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Since we had to get rid of all of our sippy cups that contained BPA, here is our solution.  One sippy cup to replace all the ones we had to get rid of.  Ever get tired of filling sippy cups up for your kids?  Well here is the solution.

Here is another view to really get a perspective as to how big this thing really is.

We typically just fill this think up on Monday and let him have it all week. 

We put a little water, milk, orange juice, apple juice, and lemonade in there, so whatever he wants he’s got it.  It stays cold all day, and we put it in the fridge at night.

As an added bonus we but a little fiber in there to help keep down the food bills as he gets filled quicker when he drinks.

If you haven’t already figured it out this is a joke, he did drink a little lemonade out of this one day, but that has been all so far.

Matthew and Elizabeth love sitting in this chair.  Often the struggle over who actually gets to sit in it.  Most of the time, Elizabeth climbs in the chair, and Matthew sits on her.  This time Matthew was in the chair and Elizabeth climbed on him.  It is hard to get them both to smile at the same time, so her is one of Matthew smiling.

and here is one of Elizabeth smiling.

Not to be outdone by his baby sister, Matthew eats his yogurt with his bare hands.  Before he started eating he even asked for a bib because he knew he was going to be messy.  He has looked worse than this, but by the time we got the camera he had wiped himself clean.  This is after he cleaned himself.

From the title of this post you can kind of tell what the pictures are going to look like.  She will pretty much eat everything you put in from of her, and as she gets tired, she likes to rub her eyes and hair.   Not a good combo while eating.

These pictures were taken on 2 different days, but that is pretty much what she looks like no matter what, or when she eats.  She does not like it when you try to feed her either.

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Here is the most recent picture of our wonderful children.

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Today we went to Marine World.  They have a nice collection of Thomas the Train rides that Matthew loved.  We also got to ride on an Elephant.  Here are some pictures.  Click on them so see more.

Matthew and Daddy get a ride on the train.  This is Annie, one of Thomas’s favorite 2 coaches.

Matthew is all smiles as we get ready for a ride on Bertie the Bus.

Mommy and Matthew go for a ride on Harold the Helicopter.

Matthew and Daddy go for a rid on Liz, the 44 year old 10,500 pound elephant.

Elizabeth had fun as well, although she spent a good portion of the day in the shade in her stroller.

Matthew is not a fan of vegetables.  The only ones he will eat are peas and corn.  The other day Elizabeth was eating some green beans and we asked Matthew if he would like some.  He said no.  So we told him that they had baby peas inside and that they were very good (in hindsight, probably not a good thing to say).  So of course he had to check it out himself.  The first picture is Matthew’s first discovery of the baby peas inside green beans.

Matthew went through the rest of the beans in the bowl, plus any leftover on Mommy, Daddy, or Elizabeth’s plate.  Below he is seen in the middle of his baby pea eating.  Notice he did not eat one part of the pea wrapper (also known as a green bean).

Here is Elizabeth smiling back at the camera as she is caught climbing into the dishwasher.  She is only 9 months old. 

Matthew below, the day after his first birthday, was caught driving his bus into the dishwasher.  Elizabeth is on pace to break of of her older brother’s milestones of bad behavior.

Self portrait.  As you can probably tell by my hair it was really windy.  Is was also really cold.

We were in the third row, between first base and right field.

Our seats were right behind where the pitchers would warm up.  Matthew liked watching them throw right in front of us.