Ari guy,

I’m sorry you’ve been neglected in the blog. Nature of the number of kids we’re handling. Know that I am absolutely obsessed with you. Your second birthday was a hit. I’ve never seen a kid so happy at a birthday. We went to lollipop park and you couldn’t have liked it more. You loved all the rides, trains and cake. You like blowing out the candle, you made us do the song twice so you could have two turns. 

You’re a bit of a touch bag at the moment. You throw fits over just about everything. But you are also exceptionally sweet and love to cuddle. You like “Ari’s spot” on my left side and you’re constantly petting everyone. We taught you to say “thank you, happy Halloween!” when you were trick or treating and now you think that’s just what you say when you’re happy with something. You love your siblings and our dog Litli. You’re all boy. You love to climb and jump and break things. We leave Saturday for our big China trip. Not sure we’ll survive 13 hours on a plane with you, but we’ll keep our fingers crossed. I adore you little bug!

Just wanted the cone...

Birthday crew...Miles and Wyatt

Let the adventure begin!

Kaia bear,

You finished your first week of kindergarten and you loved it.  From day 1 when the other kids werrecrying and clinging to their parents, your teacher asked you all if you were ready to go inside, and with an enthusiastic"yep!" Off you went. You were equally excited about the bus, you get some odd looks when you cheer when it arrives, but you remain unfazed. So far you've made good friends with a kid whose name you don't know, but "he has girl hair". Every sighting of the boys in school is like a celebrity sighting. You are very well behaved in class and are thrilled with your teacher Mrs. Babbs. Kid, I feel like this is the start of something amazing. Can't wait to go along for the ride. I adore you sweet girl!

Kaia for president !

Goons

You guys are hysterical. 

Ari, you are such a sweet boy. You love hugging things. All things. Spiders, posters, siblings, etc. you love to “nuggle” and be with your family. You LOVE downtown. The people, buses, noises, etc. your new phrase is “walk away” which you must have learned at school. You’re super smart, and great at figuring out ways to climb up to what you want. You’re great at communicating and letting everyone know what you need.

Kai, you are still dead set on becoming president. You’ve already started campaigning for votes and asked me “what do people even do if they’re not president?”  You’re very excited for kindergarten with Mrs. Babbs. You like tball and being the center of attention. You also love keeping up with the boys and their friends. Last weekend you fell off of a bouncy slide and cut your head, you had to get 5 staples. The blood scared you, but once we got to the hospital you were good to go. You Found a movie you liked and didn’t flinch at anything they did to you. 

I adore you both. Here are some pictures of the latest and greatest:  

"Songs that are circles"

"Dad, do you have any songs that are circles?" Kaia asking for CD's for her karaoke machine. 3/2018 Age 4

Ready to ride