Happy Memorial Day weekend!

We have been spoiled and have taken the kids to Disney to escape the heat. Our only agenda item--the pool. Here are a few pics from our weekend at Animal Kingdom Lodge. It was a fabulous getaway.

We bring our own portable cribs. I thought to save space, we should set the cribs up on the extra bed. They both fit, but instantly--we had two little monkeys jumping on the bed. Needless to say, they were relocated to the floor in no time.




One of the best parts of the room--the balcony that overlooked the animals. Zebra, ostrich, giraffe--we had a great view.



Henri discovered drinking from the water bottle. He did great. He's getting so big.



Lili and her dad, during dinner.



Henri the towel monster! It was cold after swimming all day.



Ah....watermelon. Here is Lili--our good little eater.



And Henri eating the jam off of his bread....



Lili thought she might give the jam a taste.



Henri and his watermelon....



Blowing a kiss to the Disney employee. So sweet.



Here we are--giraffe in the background.



Isn't it beautiful!



Back for one more day in the pool. Henri would swim by himself with his life jacket on. It is amazing to watch--he is such a little athlete. Lili was playing with her little people. :)



More swimming. Henri would swim across the pool to go down the slide. He probably went down at least 50 times. At first I was nervous, but he did great. Would bob at the bottom and would swim to the edge. He even started swimming with his face in the water--opening his eyes to see where he was swimming.



Exhausted!



A shot of the pool. So relaxing.



The infamous slide.



Hope you had a nice weekend, too. We will post more later this week. Henri turns two on Wednesday. Can't believe it.

Nana!!!!

This morning, Henri was a sleepy head, so Lili and I had time for mommy/daughter bonding. She is such a happy girl! Here are a few pics of our sweet little Lili.



























NANA!

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School pics

Henri and Lili had their pictures taken at school...including a shot of the two of them together. So sweet...







We are ordering. Don't be alarmed by the watermark. :) Just wanted to share right away. Enjoy!

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Disney Weekend

We love getting away...and love Disney. The perfect weekend away is celebrating at Disney. The pools are fab...and with the summer heat...it's such a treat to be somewhere else. Here are a few snaps from our weekend.

Here is Henri. This was our first time back in the pool, since ear tubes. Henri was a total fish. We put him in a life jacket and by day two he taught himself to doggie-paddle. He would go down the slide by himself, bob underwater at the end, swim to the edge of the pool, climb out, and do it all over again. It was amazing! He is such a natural athlete. We are taking applications for anyone who would like to help coach him--soccer, baseball, swimming, running. His non-athletic parents need help!



And little Lili...she also loved the water. But might love snacks more. :)


Getting so big!



Lili loves to play...here she is playing hide and seek.


And here is Henri...he was playing "bye-bye" carrying around his suitcase.


More "bye-bye"


The best part about our room...the view! Henri could watch the "choo-choo," bus, and big trucks all day. It was fabulous!


More splash park fun.


Henri getting a drink....gross.


Trying to stop the water with his toes.


Loving the water.


Here go the giggles.


On a walk with daddy.


Ah...Mickey.


The fantastic views!


And...the best part for mom and dad...when the kids slept...this is the view of fireworks from our balcony.








And...the sunset.


We'll post more pics soon....

Lili's Name Day!

Friday, May 20, was Lili's Norwegian name day. In honor of her special day...we decorated "L" cookies for her class, and scheduled a Disney get-away. (Those photos next.) Here are Lil's cookies:






And...our sweet girl, who is quite the character...peek-a-boo:



Here she is!



Happy Name Day, Lili!

Beef-a-roni

I am trying to be better about blogging. Now that I am hooked up on my iPad--hopefully this will help.

This morning...I took Henri and Lili to school. Henri was wearing black socks and black shoes. I loaded the kids in the car and headed off to school. We arrived, made it to the front office, walked inside and greeted Ms. Johnson. I was so proud to have Henri tell her about the "big truck" we saw--that I didn't notice the strange look on her face.

We go to walk to his class--and she says, "you know, Henrik only has one shoe on." Actually, I didn't know. The little skunk took one shoe off in the car--and I didn't even notice. He walked across the parking lot with one shoe. :) oh well.

For our sweet Lili, I saw another parent (while digging out Henri's shoe) who said that yesterday, he was picking up his daughters (they are twins) and he gave one a hug. Then he turned to give the other girl a hug. Lili came up and gave his daughter, also named Lily, a big hug. He said it was so sweet. They were in this long hug. Saying goodbye to each other. Sweet pre-two year olds. :)

Here are a few pics from tonight. Lili loves beefaroni. She loves it. It is so disgusting to watch her eat--it's everywhere. In anticipation of dinner, I took off her dress. Little did I know that she would decide to rub her forehead and hair with her sauce-laden hands. Fabulous.



While Lili ate--Henri played. Here he is playing with their kitchen set.




Here is the view from the other side of the play washer.



Hope you have a great weekend. We'll post more soon.



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Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's day!



Hope everyone had a great day. We had an uneventful day--well--for most of the day. I woke up to Henri saying "happy, happy!" and walked downstairs to find my new mixer! Love love love. And...love Henri's present. So sweet.


We spent a relaxing day around the house. Here we are viewing pictures on the iPad.




Then...just as we were about to go for a walk--we had round two of Henri's head. He bumped his cut on the edge of the toy box--and started bleeding again. Just to be sure, we took him to the ER. All is fine...here he is in the hospital. Sweet Henri.



More to come soon. Have a great week!

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