Weekend, Monkey, and Pig Tails

We had an absolutely wonderful weekend. The kids traveled well. The weather was perfect. The company couldn't have been better. The kids had a blast with Gabriella (almost 4) and Alexey (14 months). I couldn't have asked for anything else. Here are the kids enjoying an icecream treat:

This picture has nothing to do with this weekend. It was taken July 2007 of Sadie. Look at how chubby she was:She's slimmed down quite a bit don't you think? Anyways, naked horseracing is always fun!
Notice Monkey. He never leaves Sadie's side. This is a recent phenomenon within the last several weeks. Monkey goes everywhere Sadie goes.
Some more Monkey:
The latest Mommy-feat: getting Sadie into pig tails. This is how she smiles now. She squints her eyes really small. We're going to have to work on that:

BTW, we're leaving for ND on June 15. Plan to see us.

Tongues

Not much to post about this week. We're going away for the weekend to visit good friends in Pennsylvania. Hopefully, I'll have some good pictures to share when we get back!

Gymnastics Videos

I finally remembered to bring the camera to gymnastics. Here's some of the highlights:

Eli on the bars. He can flip himself around, he just didn't want to do it for the camera. It's good of him to not be cocky:

Sadie and friends on the bars:

Eli's cartwheel into the pit:

Where in the world is Eli?

Random Shots

Oops. I wasn't paying attention and I uploaded these as small instead of the normal size. Sorry.Eli took his first bike trip out in public. He rode on the Olentangy River Trail. It was hard for him to remember to stay on the right side of the yellow line, but he did well! Sadie just waved to every biker that went by. She's such a princess on parade.

Throwing rocks or maybe watching ducks.

We had a dance party in the kitchen (dancing in the kitchen ROCKS! The Urbatsch's taught me that.) Dancing on the table is only allowed during the dance party.
Sadie having a look at the turtles.

The first time Sadie has ever fallen asleep in the back-pack. She must have been exhausted. (Betty, you'll be happy to know that we went to 8am mass and then went hiking!) Oh, and Dennis locked the keys in the car. Good times...

Sadie's 18 Month Pictures

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