Success!!!

Austen loves the water. After the first day of being petrified she slowly warmed up to it on day two and now she will go play about knee deep by herself with the waves splashing her. She now runs around the beach house asking when we can go play in the ocean. Luke is still eating sand. However, we figured out he is grabbing handfuls of sand and putting it in his mouth so he can find seashells to suck on. Today he learned that he could dig for the seashells before he put the sand in his mouth then he would not have to eat as much sand as before. Putting seashells in your mouth is not such a good idea for a 1 year old so the beach is a constant battle for us but he loves it and he laughs and splashes all while hunting for more seashells.

Quote of the day.

Yesterday, Austen wanted a snack from the pantry but could not open the door so she called out daddy three times, I was zoning her out (you parents know what I'm talking about), so she said called out really loud "DADDY MINOR" to get my attention then later that eveneing while trying to get Tonya's attention at the mall she called her "Mommy Minor." We think she picked this up because when we arebeing serious with her we call her by her full name so when she really wants our attention she uses our last name. It does have an interesting ring to it.

Vacation!!!

Thursday we packed up and headed for the beach. We got five minutes down the road and Austen said "I gotta go potty." Yeah, thats how the drive down went. When we finally arrived we hit up the grocery store for some goods and the vacation began. Friday we spent all day at the beach and Luke had a ball. He played in the water, played with the sand toys, and ate mouthfuls of said like it was candy (that diaper was very interesting). Austen had fun also but was petrified of the water; she refused to even put her feet in. It was quite a funny picture Luke splashing and playing as the waves broke towards him and Austen screaming at the top of her lungs because she got her big toe wet, but you cannot make that girl do anything after she has already made her mind up. Tonight we hit up Broadway at the Beach so Austen could see the dragon and play on the playgrounds. It was there that Luke and I went into a a store called "Ride Creator." It was a build a bear for boys but instead of bears it was cars. Everything from customized rims and decals to remote controlled parts. I tried to convince Tonya that Luke really needed one but it did not work, maybe one day. I love having a boy.

Like my new hat?


Two peas in a pod

Isn't she beautiful

Quote of The Day

Sorry it has been a while since the last post. Tonya and I just got back over the weekend from taking the teenagers to summer camp. Yes we had a blast, but you do not read this blog to hear about us so here it is. We have a strict policy at camp that students can only wear one piece bathingsuits. So right before camp Tonya bought a new bathingsuit to get ready for camp. A few nights before we were about to leave we promised Austen and Luke we would take them out to eat. Everyone was ready to go and Austen, Luke, and myself were playing in her room when Tonya decided to try on her bathing suit and show it to us. She walked in and made a few comments about the bathing suit before asking me what I thought. Before I could say a word Austen looked at Tonya and said "Mommy, you better put some clothes on." Ahh we are teaching her well.
Luke is on the verge of walking. Just the past couple days he is branching out in his adventures. He loves to pull up on something and let go to see how long he can stand by himself. He is actually quite good at this and his balance is improving daily. We hope he will begin walking very soon. Not that it matters because that child can crawl just about as fast as Austen can walk. He has perfected the one legged crawl even more so than Austen did.

Quote of the Day; July 4th edition

July 4th for the Minor family was not a very spectacular event. Tonya spent the morning painting her small group classroom at church while the kids played with me at home. We decided after naps that we really did not want to go anywhere so we spent the evening getting ready for her trip to the beach tomorrow. After Luke went to bed we took Austen outside to see if we could see any fireworks in the neighborhood. Luckily our neighbor was shooting some in his backyard so we pulled some lawnchairs up and watched. About 20 minutes into it Austen turned to Tonya and said, "Mommy these fireworks are amazing, I could just eat them up."
Luke's quote of the day was not spoken but signed. He learned and perfected the sign for "more" yesterday. He knows whenever he says more he can get some more milk or food. As much as he loves to eat he has been crawling around all morning banging his little fingers together saying "more"