lounging

We've been keeping busy at the Aupperlee house this summer, so I'm a little behind again on posts. Here is the first one that will help me get caught up. Drew and Kate are eating and drinking and growing like crazy. We put some of Drew's pants on the other day and were surprised to see how short they were . . . time to go shopping!

Kate's a big fan of anything messy to eat. In the picture below you can see Kate enjoying her spaghetti, both eating it and wearing it! Back at the end of June, Jana and I celebrated our ninth wedding anniversary. We enjoyed a night without the kids and went out for dinner at a fancy restaurant. It was fun! We can't believe it's already been nine years and that we've got two wonderful kids. We're excited about what the future has in store for us.

One of the highlights of the week is trash day, Thursday. Thursday morning Drew and Kate get up and spend the morning at the front door waiting for the garbage truck and the recycling truck to come by and collect our trash and recycling. Both trucks come down on our street, do a U-turn just past our house, and then go down the other side of the street. Drew and Kate both love it and wave away to the trucks and their drivers.

Drew and Kate are amazing on the playground. Jana has been taking them to the playground throughout the summer. They have both gotten more and more brave and adventurous on the playground. This picture is of Drew on a playground in Grand Rapids. He was all over the place!

Wherever Drew is, Kate is not far behind. Grandma Lynn got on the seesaw with Drew and he loved going up in the air. Kate's favorite thing at the playground was the merry-go-round, which she went on over and over. Drew's a climber, whereas Kate enjoys the spinning stuff more than he does.

Kate loves sunglasses. If she can get her hands on some sunglasses, she'll put them on and her face will light up like this. What fun!

One day Jana walked out of the living room and when she walked back in Kate was relaxing in her shopping cart. Apparently, Kate climbed up in the cart on her own and was lounging here pretty pleased with herself. This picture cracks Jana and me up!!

When she noticed Jana taking pictures, Kate started to do some posing. She's quite the show off!

We've been working with Drew on having his picture taken and we've had some signs of him getting better with pictures. Here he is in the picture below working on his smile. He's got a great smile that he loves to hide from the camera. Usually we have to surprise him with a picture, but now we're getting better at having Drew pose for a picture with a smile.