Mem Day -

We headed to the cape for Mem Day.  We first visited with our Dartmouth friends in Dennis, got to see Grampy for dinner and then headed over to Falmouth to spend some time with Mimi and the Parents.

It was nice to get away, it was a long winter and we haven't been out much, this was apparent by how overly excited the kids were about our weekend getaway.  They were SOOOO excited!!!

 Ali getting to know the littlest Milligan -

 Playing on the beach -

 and fishing on the beach -

 Not too shabby - the guys caught dinner -

 But the kids ate hot dogs instead -

 Even Marley made a new friend.  A much younger version of himself.  Back in the day Marley would have loved running around with this guy, now he lasted 24 minutes before he was all sacked out!

 So he found a snuggle buddy instead -

 The guys took the older kids to a lake on day two.  They had no problem getting into bathing suits and getting into the water -

Mem Day part 2: At Mimi's house.  Enjoying some R&R -

 And some more R&R -

 The ladies -

1/2 a year old!!

Here are my 6th month stats:

Weight: 16.11Lbs (62%)

Height: 26.5 (69%)

Head: 17 (61%)

She's pretty consistent and I will say the smallest of the Peabody babies. Ali started solids.  She isn't diggin' on them much.  She likes the cereal but doesn't care for much else so far (green beans, sweet potato and carrots).  She can roll front to back and on occasion back to front but doesn't do it often.  She can transfer toys from hand to hand.  Babbles away and tries to mimic sounds.  LOVES to blow raspberries.  Still does not like to get dressed.  Can't be bothered with the process and still doesn't like having a dirty diaper.  Gets VERY upset if she isn't changed promptly (this promotes a problem when in the car).

Lots of QT with big sister -

 Everyone loves hanging out with little -

 I'm awesome to chillax with -

 More Chillaxing at a friends house -

 Again chillin' in the garage while daddy works in the yard -

 I've been sucking my thumb.  I think this is good fun but everyone else doesn't seem to think it is so great.  Not sure why....my big brother does it too!

 My toys!  All mine...

 Say what?

 Trying to get the hang of this eating thing -

My play mat is my favorite activity -

 Sitting in my bouncy chair is a close second -

 Starting to love the swing too!

Conversation at Dinner –

Paige:  “Luke, I know you wish you were a girl because girls are much better than boys.  They are smarter and all that.”

Luke: “NO WAY Paige.  I would never want to be a girl.”

Paige: “Girls can wear pretty clothes.  Boy clothes aren’t pretty.”

Luke: “I don’t like pretty clothes, like for Easter, all I wanted to do was change out of my good clothes and play.”

Paige: “And girls get to have babies.  You could grow up and have a baby if you were a girl.”

Luke: “I would NEVER want to have a baby.  They have to cut your belly open and all that.  That is NOT FUN Paige.”

Paige: “Yeah but mommy says they give you medicine so you don’t feel it.  I wouldn’t want to be a boy because when you get old you have hair growing out of your nose and you have to cut it with scissors.  That’s gross!”

The weather has been so nice lately.  Paige loves swinging on the swings.  If she doesn't have a friend to swing with, she finds one from her toy box.

Luke received a book from his St. Phils classmates in the mail last week.  He was so excited to see how all his old friends were doing.

 We got Ali's baby swing all set up. First time out, she fell asleep within minutes.  Guess she finds it nice and relaxing.

 Getting our Halloween costumes ready early?

We've got the big sunglasses out & Paige wants her ears pieced so badly that she has been taping things to her ears -

 or she puts hair clips on her ears.

 Celebrating Mimi's birthday.  Paige loved making the cake -

 And helping to blow out the candles -

A treat at the spring fair in the center of town -

 Paige and her little neighbor friend, Adriana -

 Nothing beats a mid-afternoon nap #superrelaxeddog -

We're eatin'

Ali girl started solids today!  Paige was SO excited to help feed her.  Just oatmeal cereal for now until she gets the hang of it.  She is growing up!

Mother's Day -

We had a nice and relaxing Mother's Day!  I was able to take a walk with the neighbor in the morning.  We just hung out most of the day, the kids went to one of the neighbors to go swimming as everyone is getting their pools open around here.

My three babies -

Lots of cards and pictures -

 Luke made this at school -

 Paige had a Mother's Day night at school.  The kids did some songs, the teachers read the below that each kid made at school, I got a nice jewelry box and bracelet that Paige made & we had an ice cream bar.

 Paige's picture of mom -

Songs -