In loving memory....

Louise Rempel Wiens
May 20, 1920 ~ April 26, 2008

She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Elmer; two sons, James and Larry; 5 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
I love you Grandma!

Washing cars

We've been having gorgeous weather - in the high 70's and even breaking the 80's this week. So we've been outside as much as possible. Tonight, Steve decided to wash his car, and the kids wanted to help. Izzy and Emily did pretty good - Zach preferred to jump in the puddles.

Daddy's helper!

Trying to "share" a puddle! By the time we went inside, both of their feet (shoes and socks) were black from the muddy water.

Pitcher Heads

The things kids find to amuse themselves....

Emily gets it first, much to Zach's dismay:

Once Zach got his chance it didn't go as he had planned. =)

Playing in the racecar

I just got a digital video camera, and this is my first attempt at posting some video of the kids. Let's see how it works. Here they are playing with their racecar yesterday afternoon.

Gymnastics Graduation

Today was Izzy's last day of her gymnastics class (for this session, she starts again in 2 weeks for the next session.) They did a little ceremony at the end, where the kids all did somersaults down one mat, then jumped on up another mat and posed with their arms in the air. Too cute. Afterwards, they each got a ribbon and certificate.



This was just too funny. Zach was so wore out the other day, he fell asleep IN his highchair, mid-meal. =)

2 Shoes!

CHECK IT OUT.... Steve has on 2 SHOES! YEAH! The doctor gave him the go-ahead yesterday to get out of the boot and start wearing a shoe. We had to have his shoes altered by an orthopedic cobbler, who put in a 1/2" heel lift in them, but he gets to start walking in semi-regular shoes now. He's VERY excited. He'll probably be in these altered shoes for a couple weeks, then we'll have them altered again down to a 1/4" lift for a few more weeks before he'll be back to normal. But this is great news!


Speaking of shoes, I've mentioned a couple times about how the kids love to wear my shoes and clomp around the house in them. They're so in to it, they even do it with their own shoes! Here's Zach. They NEVER get the shoes on the right feet, and forget about actually undoing the velcro and putting them on right. They just push their feet in, stand on the heels and walk around, so proud that they got shoes on their feet all by themselves.

Wrong feet!

Good thing these shoes were retired last week for a new pair - the heels were squashed!

"Look Mom - I put them on all by myself!"

Of course the big boots are the most fun....

And with so many pics of Zach, had to throw in one of Izzy, and a little of Emily in the background.

Red Sox History

The twins club I'm a member of had their annual fund-raising auction last Friday night. The big finale item was one of the printing plates used to actually print the front page of the Boston Globe the day the Red Sox won the world series last year. (There are less then 40 of these plates that were actually on the presses. One of them hangs in Theo Epstein's office.) Steve and another guy were in the final bidding, and instead of jacking the price way high, they opted to do the manly thing and flip a coin - winner take all. Steve won the flip. So we made a large donation (i.e. the winning bid amount) to the Attleboro/Taunton Mother's of Twins club and came home with a piece of Red Sox history. It now hangs as the centerpiece of the 3-season room. =)