Its been a while

The time has flown by recently (football season already?) and I realized I haven't updated the blog in a while. Mark and Ella have started up school again and its great. This year we are going 2 full days and Mark and Ella love it. No tears after day 2 from Mark and Ella never cried at all. In fact, when I came to pick her up the 2nd day, she crossed her arms over her chest and said "No!" when she saw me. How sweet! :)

The last picture is a silly one from one random afternoon (I don't know why it loaded sideways). Mark and Ella decided to completely hide in the tuperware cabinet. I walked in the kitchen, saw nothing, but heard giggles. Too funny!

Ella and Mark have really turned on the talking lately and it is hilarious. I need to start writing them down. Ella's most recent response after I asked if she had a dirty diaper was "NO!! (pause) not yet (smiling)"

Dance Class

I know there's probably not a lot of dancing going on during class (unfortunately they won't let the parents watch) but this is just too cute to resist!!

Happy Birthday!!!

Mark and Ella celebrated their 2nd birthday on Sunday and it was a lot of fun. We met some friends up at Gymboree for the party and it was great. Easy on mom and the kids loved it. We had a total of 3 sets of twins at the party, so that was fun. Lots of running around and burning off the sugar high from the cupcakes! Thanks to all our family and friends who helped celebrate such a fun day!

Mark and Ella went to the doc yesterday too for their 2 year visit (which ended up being a 2, yes 2, hour visit - lots of back to school physicals which I will take note of next year) they are both doing great. Ella is 50% across the board, as usual, and Mark is 50% for weight and 75% for height.

Just when I thought they couldn't get cuter......

.....they walk around the house like this (never mind that they were holding hands because Ella was leading Mark to open the door because she doesn't know how yet)!

Summer Fun

Here are a few pics from the last few weeks. Ella trying out her golf swing (she has the patience for the game, while Mark is easily distracted). Mark, Ella, and AJ playing on the splash pad Michelle brought over (super fun) and lunch at Chuy's. Our group was too funny so I had to document all the kids. 5 kids and 6 adults, at least we still have the majority!

Professional Pics

We had a lady from my Mother's of Multiples group come over last week to take some pictures of the kids and I thought they turned out great. Ella wouldn't smile until she felt comfortable and Mark would not stop moving, so things were pretty normal! The pictures were taken at our house, which was great for us. But I was sweating and exhausted by the end of our session.

Summertime!

Summer is officially here. No school, hot weather, swimming pools, and mom trying to keep everyone entertained. We tried our hand at finger painting, which went about as well as could be expected and the walls only got a little bit of paint. We've been spending a lot of time in the baby pool outside. We tried the neighborhood pool last weekend and that was a complete bust. Mark cannot be still for more than 2 seconds and he was more interested in running around the pool and grassy area than splashing. Looks like it will be backyard swimming for us!