Best Times...

After Cray's naps Kora Lily loves to crawl into his crib and play.  She brings him all kinds of toys, tells him stories and talks NON-stop to him.  

 This is by far the best time for Mommy!  Both kids are in a safe place - playing and having fun.  

 .... and Mr. Cray LOVES it!!!

(*His crib is empty when he is sleeping!)

Where is Cray...

I have a feeling - I will have a lot of "where is Cray?" blog post coming your way!  He is on the go and loves playing with everything BUT toys.  A blanket full of toys... and where is Cray?

  He is trying to get the label off the bottom of his rocker chair.  

"I'm just fine" says Mr. Cray!

Yummmmmmm

We tried a new recipe this summer....

Reese Peanut Butter Cups...

I took mini cupcake liners and painted chocolate on them with a pastry brush.  Then I put them in the pan and put them in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.  Then I peeled the paper off the paper and it made perfect little chocolate cups.  I filled them with Peanut Butter, Butter & Powdered Sugar.  But you can fill them with anything you want.  I made regular size cupcakes chocolate cups as well - but they were a little big and really rich.
This was a fun recipe and can't wait to make them again!

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In her spare time...

Kora Lily loves to help mommy around the house.  Most kids love to play - Kora thrives when she gets to help her mother clean - or anything for that matter.  I know this wonderful stage - WILL NOT LAST.  But for now I REALLY enjoy a cleaning buddy.  Most of the time she makes a bigger mess then actually helping me clean.  But I enjoy that she wants to spend time with me and I try to teach her along the way.  Her favorite thing to do is spray everything down with Windex.  ** Translations - she likes to spray the Windex and watch the drips roll down.  

Thank you lil Kora for helping mommy and making our house so FUN and exciting.  

Cray River - 7 months

Where has time gone with our little Cray.  We love watching him grow and his little personality he adds to our family.  He loves to eat, watch his sister run around, giggle and roll all over the place.  His smile melts our hearts!  He weighed 18lbs at his 6mon apt.  

Another - what is wrong with this picture...lol

The past post and the next couple of post will show you how exciting our days usually are on a day to day base (well so we think).  Mr. Cray (aka cray-zers) is know to throw up on a hourly basis... sometimes even by the minute.  We have taken extreme measures.  Poor Mr. Cray has been stuck on a blanket with lots of toys.  However on this day... I turned around to find this.... Can you see him?      

Lets zoom out and try this pictures again....

 Not only has he escaped from his blanket... he is making a fast break for Kora's doll house with millions of little non-edible parts.  

 Kora was not to happy and tried to explain to Mr. Cray in a very nice way that he was not allowed off his blanket or by her doll house and this was his response.  5 seconds later he was back for more....

 then he headed the other directions towards a more kid friendly toy... well at least I thought it was...

 Until I realized he had a handful of Kora's little flowers that she puts on this red firetruck.  Sorry no pictures... thought grabbing small flower from my son was more important then a picture.   

We got to spend the rest of the day - trying to figure out how we were going "start" baby proofing our new home from Mr. Cray.

What is common with all of these pictures....

Picture 1 - 

 Picture 2 

 hmmm...

what could it be..

Picture 3

 She may get this wonderful habit from her mother

Picture 4...

Yes - Closing drawers, doors and everything with her feet

Now - normally when mommy does this her hands are full of something else...

but Kora Lily has quickly caught onto a crazy habit.  

Most people have to clean finger prints off of handles and door...

here at the gardners... we get to clean off feet print from the doors and drawers...

How to keep kids quiet???

We went to Faithful Little Cupcakes for some yummy cupcakes.  The kids were full of sugar so we let them ride the elevator.   Glass box that we could see all the way to the top and was sound proof.  What more could we ask for to keep the kids quiet and happy!!!!  LOL

Happy 4th of July

Even though it was the HOTTEST day of the year - we were thankful to get together for a picnic to celebrate our country and the freedom we have!

Cray lovin the grass...

Never fails - we always have to add water when the weather is this HOT!

Uncle Doug doing the dance trying to escape all the water from the kids who were quickly tagging up on him. 

 Pa-pa even got some loving from the Grand kids with cups of COLD water as well.

 Then the kids had to run from pa-pa...

 Grady decided it was Nap time on the lawn chair.

 Trace, Kora & Ryder

These three sure can giggle and have a great time...

 Adam, Reese, Maddie, Tori, Molly, Megan, Emily, Tagen & Cooper

 Making a big splash!!!

Hope everyone had a great and 

Happy 4th!

God bless America!!!!

Local Zoo -

Daddy had the week off work - so we went to the Zoo.

We picked up Nana and had a HOT fun day at the Zoo.

 Never a dull moment with the Kido's 

Summer Picnic...

Here are a few pictures of the people from the summer picnic

Dinner - 

Volleyball

 Kids Games