Food, Friends, and Fun

Harper and Jack have had a full week so far and it's only Wednesday!  Here's a rundown of what we've been up to:

-The kids "re-tried" bananas for the first time in about 6 months. Durinda has been mushing up bananas and putting it in their oatmeal from time to time, but the kids would not eat bananas by themselves. I'm not sure what possessed me to buy some bananas this week, but here are the results of the taste test:

I started by giving Jack and Harper bites of the banana on their tray, but not giving up the whole banana itself. Jack was very persistent that he be allowed to hold the fruit himself, so I gave him the banana (peel and all) and let him decide what he thought. Jack took a bite, chewed a little bit and then broke out into a huge smile; that kid finished the whole banana- what a little monkey!

Harper took three bites. The first one she took from her tray and made a horrible face, then she saw that Jack was holding the banana and taking bites himself, so she had to try that. The first bite she took, she seemed like it was okay; the second bite went into her mouth and popped right back out. Verdict- Harper still does not like bananas. 

The kids also went shopping this week in their new stroller seats. If you'll recall, we got new car seats last week, and in doing so, we eliminate the ability to just pop their infant carseats into the stroller and go. Here is what the new set-up looked like as we were walking into Target; I thought the kids would love being able to look at each other while she shopped!

This is what the arrangement looked like on the way out of Target.

Jack and Harper kept kicking each other when they were facing each other, so I turned Harper to face away from Jack and then Jack kicked her in the back, so I had to turn Jack to face me, thus resulting in our end product- lesson learned.

On Tuesday the kids had a play day with their friend Madeline. Jack and Harper had a great time and I was impressed that they kids got along so well- very little drama, thank goodness!  Madeline has a slide that Harper was enthralled with- she spent 80% of her time there sliding. Jack also liked sliding, but he was just as happy playing with the other new toys available to him, and climbing on the picnic table (ugh). We will have to have another play date soon!

Today we played outside before it got too terribly hot and ran some errands. The kids have an outdoor bowling set and I tried to show them how to bowl; Harper had more fun kicking the pins over, and carrying the ball around while Jack  used the pins as drumsticks. 

The kids have also been helping me with some chores this week. Harper was nice enough to brush Abby, and Abby was nice enough to tolerate said brushing. 

The kids have also been helping me to do laundry. Jack likes to put things into the washer, and Harper likes to unload the dryer and put the clothes in the basket. While I was folding laundry, Harper came over and picked up one of Tony's shirts and said "Dada!" She then insisted that I put the shirt on her and said her best "pleasssssseeee" So, I put Tony's shirt on Harper, and then Jack came over with Tony's shirt and wanted in on the act. The kids wandered around in Tony's clothes for quiet awhile- Harper even smelled his shirt and laid down; they love their daddy.

After all their hard work this week, they needed a bath. So, here are a couple of pics of these two cute kiddos playing in the tub- I love this part of the day. We are so thankful to have these little ones- what was our life like without them?