Georgia Aquarium

Saturday we spent a fun-filled day at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta with GiGi and Papa Randy. Here's our day in pictures:

GiGi, Papa Randy, and Max

Max checking out the sting rays and hammerhead sharks 

The slide was Max's favourite. Next time we'll just take him to the playground instead of spending money for an attraction.

My lovelies :)

The Amazon exhibit

GiGi and Lucas checking out the sharks overhead

We lunched at Johnny Rockets. It was a 50's themed hamburger joint. Rob thought it was brilliant, but he was not happy that the juxebox didn't play the song he picked out. (Brown-eyed girl... so sweet!)

As soon as we sat down the servers broke out their moves to dance to some great 50's music. This old man was by far the best!

Max's happy fries

Lief hé? 

Mommy & Little Johnny

Me and my babes

Little Johnny Rocket himself!

A whale shark. The Georgia Aquarium is one of the two aquariums in the world to have one of these sharks!

Jellies!

We tried to get a nice family picture, but Max was exhausted and Lucas was already passed out!

Mommy and Max in the snow!

Family Picture

The Boy and The Red Balloon

Sweet Home Alabama!

This past Tuesday Max and Lucas geared up for their 25th/26th and 3rd/4th flights respectively. Around noon we left Texas for (hopefully!) the last time and headed out to our soon to be home state of Alabama. With a short layover in Atlanta our trip went flawlessly. The boys were on their best behaviour and a short 5 hours later we landed in Dothan, Alabama where we were greeted by MiMi, Uncle Zachy, and Auntie Liv. Max saw them standing outside as we were taxiing to the gate and thought it was so "spannend"(exciting) to see everyone.

After getting things sorted out with our rental car, we headed to our "new" home which is a lovely 3 bedroom townhome. Much better than the small, old apartment that we stayed at in Texas! The past few days have been busy visiting Max's new school, my university, looking for houses, and going to Atlanta to see Gigi, Papa Randy and the Georgia State Aquarium. (More on those exciting things later!)
For now enjoy some pictures from our trip to Alabama!


Our boys watching "Cars" in the Ft.Hood airport

Little man thought he was hot stuff sitting in his own chair!

Max all strapped in and ready for take-off!

About 5 minutes after take-off Lucas took off to la-la land :)

Two little Monkeys Jumping in the Bed...

Some parents dread bedtime every night. Understandably so, because fighting with tired children isn't how most people like to end their day. That's why we try to make bedtime a fun time at the end of the day when both kids can get some extra attention from Mommy and Papa. 

After teeth have been brushed, the potties have been flushed, diapers have been changed, and the pyjamas have been put on, it's time for storytime. Rob and I usually alternate every night with stories, but we've recently discovered that it can be quite fun reading different charachters together. And now that Lucas is getting older, he gets to join in too sometimes! 

After the story has been read, Max usually gets to stay up for another 15-20 minutes "reading" his own book. Normally he falls asleep by himself, but we, just like every other parent have to deal with, "I'm thirsty, I need to potty, my finger hurts, there is a dinosaur under my bed, etc." All of these questions result in a, "You've already had your last drink, you've already gone to the potty, your finger wouldn't hurt if you would have stayed in bed, and there is NO DINOSAUR under your bed!" But alas, our sweet Max has a new question. "Mommy, will you please take a picture of us?" That's one question I just can't say no to! 

  

Brotherly Love

I love Lucas's faces in the the next couple of pictures!

Me and my two beautiful boys 

Max is also an aspiring photographer

The loves of my life :)

Macho Macho M(e)n

The Austin Children's Museum

The best part about being a parent is being able to act like a kid again. So yesterday when the weather wasn't looking too promising, we loaded the kids in the car and drove down to Austin to check out the children's museum.


Max sang "We zijn er bijna..." (are we there yet) and drove us a bit batty with his neverending stories the entire way to Austin. Needless to say we were all quite excited to be out of the car to let Max release some of his energy!


The museum was filled with hands-on activities. Max's favorite was, of course, the train station and the wooden train area!

The Children's Museum

Max got to be a bus chauffer

We had to pull Max away from the trains so he could see all of the other exhibits!

The power of air!

Our superhero in the windtunnel

Our very talented son is also an excellent cook!

Max the conductor hanging out in the station.

My absolute favorite picture of Rob and Lucas

Max the Builder was a bit tired of smiling for my camera at the end of the day!

After a fun-filled day Rob and I enjoyed a peaceful ride home with two sleeping boys in the backseat!