Katherine, where's your . . .

Belly Button?

Eye?

Um, close.

Katherine, where's your eye? 

Toes?

 Throwing her hands out while saying slurring, "I don't know."  Actually, toes were the first body part she learned and she's a pro at telling you where they are, she was just a little distracted by this . . .

 Yes, she has actually started saying "I don't know" and "Daddy go work" just in the last couple of days.  It's not the clearest thing in the world, but I'm 98% sure that's what she is saying.  Her vocabulary and communication skills have really exploded in the last month.  We're pretty much in awe.

Before we headed inside for naps, she let me snap this keeper . . .

Reunion

Last weekend we headed back to Alabama for a reunion.  Emma was at Grandma and Grandpa's when we arrived on Thursday night, so Jackson and Katherine had extra time to play with her on Friday before the reunion on Saturday!

The best I could get of the three of them

Airplane!

Contently watching Jackson and Emma play with their cousins Carson and Sam

Carson is on the dance team and was practicing a routine, so Zach decided to join her.  Smiling here,

but this is what she really thought of Zach's moves!

Sam racing Emma

Carson and Sam were so sweet playing with them!

Grandma and Grandpa wanted pictures with the babies.

This was one of the better ones--

most of them looked like this . . .

one more decent one

After pictures, it was time to play with the water hose!

{Remember I've mentioned Jackson hates wearing wet clothes, and well, his clothes had gotten a little wet.}

Jackson may hate wet clothes, but Grandma just plain hates being wet!

Katherine watching Jackson and Emma terrorize Grandma

The chair she is in is her great-grandfather's.  It was made by her great-grandfather's grandfather.  Follow?  Katherine's great great great grandfather made it.

Emma's turn!

Jackson got the hose back,

and once again turned it on Grandma as she walked by!

After the water fun, it was time to get cleaned up and in the bed to rest up for the reunion the next evening.

Katherine giving me a look early on at the reunion

Jackson pulling Emma and Katherine around

Towards the end of the reunion {and after we were all hot and sweaty!}, it was time for a group picture!

Jackson and Katherine enjoyed themselves and especially had fun with Austin, Carson, and Sam!  They love all of the attention from the "big kids"

Pouty Face

One of Jackson's latest pouty "faces"

He has perfected poking/curling his bottom lip out, I just wish I could get a good picture of it!

More Toys

Around here, fly swatters are the "toy" of the moment.

This morning, they were running in circles around the couch fighting over one fly swatter . . . thankfully we had a second.

{In case you were wondering, yes they are both in pajamas and with cups of chocolate milk watching Alvin and the Chipmunks while still trying to take the other's swatter.  And what you're really wondering . . . fly swatters as a toy?  Don't worry, they just came from the store and have yet to be used.}

Sharing

I recently caught the two munchkins sharing . . .

 {or maybe more like one was attacking, but still}



Playing Together

A rarity

 Afterwards, they both rediscovered the ball and actually played together

 Katherine was almost running after the ball!

I've never seen her little legs move that fast!

 Once she got the ball, she threw it, and they both chased after it! 

I think Jackson was impressed.

They were fun to watch . . . all 2 minutes that this lasted!

Afternoon Adventure

Yesterday, Zach and I decided to take an impromptu visit to the Children's Museum in Gulfport.  We saw on the museum's website where they had a couple of trains, so we knew Jackson would be entertained, we just didn't know how obsessed he would be!

 The train had everything Jackson loves--a water tower for the steam engine, a place to transfer the coal, a passenger car, and a depot!

 We could not pry him away from the train or the huge train table that was set up.  We stayed there for at least an hour before he ever reluctantly agreed to see what else there was to do.  You would think he had never played with trains before!

 Pouting after telling him we were going to see what else there was to do

Katherine played with the crane that was a few feet over from the trains

 While Jackson was obsessed with the trains, I took Katherine to the smaller children's area to investigate.  This picture is on here mainly because I can't get over those skinny little legs! 

Zach was finally able to lure Jackson outside (where there was another train) with bubbles.  Not sure why, but this is my favorite picture of the day.

 Katherine even got in on the bubbles!

Jackson teamed up with another little boy while outside and they ran all over the place!  Shortly after, it was time to leave and this is what happens when a little fella is sleepy and told the fun has to end . . .

Jackson woke up this morning telling us he wanted to go see the green train!  I think he had a good time!