Alyssa and Ryan loved going down the slide....
We met a little boy from her school, Keegan, ended up meeting us there and boy did Alyssa have fun. A few times he went to hold her hand and I tried to take a picture but they were too quick!
Ryan hanging out on the wing of an air plane. Pretty cool!
And of course, Alyssa had to pose. 
the three of them.......
Buddy Joe and family. 4 generations!
Ryan laughing at Grams.....wonder what she said or did??
mmmm, egg!
What a beautiful picture of Lyssa and Grams. This will be going on her dresser for sure!
Jen's 4 year old son Ryan. Jen is Rob's cousin. 
Pretty impressive. Mary Beth bought most of Alyssa's candy from her egg hunt. I thought this was GENIUS! only Rob and I were left with nothing yummy to munch on on our drive home. Hope Bob and Mary Beth enjoyed the goodies! :D
Bob and Kiki helping Lyssa hunt for eggs.
James was a bit freaked but Ryan totally loved it. He may be riding the roller coasters before summer is gone. Even looking at the one below James is the only one not leaning into the corner. But he cried when I tried to take him out so that was a good sign. 
The four kids and I went to Great America today to get our passes and we are on count down for when they open up full time. Ryan again loved all of the rides and actually saying 'Mo!" after the ride ended and me saying 'all done'. One time I picked him up and he immediately tried to get out of my arms back into the ride. Of course I had to let him. But only once. ;)
Lyssa is thrilled to be sitting with her brother. When we go anywhere we take the boys in the double jogger and Alyssa gets so upset if Amelia tries to walk beside him. We have a strict rule that the girls have to hang on to the stroller at all times just so I can keep track of them. The best part of having a 4 1/2, 3 1/2, and 17 months and a 11 month old all day are the stares. LOVE IT! Oh, and when they say, 2 sets of twins right? nope, all singletons. :D I only share that two are not mine if they out and out ask. 
All the moments that I live for when the girls are loving each other and not arguing...
Alyssa went solo on this ride. Amelia was not about to "fall from the sky" as Alyssa described it to her.
We went to Bonfante Gardens with the Marino family today to celebrate Ryan turning 11 months, WOW, time flies!
Ryan and Tyler riding the hot air balloons. I think next time Mommy will sit and watch from the sidelines. Ugh...I still think the time that we took my SIL to Great America all day was the turning point for me getting sick on rides...Totally worth it though!
Alyssa driving a car!
Ryan LOVED the rides....
Totally digs it!
Beep Beep!
Ryan is crawling all over the place and is now standing up on his own no problem. Where did my baby go???
She literally just walked out of her room from napping and saw me taking pictures of Ryan and asked me to take one of her. Her eyes are barely open but she is smiling! 
One from Natalie's sleepover...
Pictures are out of order but just imagine they are the correct way. ;D Last Friday Alyssa had her friend Natalie sleepover and it went so well! In fact, I am ready to do it again! I took the kids to the SF Zoo Friday morning and Alyssa ended up skipping her nap so she was tired and asleep by 8:15 which usually is much later for sleepovers. They were into dancing and dressing up like Princesses for a little bit and then of course, playing in the back yard. Lots of fun! They woke up right at 7 and we met her parents for morning coffee which was Rob's and my treat for a job well done!
Sarah and Alyssa riding the lion. 
All of the girls have horrible smiles but there was such a line that it was a snap and go. 
Okay, this was cool. The giraffes were doing this thing where they were almost like hugging and I secretly asked one of the zoo docents if they were doing some kind of mating ritual because I would have taken the girls away but it was the mother's way of showing love to her baby. So cute! The girls got such a kick out of it. 
Our boys! Ryan is more interested in looking for birds then looking at the camera. :(
Love when they are playful! 
Don't you just want to eat him...
