Kreiger Family Picnic

On Saturday, June 30, 2012, we went to Melanie's house for our Summer Family Picnic.  Unfortunately, Gwen and Cole were not feeling 100% and Cole slept through a lot of the festivities.  We enjoyed some good family time.  The best part was when everyone worked on catching fireflies with the kids (see below).  The neighbors must have thought we were crazy!  Cole was over the moon excited.  So much so that he was stuttering and kept holding his hands up to his mouth while squealing.  

Summer, Summer, Summer

Our Summer days are spent running the kids around so they can burn some energy and not tear about the house...

 Gwen and Cole enjoying their first homemade Popsicle of the season.

 Creative kids built a tower on top of the truck while I nursed Reid.

 Reid taking a dip in the elephant pool.

 Gwen at the beginning of shaving cream play.

 My child who hates to get dirty at the beginning of shaving cream play.

 Gwen showing me how she applied her "sunscreen shaving cream"

 Somehow sissy convinced Cole to be a messy man!

Sprinkler Fun.

9-10 Months

At 9-10 months Reid is starting to walk between toys and while holding onto moving toys.  He loves sissy's shopping cart and sometimes finds himself in difficult situations (see pic below).  He recently took to this little stuffed lion.  He goes to get it when you say:  "Reid, where is your lion?".  He is obsessed with crawling after balls and is starting to eat some purees.  He finally says "Mama" but much prefers to say "Dada".  Reid recently learned that when he waves he gets a lot of attention from people around him.  He waves "hi", "bye", "night night".

More June Shore Pics

What a sweet pic of Daddy and Reid :)

 The following pics were taken at the Cape May Zoo. This is a must on our list of things to do down the shore with kids.

More Shore

 Here is Gwen enjoying her first ice cream cone.  She inhaled it so quickly that I almost missed the opportunity to take her pic.  Uncle Milt ran out to get the ice cream and cones after the kids ate all of their dinner and started asking "What are we having for dessert?".  What a sweet uncle!

 Coleman continues to impress everyone with his puzzle abilities.  Aunt Terrie had a few 100 piece puzzles for him to try and with some help from Aunt Terrie and Gwen, he was quite successful :)

 Reid's first trip to the Ocean City boardwalk.

Our Family boardwalk photo.  This pic was taken by the sweetest lady.  Story to follow.

First Shore Trip of 2012

The weekend of June 23rd, we packed up the minivan and traveled to Sea Isle City.  Nana and Pap Pap already had plans so we relied on Aunt Terrie, Uncle Milt, Erienne and Dave for back up.  Gwen and Cole had fun playing in the sand and at the edge of the water.  Reid was thrilled to play in the sand but did something that I had never even thought about-- he picked out small pieces of shells to try to eat.  So..i had to keep a very close eye on my little troublemaker.  The most fun Cole and Gwen had was one afternoon when someone had left a small sandcastle and hole.  They enjoyed shoveling out the hole; jumping from one section of sand to another; and playing pirate on the beach.  Meanwhile, Reid climbed the mountains and ate some sand.

Fun.

My idea of fun has certainly changed over the years.  These days I don't need a movie or fancy dinner to have fun.  Instead, i enjoy watching my children do the cutest little things.  Today it is way too hot to be outside and after a failed trip to the bowling ally (it was closed), we decided to sing and dance around the living room.  Hearing all of their little giggles and squeals were enough to bring a big smile to my face.  Reid held onto the couch, bounced up and down and cackled for a long time while the big kids and i ran around the room to burn off some energy.  Below you'll see some other fun moments we've experienced recently complete with Reid riding the vacuum and the big kids doing their yoga video.