Baskets Full of Babies!

The other day I was in the next room when Michael called out to me "Mommy, come look! I taking a bath! Miranda in the bath too!" I had visions of a lake on the carpet with both of them plopped down in the middle of it, but when I came into the TV room, I found this:



I actually got Michael to smile for me



and Miranda was busy, busy, busy fishing in her brother's basket



I also got a great shot of Michael's crazy curly hair



I can't keep Miranda out of the baskets now, she thinks it's great fun!

Kiddie Slide Show!!!

Outback in the Jardin!

The kids were outside with Daddy last week before the summer heat really kicked in (ugh, it's freaking hot all the time now!) and I caught a few really great pictures of them. Our backyard is a work in progress, lots of potential projects underway but everyone enjoys being out there.

Miranda has started skootching herself around on the little ride-on cars we've got, she thinks it's major fun.


The kids watched Daddy hit some golf balls, and I caught a nice picture of Michael smiling, which he won't do for the camera very often these days.

Birthday in the 'Burque

We took a quick jaunt to New Mexico for Miranda's birthday weekend, which happened to fall at the same time as Easter this year. It was such a lovely weekend, we celebrated with all the family in Albuquerque and Grandma and Grandpa Moore came down from Farmington for Miranda's birthday bar-b-que. We had lots of fun! Of course we left our digital camera in Arizona so these were all taken with a crummy disposable...at least we got to preserve the memories on film. :S

Grandma Gayle and Mimi


Three Moores


Michael discovered Auntie Amy's old scooter and Grandma Gayle's helmet - a fascinating combination that he couldn't get enough of!! He loves having Grandpa Mike zoom him around the back yard - it's hilarious.


Our first night in town, Dan and I took both sets of grandparents out to El Pinto - yum!! Michael wanted to pretend he was asleep after having his quesadilla, and of course Daddy had to do it too!


For Miranda's celebration, Auntie Amy made the *cutest* cake!


Hard to see, but of course here's the obligatory cake face...


Playing in the back yard - how'd Rulon get so big so quick?!?


On Easter Sunday, the kids all had Easter buckets full of fun toys.




Michael and Rulon had an Easter egg hunt in the front yard, and Michael couldn't have been having a better time until he dropped his bucket, several eggs broke open, and he realized it got even better - there was STUFF IN THE EGGS!!! He dropped everything right there to open them all! Bonus!


One last picture in the backyard, Grandma Gayle had great tulips this year.

Springtime in the Jardin

The weather's been so lovely up until this weekend and we have spent all the time outside that we can, enjoying the cool days before it got hot. Miranda has really been wanting to explore on her own, so we've started letting her toodle around the patio and back yard a bit. It makes for some very dirty knees in her jeans, but she loves it so much!







Mister Michael still loves running around naked after bath time, and the other night he donned his cowboy hat and started running around playing soccer with his dad. It was so cute!! We think we might save this picture for his first prom date or maybe his senior yearbook. :O)))

Jump Up!

Michael and I won tickets from a local radio station to go see Dan Zanes, a really fun musician who makes music for the whole family.

That's Dan Zanes in the purple suit. He wore a lime green suit for our concert! In the group photo, you can see Father Goose, the Jamaican reggae rapper who raps Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and The ABC's - it's awesome!

We had been to a radio promo with Dan Zanes a couple days before and since Michael was brave enough to get up and dance in front of everyone there, and to lead the conga line, I knew we'd have fun at the full concert. Michael had a ball and I must admit I enjoyed myself too!



Afterwards Michael and I cooled off at a bus stop near the concert hall before we got in the car to go home. While we were looking at all the cars going by, he told me his first knock-knock joke!! We still can't deviate the punch lines and he's very specific on how he wants us to respond (when to yell a line, when to laugh) but it was still very exciting. I caught him on camera saying "Knock knock!"



We had SO much fun, and the next time Dan Zanes comes to town we're all going.

They Go Together!

I love when I come across photos that show Michael and Miranda definitely go together. Michael most definitely looks like Dan, and Miranda looks like my and my mom's baby pictures and like her Grandma Moore a little bit, but they also look like each other as well. I guess you could say they match!!

Forget the Crawling!

So this week I was all set to post some super cute pictures of Miranda who's a new expert at crawling - until I went in to get her out of her crib after a nap on Wednesday and found this...



I have to admit I was a bit flabbergasted! She has only been crawling for three weeks or so and now this!

I also was caught off guard with this picture, where Mister Michael looked like such a big boy to me. Our little guy isn't so little anymore!



BLAST OFF!

(This one's for you, Hel.)

The Return of Auntie Amy

We had a treat in February when Auntie Amy and Rulon came to visit Tucson! She cooked for us, we went to the zoo, and had so much fun while they were here.

Rulon, sitting in Michael's Elmo chair (he was quite fond of it)


Michael and Miranda, playing


Me and Amy


Everyone in for bathtime!


One last photo before Amy and Rulon went home


Rulon's sweater passed on to Miranda

Friends, friends, friends

During the month of January we had lots of friends over to help us get through the surgery recovery. Of course there were lots of opportunities for pictures!

Corissa with her kids, Leah and Isaac - having a snuggly moment.


Sarah with Michael and Miranda getting bubbly


Letter head! Also, Sarah, modeling her mom's first knitting project ever!


Davis, Michael and Miranda becoming shiny, happy people!


Miranda constantly looked like she thought those boys were nuts


Leah and Corissa came over to play while Davis and Steff were here, and Leah wasted no time in showing those boys what a woman driver can teach them!




Michael also learned how to take turns (big development!) while shooting baskets with Leah and Davis. he now thinks that if he tells us it's his turn, that he automagivcally gets what he's waited all of 10 seconds for!