coney island

the kids and i took a trip to coney island this week with janet, ella, and paige. it was a perfect day! the weather was great and the kids enjoyed riding the 'classic rides'. well, until the second to last ride of the day where otto slowly slid towards the opening of the helicopter, and just dangled near the opening until the ride attendant decided to stop the ride to get him off. check him out in the photo, holding onto the buckle for dear life, not to mention looking so ridiculously tired from all the fun he'd had.

it was a great day....ella and greta were all smiles and loved going from ride to ride. and otto would literally bounce up and down with excitement as the ride was going....quite different from the indifference greta showed to the rides when she was around his age.



































if you can look past cute little ella in this picture, you can see that otto is grinning from ear to ear.....he was bouncing up and down as the ride was going, smiling and laughing the whole time!










paige got to join in the fun on the carousel, and we made sure to get her in at least one picture....too cute!

baby paige

here are a couple pictures of baby paige....what a tiny little cutie!! it was so great to meet ella's little sister and welcome paige to the world!

and even though it looks like it, i swear i am not giving greta a death grip on her arm. just lovingly trying to stop her from mauling paige.

snuggling

we went over to the nawroth's last night to meet their new baby, paige elaine. usually we get together with janet and ella at least once a week (sometimes twice a week) for playdates, but with the holidays and illnesses it's been since mid december since we've seen them! ella and greta were quick to make up for lost time, and were busy running around and playing for most of the evening. here are the girls, snuggling together in bed. makes me think of future sleepovers....