Longwood Gardens

Today the girls and I took the kids to Longwood Gardens.  It was a gorgeous day to be outside...not too hot and not raining! Yay!  3 girls with 2 kids each is crazy.  I think together we had 6 kids under the age of 5.  Very busy especially when you add strollers, lunches, no naps, and water to the mix.  What a great place though for kids!  I guess I never realized how much stuff they have for the little guys to do.  The kids loved hiding under the trees and playing tag in the gardens.  There is a place in the conservatory with all kinds of little water fountains for the kids to play and drench themselves.  Good times.  As I write this I can tell that Maya didn't have a nap today.....the yelling and crying has been going on for at least 15 minutes now.

explanations of the videos...

On a daily basis, my little diva asks to "put on mommy's club dvd."  Everything to her is a dvd.  She knows how to operate the dvd player and troubleshoot to get what she wants to work.  It really is amazing.  So one day she went out to the car in the garage and was digging through the glovebox and found an old club cd from 2001.  ah yes, my college days.  She brought it in and put it in the dvd player and decided she liked it and now rocks out to it on pretty much a daily basis.

Again, tech savy Maya knows how to work things.  She is a wiz at my iPhone and the video of Seamus is Maya operating my iPhone. 

Hilarious!

Who do you think she looks like?

Who do you think he looks like?

How much she has grown!

Time flies...especially when you're looking backwards.  1 year ago my little bear looked like this....

I had Seamus in my belly but I didn't quite know it yet.

And now, my little bear looks like this!  What a difference a year makes!

Unique gifts

One of the ladies that Kevin works with gave us a belated baby gift for Seamus and of course one for the big sister too!  These are my favorite!