What's Up With the Cases?: One and A Half Years Old Today

Today was the twins one and a half year birthday! Amy and I decided to spend the entire day doing things we think the kids would choose if they had slightly better verbal skills.

Soon after the kids woke up this morning, I took them to a nearby donut shop I've been wanting to try called Nathalie's Donuts. Nathalie's gets great reviews on Yelp and I've been looking for an excuse to try the place out. I bought the kids some donut holes while I got a few things to try including an apple fritter and a maple frosted donut with bacon on the top. Everything was delicious! I can see why this place gets such good reviews.

When the kids and I got home from getting donuts, the entire family went on a wagon ride around the neighborhood. I didn't think about photo documenting our wagon ride.

After the wagon ride, the family went to one of the kids favorite places--Chick-fil-A. As a bonus Grammie and Poppa were going to meet us there. We got Chick-fil-A early so the twins could play in the indoor playground before any of the big kids showed up.

After playing for a little while, we got some lunch. The kids had nuggets, fries, and fruit from home.

After everyone finished eating, we traded the kid's meal toys in for ice cream cones. We rarely give the twins more than a bite of ice cream but it was their half birthday so we decided to let them have whatever they wanted.

Normally, a kid's meal cone is pretty small. However, the cones were massive this time! Caden had one or two licks and was done.

Caroline, on the other hand, went to town! She insisted on holding the cone all by herself.

Caroline at so much so fast, she actually got a brain freeze! It was very funny. This happened a couple times during the lifetime of the cone.

When the ice cream was gone, Caroline shoved the entire cone into her mouth and eventually finished it off.

After lunch, both kids said by to the stuffed cow and we headed home.

At home, Grammie and Poppa had some new presents for the kids.

Here, the twins are waiting for Poppa to finish opening the new toy.

It had a car so we know Caden will like it.

Now, it was now time for a nap.

After the kids awoke from their long nap, we gave them some milk, a snack, and then went to a park. We were worried it would rain but we never saw more than a few drops.

At the park, we did all sorts of fun stuff like swing, climb on playscapes, slide down slides, teeter on a teeter-totter, run around a gazebo, and bounce around on top of a space shuttle!

Here is that teeter-totter I was talking about.

After the park, we went home and fed the kids one of their favorite meals consisting mainly of chicken, macaroni and cheese, and peas. This time, there was no after dessert ice cream. I thought the donuts and the large ice cream cones were enough for one day. :)

After dinner, the twins then played around in our shower while we blew bubbles.