Carmine and Jade in front of a pirate ship.
The Baltimore Harbor
Carmine and Braxton modeling. Isn't Braxton a pretty girl? (poor Brax)
Nick and Jade
They were having a sand castle contest. It was cool to watch them do it. I could never have the patience to do that.
I have no idea what they are supposed to be.
All in all it was a fun trip and I am glad we were finally able to make it up there.
One day I put a sheet over our kitchen table for the boys to pretend they were camping. They had fun for the first 10 min. and then they were bored with it. At least I tried!
One day they boys were in my room and I turned around to see this. Why boys want to put their dirty underwear on their heads is beyond me!
SICK! I don't know about boys!
Just another picture of us eating a bagel at Panera. They love their bagels. (I do too!)
Today we decided to go to Great Falls Park. We have never been there before and heard that it is beautiful. The pictures don't give it justice, it's pretty cool to see.
The water was rushing so fast. There was a sign that said 7 people a year drown in the waters. Scary!
Daddy and Carmine. Don't worry he is holding on tight!
There were 3 different places you could overlook the falls. We were on our way to a different overlook and the boys were loving the climb. Even though they don't look like it in this picture. They just didn't like that we made them hold our hands. They wanted to climb by themselves.
We found a rock slide and the boys loved it.
Mommy and boys.
I thought this would be a cool place to have a family picture.
Mix together
Mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients. After it's mixed all together at in 6 oz. of chocolate chips and 3/4 cup of nuts if desired.
Bake on 350 degrees on greased baking sheet for 11-13 min.
(Makes 5 dozen)
Anthony's friends came into town last week and Nate and Keira wanted to go to the Zoo. I bought all of us suckers and the Boys loved them! (and Keira too)
The boy's loved this Lion, they were making lion sounds.
Me and my boys! Carmine is so funny he totally put his arm around me and Braxton all by himself. He loves to take pictures.
Here is Nate practicing for when he has his own kids
At the Zoo they have ropes for the monkeys to cross to go to different sides of the park. I guess they wont jump because they are too smart. It's cool to watch.
As I mentioned above 6 of our friends came to visit and we all went out to dinner. This is Carmine with Matt and Gian.
Keira, Nate, Bridget and Maki.
We were on our way to the Pentagon and Bridget was tired and wanted a ride.
Carmine and Braxton wanted a ride to.
Carmine at the Pentagon.
Anthony and I got a babysitter one night to go out with our friends alone. We all went out to dinner and walked to the White House.
The pictures of the White House didn't turn out that well, but you get the idea. Did you you know that this is the back of the House? I always thought it was the front because it is so much bigger then the other side.
Nate, Anthony,Matt,Nick and Maki in front of the White House.
A couple of weeks ago we turned Braxton's bed into a toddler bed. At first he would get out and play and one night fell asleep on the floor. He is now used to his bed and no longer falls asleep on the floor, and he has only fallen out 1 time.
A couple of weeks ago Braxton was driving me crazy!!! He would get into the pantry every day, ALL DAY, and get himself food. Every time I would catch him I would put him in timeout, spank or flick him. (I swear I don't beat my kids!) No matter what I did I would punish him and talk to him, tell him not to do it and he says "OK, I wont". 5 seconds later he is in the pantry again! Damn kid! I now just have to laugh at it, he is a very persistent little boy and will do what is necessary to get what he wants.
Here he is watching T.V., just relaxing and eating his pretzels he got all by himself.
