What a day

I've said it before and I will say it again, I love Mondays! We had so much fun today. It was probably the best day so far this year weather wise and we definately took advantage of it. We were outside by 9am washing cars. This is one of Ellis' favorite summertime activities (definately the Oakes in him). After that we cleaned out the garage and did a little weeding. During the cleaning process Ellis pushed Alaire around in the umbrella stroller, which they both thought was pretty awesome.

After an all family nap time (another favorite part of Mondays) we went into to town and picked up dinner from GG's favorite restraunt, The Armadillo, and then went out to eat dinner with her. Ellis loves going to her house because she has this little tiny pumkin that is on a spring and suction cup. When it looses suction it pops up in the air. He asks for it right when he enters the door. I think GG was really surprised to see how much Alaire has grown. She rolled around and played in the floor while all of us ate and then it was such a gorgeous night that we went out and sat on the front porch. It was really a great time with GG and we have learned that dinner at her place works tons better for our kids than lunch.

**I feel like I need to add a disclaimer for the lack of Ellis photos lately. Lately I am having to bribe him or trick him into getting a good picture and it is starting to rarely be worth all of the work, so please just be with me on this one and lets just be happy with what we can get!