Mikayla playing with Play-Dough

Day Trip to Topsail Beach with Eyre Family

We had a great time at Topsail Beach on Saturday. We went with the Eyre family and all got toasted, but had a wonderful time. Mikayla was a little hesitant to get in the water, but conceded after some coaxing. Joshua Jay didn't want anything to do with the water-it must have been too cold, because he loves his baths.

I'll help you with my rice cereal, mommy

Joshu-uh like to grab anything and everything, especially plates, bowls, etc. Here he demonstrates his expertise in grabbing a cereal bowl away from his mother.

We also took a quick video (with poor lighting), but there are no guarantees that it will work. It may require Quicktime (not sure if the Windows Media player will show it?). You may need to right click on this link and select the download file option on your browser. Just clicking on the link opens the video in a new browser window for us, so maybe you can do that as well?? It will probably take a while (a long time if you're on dial-up) to download, because it's 7 MB. Good Luck! Let us know if it works.

Jose's thoughts on anatomy...

Mikayla was helping Joshua chew on a plastic teething toy. I asked him if he enjoyed the help and she responded on his behalf:

"Yes, he likes it. And it goes to his bottom."

"What?" I replied, thinking I heard her wrong.

"I shove it way into his mouth and then it goes down to his bottom," Mikayla added.

Well, I suppose you can't fault her for at least having the right notion of what's going on!

A Fun Barbeque with the Alder's on Mother's Day

We had Brian, Lindsay (would you believe it if we told you she is 5 months pregnant?), and McKenzie over for some Souvlaki for Mother's Day.

Mikayla's Preschool Friends

Mikayla has preschool once a week with a few of her friends: William Barker, Lucy Eyre, Sarah Durham, Julia Hausman, and Allison Beck. They all had a final party last week at our house before most of them take off for the summer for jobs/internships that their dads will be doing.

Here are some photos we got of the kids, their moms, and their younger siblings. William is the one with a red shirt. Lucy has a red and white striped dress. Julie has a white shirt and pink pants. Allison has a multi-colored striped sweater. Sarah is wearing a pink shirt and blue pants.

Joshua's 5 Month Check-up

Josh went to the doctor today to get his 5th month check-up. He weighed in at a whopping 17.5 pounds and was 26 inches long. I wish I could catch a fish that big!

Unfortunately, he had to get four more shots and is feeling a little down this evening. However, he usually perks up pretty quickly after he gets his immunizations.

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Silverstein Photos from Spring Break

These are the pictures Josh & Lindy took while they were here for Spring Break in March. There are a few of the gardens at Duke, Duke Chapel, a couple of Cameron Indoor Stadium, and several at the beach.

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