Tutus and camping in the basement

The little dancers- Alison and Lauren started a ballet and tap dance class. They love it- especially since they get to wear a leotard and tutu.
Lauren shows off her arabasque.
Steve set up our tent one night in the play room and the girls loved playing camping out. We read stories in the tent and had s'mores.
Lauren and I frequently play school while Alison is at school. Here she is painting her masterpiece and shows off her pb&j face.
The babes- hanging out. Lilly on left, Bailey on right.

Peanut Butter and Jelly

The babes are now three months. It is so fun having these cuties in our home. They are at the stage of smiling, laughing, and cooing- and they just love us and think we are so funny. So, my day is now busy with getting Alison to the school bus, going for morning walks with friends, (sometimes I can even squeeze 10 minutes of pilates in) and etertaining (and feeding and changing) Bailey, Lilly and Lauren the rest of the day. Luckily, Lauren has a good friend next door so that helps her stay busy. Alison is liking school, but will usually have a melt down around 7 pm. All day kindergarten eventually has its effect on her.
Its funny having twins, because wherever I go people undoubtly will say something like, "wow, you must be busy," or "you have your hands full." And I say "yes". But, I would really like to say when they keep talking is: please stop talking to me so I can finish my shopping here at Target and get out of here before my older children run away from me again and before I have to feed two babies. haha. Actually, its not that bad. I do love going out with them, its just the going out is the hard part sometimes. Luckily for our car and our budget we don't go out too much.
So, here are some new pictures of our little babies. Our friend Jennifer, the photographer, yet again took some pictures of our babes (man, I'm lucky to have her as a friend)- she did an amazing job!
Lilly is in the pink hat and Bailey in the white hat
Ying Yang
Lilly
Bailey
We love you all. Have a great day!
Love, Tracy

August photo shoot

Alison and Lauren did another photo shoot for my friend Jennifer, the photographer.They were modeling some fall clothes for a company called Blondie & Co. These little cuties know how to model now. Alison has discovered how to use our camera on our cell phones. She's now been taking pictures of everyone and everything (stuffed animals, her back pack- you get the picture) and showing them how to pose. Oh boy!

School Days

We now have a kindergartener! Alison started school this week and the only difficult part was for me to say good-bye when she got on that school bus. Luckily, she saw two of her church friends on the bus and sat with them going to school. When she came home that first day she gave me the biggest hug and told us all about her wonderful adventures in kindergarten. What a sweet girl. I love this picture- the bag is bigger than her! She loves her Hello Kitty back pack.
Lauren will miss Alison, but she is now a little helper to me with the babies.
There she goes!
Alison reading a book to Bailey
While Alison is at school Lauren gets to work putting away dishes with mommy.

More Vineyard pictures

We had a great take-out dinner at Menemsha one night. Here Papa and Grandma hold Bailey.
Steve showed Alison and Lauren how to cast.
The cute engaged couple. My sister Jen and her fiance, Conrad spent a week with us on the island.
Steve, the girls and Grandma and Papa went to the West Tisbury Fair. The big apeal here was the ferris wheel and cotton candy.
Tracy with Lilly (on the left) and Bailey (on the right) in the map room.

Vineyard Fun

Here are some more pictures of our trip on Martha's Vineyard. We had such a great visit with our family. Janette, Steve and the girls going for a sail
Story time with Papa.

Tracy going for a walk down the lane with Lilly
Steve took the girls to the Flying Horses. Unfortunately no one got the brass ring, but they all had fun.
Auntie Aubrey giving the girls a row boat ride.

Island Fishing

I've been out fishing a couple times since I've been here and haven't seen a thing. The water is really warm and the fish have been out to sea. Conrad, Stewart and I went fishing one morning in Lobsterville from sunrise through the falling tide and didn't see anything. We ended up on the Lobsterville side of the Menemsha jetties. Still no fish. The only thing we did see were some scup and other small fish. We were determined not to get skunked so we tried fishing for scup. Luckily, Conrad brought his tackle box which contained some small hooks and Power Bait. Here are some of the pictures of the mighty fishermen...

Here I am with the first fish of the day. It was one of those moments when you ask yourself, "what have I become?" I used Power Bait in Menemsha.

Here is Conrad (Jenny's fiance') with his prize catch for the smallest fish of the day.

Stewart caught the most fish.

While Stewart was catching all of the monster fish on the Jetty, Conrad decided to try Power Bait on his Broken Back Rebel.

While the three of us were fishing for these tiny fish, a group of three people came to fish with us. They asked how the fishing was going and I said that there was nothing but these tiny scup. They replied "That's great! That's what we came for!" and they joined the party.

Summer on the Island

It has been a great week on the Island. Here are a few pictures showing what we've been up to.

Alison and Lauren in Menemsha. We got take-out at the Home Port and ate it on the beach.

Alison and Lauren racing in Ocean Park. This is one of the races before the infamous video shown in our last blog entry.

Alsion and Lauren love swinging in the hammock.

Here I am holding Bailey and rocking Lilly in the bouncy seat. I fell asleep doing this and Tracy took a picture of it. I was still bouncing Lilly though.

Janette came over and Alison, Lauren, Netty and I went for a sail.

A Bang Up Job

We visited the flying horses with Alison and Lauren this week. On our way back to the car, we raced around Ocean Park. Here is one of our races. I didn't know what was coming!

Baby Blessing

Here are Bailey and Lilly hanging out together. They are now two
months and over ten pounds each. They are both so healthy and
pretty content babies.

Steve recently gave them a Baby blessing in church. Here the

babies are wearing their blessing gowns and Alison and Lauren looking

so proud.

Lilly and Bailey in their blessing gowns.
One of my favorite things to do is dress these babies in either

matching outfits or coordinating outfits. I can't help myself- its so

cute to see them in these clothes.

Turning 30!

Welcome to the 30's. Steve and I recently turned 30.
Crazy! But, very appropriate seeing as how we now have
four little girls.

Steve's big gift was a Nintendo Wii. He loves it and so do the girls.

Alison is really a great bowler. Lately, after the evening feeding Steve

calms a baby down by holding her in one arm and playing a game

with his other.

Tracy and the babes.
Bailey in her swing.
Lilly looking cute.