Sweet Tomatoes

Greetings friends and family,

I took off work Friday so these two days have been a blur of family time and fun. Oma is cooking and cleaning like a Tasmanian Devil. Although I'm really glad Kendra and I get a break from keeping up with the daily chores, I hope we're not wearing her out too much. Her random acts of cleaning combine with bouncing around with the twins all day resulting in a very tired Oma.

We took a break from the day to day cooking routine and went to Sweet Tomatoes. What an odd place that is... The food is great though and it's a kid friendly place. By "kid friendly" I mean the ambiance is so egregiously loud that the screams of our toddlers fit right in. As opposed to many other places where one good laugh and giggle would cause everyone in the restaurant to shoot a stare of disapproval in our direction.

Moments like these where Oma is tickling Easton made the outing fun for everyone.


I'm not certain what kind of a face Layla was making here, but I believe it was something related to drinking apple juice too quickly from the oversized straw in the kid sized cup. Both of them look extra cute though!



Of course I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a picture with both of them. I waited until after cleaning off the beet juice and salad dressing to make sure everyone's smile was just perfect.


Taking them out in public is becoming easier and easier. From the age of 12 months to 24 months we avoided restaurants as much as possible because the experience was about 1% more worthwhile than the hassle of it all.

There is a regular downtime during the day and lately the twins go back and forth between Cinderella and the Space Shuttle movie. We own many different titles, but for some reason they keep coming back to those two. The hats are a nice costume addition to keep them entertained during the slow parts. How about Easton's dinosaur hat? Nothing says, "party animal" like a dinosaur hat...


Today was a very interesting day and Kendra bought a vacuum for the first time in 8 years. Our old vacuum was dying before Easton and Layla arrived. Since then we have even more need and use for a good vacuum. Not exactly one of those items I can buy for Kendra for a gift though. :) I know better than that...

Time for bed! See you soon.