booster seats

Greetings friends and family,

Today we bid Neill and Jenny a sad farewell after ten days of staying with us. Time went by too quickly, but we are hoping they were able to accomplish all they intended as well as rest and relax before their whirlwind tour around the world.

Our friend, Letty, discovered the friendly nature of Neill and Jenny. She offered to cook an authentic Puerto Rican meal for all of us just to spend an evening hanging out.


I can't pronounce a single word she used to describe the delicious food, but that didn't affect how good it tasted. We've never had cuisine from there before and apparently there are only 2 restaurants in the whole valley which serve authentic Puerto Rican food. Turned out to be a real treat and great opportunity to get to know her better as well.

Every summer brings a false signal where the temperature dips down below the boiling point, but then jumps back up for one last furnace blast week before the wonderful time of year sets in. Well, Kendra took the twins along with Neill and Jenny to the zoo and it just happened to coincide with the last blast of summer. They were hot, but after a full morning of monkeying around everyone took a long nap and they were back to normal.


The puppy leashes are rarely used anymore, but the zoo is the perfect place for them to serve the purpose. Especially when the objective is to keep the twins from being taken by a giraffe. Those things are big!


Easton and Layla's favorite part of the zoo trip is allowing the long, black giraffe tongue to take lettuce from their hand.


Ever since Easton saw Shrek he developed an excitement for dragons. He pretends to be a dragon who goes after Layla's princess dolls. Naturally he picked the shiny dragon on the merry-go-round.


After the up close and personal giraffe exhibit Layla was looking forward to riding on this one. GOpa is so interactive with the twins and definitely appreciate his willingness to join in the fun.


By the way, after spending time with Neill and Jenny we pronounce giraffe as "jer-off". Sounds so much more proper after you get used to it...

For dinner we used our Groupon thingy at Honey Bear's BBQ. The meal was great as always when we go there, but the most notable aspect of our dining out experience is how Easton and Layla officially graduated from high chairs to booster seats. I thought they might slip right out between the table and seat onto the floor, but they behaved well. Another milestone down and they are growing up right before our eyes.


The sunset this evening was awesomely colorful. Easton and Layla were shouting random colors all the way to the mailbox.


Orange n red n beyoo n bwack. Yep, they were right. we even saw some ultra-dark rain clouds passing by that could be described as black.

I love this next picture because it shows Easton and Layla's inquisitive look as a candid shot. They were obviously not looking at me or the camera. they were focused on a diesel truck with a trailer which happened to chug by our street.


Layla requested to bring her dolly stroller and Jasmine dolly. Easton requested to bring a tennis ball and his Delta plane. I said yes to all of the items because I knew in the end all of it would end up in Layla's stroller and not my pocket for the walk back home from the mailbox.

Layla finally earned her Ariel bath toy after 6 weeks of looking at it in our closet every day. Kendra bought a few toys and told the twins they could have them when they used the potty like a big kid. Layla finally did it today so bath time this evening was more lively than usual (if you can believe that is possible).


The blinds in Easton and Layla's room came with the house and are always turned up because it lets in less sunlight. However, we turned them over and now Layla's princess personality makes complete sense. No need to wonder where it comes from...


We know it is bed time around the Casa de Webb when the twins drag out their blanket and pillow. I took one picture where both of them looked a little too melancholy so I told them to smile and this is the result, which I think is hilarious. Easton had to take his thumb out long enough to show his smile and Layla tensed up and squinted.


I'll end the blog post with a short video clip showing what happens every evening when I put them to bed. They ask for a story and I give them a chance to tell me what elements or characters they want to have in the story. Very funny.



See you soon!