2012 Catch Up!

Carter 15 months

To keep our sanity during the winter months, every Sunday evening we had family movie night.  This was a huge hit!  The kids watched the movie while the parents slept!

Carter's snow suit.  He could have been an Ewok!

Gotta love Faye

What happened to Faye's hair you ask?  She started the job and I finished!

Pretty sure Edmund is making "poison" here.

Clean

Cleaner

Cleanest

Devon took Edmund and his friend Jack to the Pirates exhibit at the Science Museum.

Edmund's 5th birthday party.  Dress up like pirates (or princesses), make a hat and go on a treasure hunt.

Carter and our friend from next door.

Carter hanging out during swim lessons.

Faye's favorite part of swim lessons -- free play time.  She is our fish!

Edmund enjoyed swimming as well.  He was a sunfish and Faye was a jellyfish.

Grandma and Grandpa Schiffman endured the sweltering heat at Fort Snelling on the 4th of July.  We hit 101 and broke the previous record set in 1949 of 100.  It was HOT and humid!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Mother's Day!

J: If you put a toy in your mouth again, I'll have to tape your mouth shut.

E: But then I won't be able to eat food and then I might die or something.

J: chuckles to herself

E: What are you laughing at?

J: I'm laughing at what you said.

E: I didn't say anything funny.

During Edmund's breakfast prayer:

E: "Thank thee for Mom and Dad and me and Carter"

Me: "And Faye"

E: "Why?"

Me: "Aren't you thankful for Faye?"

E: "But I said that in my other prayer."

I haven't been posting the past few months, and I haven't been picture-taking either. Maybe the result of my lack of pictures is the cause of my lack of posts. Anyway, we, the Phillips family, have had a wonderful summer. I think there are a few more items on the agenda before I am willing to admit that summer is over. To briefly recap:

*Camping at Father Hennepin State Park. It is situated on MN's 2nd largest lake -- Mille Lacs Lake. It rained most of our time camping, but we had a great time!

*Hosting the Phillips family -- Ed, Mom, Nate, Julee, Jenna, Amber, Lukas, Isaac, April, Travis and Jenessa. We spent some time at Minnehaha Falls, the Walker Art Museum and Sculpture Garden, Lake Josephine, Concert at Lake Harriet and my new-found love Sebastion Joe's -- where the most amazing ice cream I've ever tasted can be found.

*Driving to UT with Jenessa to spend a couple weeks with the Schiffman family -- Hogle Zoo, Bean Museum, Scera Pool, Pioneer Commemoration Concert/Sweet Tooth Fairy double date with Rachel and Steve, pool time in the back of Grandma's house and overall a rockin' good time!

*I Can Fish at Fort Snelling State Park. We played in the lake last weekend and watched a little bit of net fishing. It was amazing to see fish actually being caught from the same spot we were playing in.

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter. We took two neighborhood girls with us to church and then spent the afternoon outside. The weather was so nice -- our Easter dinner didn't get cooked until Monday!

Carter 6 months

Carter keeps growing! He has mastered rolling over from both tummy and back. He is also working on his scooting. He has done pretty well on his back for awhile, but he is inching forward better and better each day on his tummy.



He started solid foods a few weeks ago and is doing very well. He still spits up (Edmund and Faye rarely did) which is getting more colorful with his expanded diet.