A Real Caboose

Here we are on a real caboose. It was donated to the Evansville Museum by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. This circa 1900 caboose’s luxury accommodations includes a pot-bellied stove and washstand. It served the train’s crew as home and office. This is where they worked, ate and slept. Here, the conductor communicated with the train's engineer and kept records of each car's contents and destination. The brakeman utilized the caboose's crow's nest to watch for overheated axle journal boxes--commonly referred to as hotboxes. The twins are train crazy and were very excited to be actually boarding a real caboose.

Cage Match Wrestling

Actually on the day we traveled to Evansville to go to Pump It Up, Trey Davey wasn’t feeling well. He had been sick for a week and had had a touch of pneumonia, but we thought he had recovered sufficiently enough to make the trip. Not feeling his best, he resisted the bounce of the giant inflatable toys. Benji, on the other hand, attacked the large toys with abandon. With Daddy’s “help”, we concurred the obstacle track, climbed up and slid down the giant slide and wrestled in the moon walk. It’s safe to say he had no problems going to sleep for his afternoon nap.

MOM's Pump It Up

The Owensboro Mothers of Multiples hosted a play date Friday at Pump It Up of Evansville. This private indoor facility offers arenas filled with gigantic inflatable slides, bounce houses, obstacle courses and more. They present a place for groups to hold private parties and provide food, decorations and activities. The staff takes care of everything allowing the parents and group leaders to relax and enjoy a stress-free activity. Our group was actually a little on the young side for this facility. Most of the activities were better suited for school aged children rather than toddlers, but with the parent’s assistance, we all had fun.

Kicking Back With A Classic

The boys take long afternoon naps each day just after lunch. They embrace routine and do not resist being put into their cribs. Sometimes they are tired and go right off to sleep, while other times require a little wind down period. One challenge we have with twins sharing a nursery, that parents of a single child avoid, is one wide awake boy keeping the other from sleeping. Our recently developed solution was quite elementary and effective; we offer them books to read. They love this quiet activity, and it helps the active toddler wind down and allows the sleepy one piece and quite.

Happy Birthday Cousin Tyler

We didn’t get to see Cousin Tyler this Christmas, but we had a wonderful visit with him last summer at the Grand Roe’s Lake of the Ozarks cabin. He was very kind and patient with his baby cousins as we explored outdoor life in Missouri. We saw him again a few weeks later when he and Cousin Christine stopped by our house with Grandma and Granddaddy Roe on their way to Florida. Tyler also showed us extreme generosity. When He and his mother cleaned out his closet, they sent us many of his old toys. It was like Christmas in April for about a week as we received a new care package daily from Aunt Susan full of Tyler’s previously loved books and toys. Many of these have become our favorites. We are lucky to have him for a cousin, and wish him a happy birthday.

Mother's Comfort

Coverup Conspiracy

Play Balls

Workout Lookout

Alley Oop Play

A Low Down Treat

Creative Training

It Hurts Me Too

Honoring President's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

Back Washer

Mobile Napping

Top Shelf Toys

Driveway Snow Shoveling

Mobile Tower Engineering

A Couple of Heels

Superbowl Fun Day

Clean Lettering

Birthday Benchmark Photo – 2 Years 2 Month

Reading to Sleep

Hoops with Pa

Groundhog Day

A Friendly Bobcat