new reason to love an attached garage....

beckett is sleeping out in the garage right now.  he has been there for 3 hours :)  he has enjoyed 5 naps just like this in the last 10 days.  it is perfection.  he won't lay down for a nap at home anymore...which is fine because it just means he goes to bed earlier.  BUT, if he does happen to fall asleep in the car on the way home from somewhere, let's just say i don't wake him up! 

i pull into the garage, roll the windows down, and close the garage.  oh...and turn the car off :) i leave the door to the house open so i can hear him call for me when he wakes up.  when i go get him he has no idea he has even taken a nap...i tell him i was just unloading the car and then coming back to get him. 

i only have a couple more months of cool weather...and will then have to say good-bye to garage naps :(

hostess with the mostess

whether she likes it or not, emery hosts a party in her crib just about every morning :)

gymnastics

ellis and beckett started gynmnastics a few weeks ago.  omg...it is HILARIOUS.  not ellis of course, but beckett.  i was lucky enough to sign them up for the same class.  it is really for 3-4 yr olds (and he is still 2 for a few more months) but he is potty trained and can follow directions (ha).  the gym is in a new location but it is the same place i took gymnastics when i was a kid :)  after the first class, they brought in a "handler" for beckett for week 2.  i have more pics i need to download...so funny.  he laughs through the entire class...except for when he remembers there is a snack machine and begs the teachers for money to buy cheetos...

more on gymnastics later :)

just another friday night

enjoying cocktails...and testing the weight limit of the plasma car :)

baby steps (no...she is nowhere near walking!)

she has got the bottle in a highchair mastered...
and she can officially wear little clips in her hair....

still no idea if it will be blonde or brown...straight or curly :)

fancy pants

hugh hefner's got nothing on beckett!!!

rainbow cupcakes

 lookie lookie at what we made!!  rainbow cupcakes!!!  that there on top is the "cloud"...so cute right?!?!  my mom cut the recipe (if you can even call it that) out of the paper for me and brought it over...along with all of the ingredients!!  yes...she is that thoughtful :)

as you can see, i misjudged the layers a little and the top overflowed...but you get the idea.  next time, i can assure you they will be perfect.  ellis LOVED making them.  who wouldn't???

just take a white cake mix...divide the batter equally among 6 bowls...make each a different color of the rainbow...pour purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red layer by layer in the cupcake paper (spread with spoon)...bake according to the directions on the box...and finally, go bonkers with the redi-whip!!!

red- 18 drops
orange- 12 yellow, 4 red
yellow- 12 drops
green- 12 drops
blue- 12 drops
purple- 9 red, 6 blue

have fun!!!