Growing Up!

Wow - have I been bad at updating this or what?! Our lives have become so insane I rarely have a free moment to get on here and give an update! Everyone is growing up so quickly! It seems like they learn something new every day! They are racking up the grocery bill in raisins and cheerios, and the latest favorite dinner is chicken nuggets dunked in "dip" - yes, they are learning why ketchup needs to be named one of the major food groups! We spent last weekend at Carowinds with Todd and Erica - we joked that we spent $160 on tickets for four adults so we could ride the merry-go-round four times. The kids loved it, but the four of us were green by the fourth time! There were other rides they were big enough to ride, but they involved swings flying through the air. Yeah...I don't think so.



























































Elli is our busy body - she sprints everywhere she goes! Her favorite place is the park in Greenville where she can run up and down the ramps all afternoon! We bought a family pass to the zoo and her favorite animal is the monkey...go figure! Her best friend is a little blankie with a pink poodle head on it - her name is "Sassie" and she goes everywhere Elli goes!



























































Haley is a little "mom" who makes sure the other two stay in line. She'll yell "Elson", or "Tyder" and clap her hands when they are misbehaving. She knows all the rules and makes sure they are enforced! Lately she refuses to go to bed until she has at least 10 stuffed animals with her, and if you forget one (on purpose), she knows. She cries "Elfant, Elfant, Elfant..." until we find her pink elephant!




























































Tyler is still our little man! He loves driving his 4-wheeler around the yard and was the first to figure out how to steer it so he can drive up and down the paths without stopping! He is a daddy's boy right now...big time! He can't stand it when Jeff leaves the room! He is definitely a boy's boy - he loves cars (ka)and trucks (chuk)and his favorite thing to do is chase us around the house and growl at us!



























































So the terrible two's haven't been so terrible after all! Crazy, chaotic, exhausting, trying two's for sure, but we wouldn't trade it for the world!







































Haley picks out everyone's jammies before bedtime...these are my favorite!




















This is what happens when Tyler picks out the jammies. Shirts two sizes too small and pants that match (well, to him they did)!