New house, new friends!

The neighborhood we moved into is really nice one, with lots of kids for Isaac and Rose to play with (and other mommies and daddies for Matt and I to talk too!).

Up until last week, our backyard was open (no fence up) and all the kids in the surrounding houses would all play together and it was a great way for other kids to get to know Isaac and Rose. We have a fence up now in preparation for when Theo comes to Hawaii, but the kids still play together a lot.

 Our play area set up for the kids

Kid book shelf

 Finally being able to play with their water table they got for Christmas!

 Rose in her folding chair, eating her snack

Isaac in his chair with his snack 

playing with his t-ball set, hitting with the wrong side of the bat lol

 Hitting the ball with the small end of the bat, like her brother does haha

 Don't mess with Rose!

 Happy girl

 Happy boy

 Keep trying to tell her that you're not supposed to climb up the slide!

 Pool time!

 Friend joined in! Benji, Brendan, and Sky

Eating bread at Mother's Day Brunch

Walking around with her favorite stuffed animal puppy

 He loves to mow our lawn, if only it actually cut the grass

 Whacky hair-do!

 They love each other and I have proof!

 Making a face, silly

Big girl!

 Her latest thing is wearing one of these shape sorter  halves on her head. 

She wont keep a hat on, but she will keep this on all day if we let her. 

 Crazy hair after putting out her hair tie

 Playing with the neighbors sprinklers

 Isaac and Rose with their friend Benji

 Playing with a tub of water

Isaac, Benji, and Bredan

 Rose buried in the sand, she loved it

 Isaac's turn!

 Having too much fun

 Got them both to look up at the same time

The culprit who buried the kids in the sand

Playing the pouring rain with friends

 Having with this blow-up slide and bounce house with the 

other kids while us moms sprayed them down with the hose

Hickam Community Center has a playgroup twice a week so the kids and I checked it out. Isaac loved the car and Rose played on the horsie for forever! 

And here are a few videos taken from my cell phone.

That's all for now!

Birthdays, birthday, birthdays... & Bubbles!

So even though Matt has been in Alabama (only three more weeks to go!), we've sure been busy. Work during the weekdays and so far we have gone to Pennsylvania twice. First time was during Memorial Day weekend for the family getogether, then last weekend when we went for Jake's 2nd birthday party!

Happy 2nd Birthday Jake!!!

The party was pretty fun. It was held at Luke and Mary's house and since it was nice weather, it was held outdoors. With three kids, they have lots of outdoor toys to play with along with a friendly neighbor/friend that took all the kids on a tractor ride!

 Playing on a Bumblebee Car

 Excited to go down the slide!

 Getting ready to go down the slide again

 Hanging out in a wagon

 Isaac and Marissa giving/receiving kisses! TOO CUTE!

With Uncle Tony on the tractor ride! 

Only the guys went with the kids. 

This was the closest to a cousin group shot we have, 

minus Caleb and including a few others :)

Isaac had a great time and he's a trooper with all the driving we do. Five hours Friday night to PA, hour and a half to the party (each way) on Saturday, then another five hours on Sunday back home. Our trick? Well, when we leave to PA, we leave late so he sleeps most of the way. On the way back, we make sure we have TONS of snacks.

There is another party this Friday for his cousin Madison. I won't be able to make it due to work, but on Thursday, Deb is taking Isaac with her to PA and they will be gone until Sunday. I have no idea what I'm going to do without Isaac AND Matt around.. probably clean the house and sleep haha. 

Anyways, while we were at Jake's party, we gave Madison her birthday gift as well:

Happy 2nd Birthday to Madison! (a little early)

So evenings here have been really nice. So nice in fact, that after dinner every night, we go outside and play for at least an hour. Tonight, we broke out the bubbles and then played on the play area.

 Bubbles!

 He can basically go up the ladder all by himself. 

However this time, mommy helped him.

 Checking things out

 Slide!

 He went down slide, by himself, head first!

 Checking out the climbing wall. 

Not quite ready to tackle that yet though.

 Just a cute pic of my little man

 He went back to playing bubbles with Grandma Deb

And let's not forget, the random splashing of the pool water, and getting himself all wet. 

Oh, he's also turned into a little parrot. For some reason I didn't think he would start this until closer to 2, but if I ask him to say something he will usually try and say it back, sometimes successful. Some new words:

outside (ow-dye) - this is chanted to me as we come in from playing. he does NOT like ending outside time!
up
down
strawberry (saw-berr-ee)

noodle

happy

Isaac/Ikey

Coby (short for Jacoby, which is Josiah's older brother)

bubbles

There might be more, I am not sure. He says so much and probably says words at daycare that I don't realize he says. Like bubbles.. he knew exactly what they were and says the word so clearly. 

Oh and last but not least.. he gives kisses!!! I love this!!!