about everything. In this picture I really have no idea what she is looking at but I wish I could remember because she looks thrilled our first stop was to see the Characters. I figured the line would be the shortest first thing in the morning... I could have been right, it's hard to say because the line was still pretty long. but hey we got some great shots.Dallin was excited about the characters from a distance once they wanted to greet him he didn't want to have anything to do with them. He is terribly shy and will try to hide his face while still looking at the person which turns out looking more like a glare then anything else.Katelyn was thrilled to discover she was waring poka dots just like Minny Mouse. she was so happy.
Grant is such a happy baby. he smiles laughs and coos about everything.

one of our favorites stops was Mexico. The kids loved checking out the pinatas, sombreros and musical instruments.



Grant was content to hang out in the stroller most of the time and liked sitting with him.

we went on the Nemo ride. they loved it but Katelyn was scared that she would be eaten by sharks... unfortunately we had that discussion a few days ago. she is in swimming lessons and the teacher took them on a "wale ride" later she was worried about whether or not wales eat people I told her they didn't then she asked about sharks... of course I didn't mean to scare her but apparently what I said did.Katelyn and Dallin loved playing by these fountains that spurted water making it seem to jump from "pond" to "pond" they would stand on the edge waiting for the water to squirt them.

Ribbons and things

A friend taught me to make these beautiful bows and as is my nature I have gone crazy making bows to match Katelyn's outfits. I love it! and the best part is she loves it too. she will sit for me to do her hair.. as long as there happens to be a princess movie on... then she loves to look and see how beautiful she is.