Splish Splash

To close out the hot summer season, Rylee went on a date to the zoo with her boyfriends (two younger men!), the Twintas, chaperoned by Mommy and Auntie Genny. This was her first trip to the zoo and she thought it was pretty cool. The best part? No, not the monkeys, the lions, the tigers, or the bears. The splash park. I have a feeling we'll be going back.

"Hooray, splash park!"

"Hi, Mr. Polar Bear!"

"How do they do that??"

"I will put an end to this!"

"It got me, Mommy!"

Lots of oohs and ahhs

"Can we get one of these at home, Mom?"

Running full speed into the fountain

I Get By with a Little Help from My Bros...

Rylee is very lucky to have two big brothers who just love her to pieces and always want to be there to help her out, play with her, give her a hand, whatever she needs. Mommy hopes they always always love each other as much as they do right now. Here are some snippets of a recent day at the park with all three kiddos. Stairs are much easier with (two) helping hands

Racing down the slides

A bridge over troubled water

Peek a boo!

"Higher BB, higher!"

Aidan's turn to push.

She looks a little worried...

She always "asks for help" when going over curbs or other things she thinks she can't walk over alone.

YEA for brothers!! :-)

Over the River and Through the Woods...

It isn't every day we get to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house. And it isn't every day that we get to hang out with our Charleston cousins, Avery and Mason. So, this recent trip to Grandma's was very exciting for us. "Forget this waiting for a plane stuff, Daddy, let's just walk to Grandma's."

Learning how to drum courtesy of cousin Avery (and Elmo)

Grandma and Grandpa's pool was a little cold for our taste, but they had beach balls!

The porch looked like it could use mowing...

How to be a Big Kid by Avery Miller. The babies are taking notes.

Music provided by Rylee and Mason. Dancing by Avery.

Mass chaos in Grandma's kitchen

This whole french fry was no match for Rylee

Rylee wears her dancing shoes wherever she goes

It is hard to get a candid shot of these two... Mason is too cute; he always looks up and gives you a big grin.

Doing some grocery shopping after church

She finally let Grandma squeeze her!

Taking off in our PJs

Landing (zzzzzzzzzzzz) in our PJs

The trip was so exciting, Rylee needed a vacation to recover from her vacation.

The Hilarious Outtakes of the Steiner Cousins' Great Naval Photo Shoot of 2011

Last weekend all the Steiner grandchildren made the trip to Grandma and Grandpa's for cousin Seth's wedding. Grandma had bought the kids these supercute naval themed outfits and she wanted to have a photo shoot before we left. We knew this had disaster written all over it. We were right. Here are some favorite outtakes from the trainwreck (I don't even think they need captions):(This is my favorite)