Crazy boy

 Asher for the most part dresses himself now. When you tell him to put clothes on you never know what that will actually look like.

Here are a few of his latest quotes:

Asher: Mommy, Piper is a trouble maker and I am a good maker.

Asher: Mommy, Piper keeps scratching me on my big muscles.

Nate: Asher I am being a slow poke,
Asher: Daddy you are a slow poke, and I am a fast poke.

Haircuts

 If you take Asher out for a date and ask him where he wants to go he will always say "A haircut". This boy loves to get a haircut. The lollipop at the end doesn't hurt things either.

 Piper came and got her first haircut.

She mostly just wanted to play hide and seek with the drape. Lately every time she sees herself in a picture or a mirror she says "It's you". That's what she said over and over the entire haircut.

Bumbo number 3

 Dexter is very fond of the Bumbo seat. He feels very grown up.

 He also believes he can fly while sitting in it.

He knows what to do when there is a camera around.

PHILLY

 Last week my parents took Asher and Piper to an amusement park for the day. Dexter decided he wanted to do something that his siblings have never done so we took him to Philly for the day. In the morning we walked around the Italian Market. Nate and I both cried at the thought of having to go back and shop at Walmart. We went to Jim's and got some amazing cheesesteaks. Dex was sleeping so hard that he didn't even notice all the crumbs I dropped on his head.

We took a stroll through the historic section after lunch. It was such a nice day and I really miss living close to Philly now.

Niphakis Family

 While we were up in PA last week we got to spend some time with Nate's parents and all his siblings. Taking the family picture gets harder every year since we keep adding new family members. We added Dex to the picture this year, so next year it's up to Mel or Easten.

 Aunty Easten with a sleepy Dexty.

 Piper found a toy that played music. She took it outside, turned on the tunes, and danced around in the driveway.

Little Marin playing on the stones. It was fun seeing Piper and Marin playing this week. They are almost a year apart, but are the same size. Piper enjoyed a playmate that wasn't constantly hitting her.

Blueberries

 While we were up in Pennsylvania Nate took the kids blueberry picking with his family. Easten and I stayed back with the little guys.

 Piper is finally eating some fruits besides bananas. Neither of the kids are big fans of fruit. Today Asher chose pees over strawberries. Weird.

They got five pounds of blueberries. We spent the rest of the week trying to figure out ways to use them.

The wedding

 We really don't have that many pictures, because for some reason having kids in a wedding is really difficult. I'm so glad my in-laws were there to help us out. Nate's mom did Piper's hair. I really need to figure out how to do more than just pigtails.

 Piper enjoys flopping around all over the place, especially when she is tired.

 Ash man alternated between being grumpy and angry.

 Dex was the most well behaved out of the three of them.

 Asher and Piper with Pop Pop. They all looked so nice.

We had a lot of pre-walking down the aisle prep talks. It was basically all of us pleading with the kids to walk down. They actually did well with that part. The held hands and ran down the aisle. Piper never dropped any of the petals because Asher yelled at her not to make a mess.