Parade, Swim Class, and Uncle Joey Comes to Visit!

We are continuing to have a excellent summer! Danae graduated from beginners swim (now she is in the big pool!), Bebop is now in swim class too! We were in the Boat Week parade, we saw horses, we went to the beach, Danae learned to pump on the swings, everybody got haircuts. We are still working on teaching Danae to ride her bike without training wheels. Oh! And Uncle Joey came to vivist for a little while (he promised he was coming back in August.).

We went to Marysville beach on Sunday (no pictures!). Little Man is so certain he can swim. He did not want to hold Daddy's hand in the water, so Daddy had to keep a hand on his head at all times. He only went under once. Still did not learn his lesson.

Foster and Danae started a band in response to their Christmas album. Mostly they do Kiss covers. Little bit of Molly Hatchet.

Mommy has been letting Danae put Make-up on with her when she gets ready for work. She now puts the eye shadow on her eyes instead of her cheeks (which looked alot like a bruise!)

The last day of beginner's swim was a free day. We got to go in the big pool with the noodles and we almost, almost went off the diving board.

We miss you Uncle Joey! We hope to see you soon!

Super Mega Summer Blog

Here's what's been going on since last time: Danae graduated from young 4's! We went to the park for a field trip, where we had our ceremony. Everyone had a good time. Then we hopped in the car and drove to Kentucky! We saw Aunt Cat and Uncle Greg and Phoenix and Chaz (and all of Uncle Greg's extended family, who where very nice to us!). Turns out Kentucky is very hilly. Blake hopped on a tricycle they had there and took off down the neighbor's driveway, which was very steep! Daddy did not catch him in time and he took a header over the handle bars. Nothing broken, but he did scratch up his nose and had a fat lip for a couple days.

Danae is taking swim lessons again this summer. She's the only one in her class! She has 3 teachers for her "private" lessons. She's also really into the "Wild Kratts", this show on PBS about animals. She also wants a horse that can come into the house and watch TV with us. Daddy told her he wants a pet bear too.

Blake's new thing is anything that Danae has. Her spoon, her bed (where he now takes naps), her favorite peach yogurt. We no longer use sippy cups. Makes Daddy a little nervous, but it had to happen eventually. He loves his "Mac" truck from Cars. Everynight he plays with Mac and Lightning Mcqueen by the fish tank before he goes to bed. He's really into grabbing Daddy's hand and saying "talk" because he wants Mac and Lightning McQueen to have a conversations, which usually goes "Hi!" and "I'm Big!" then we race. His new phrase is "I can't believe it!". He's counting like a pro, but he still doesn't understand number concepts - give him a second though! We get all the way up to 12!

When Danae is tired and falls asleep before Blake, he will climb into bed with her. It doesn't happen very often, but it is so darn cute!

Mommy took the kiddos to Marysville days and they got to ride on a train and a wave runner and boats!

We have also been watching other kids! Emma and Nora and Kaylee and Liam and occasionally Logan.

Nora might be Blakes girlfriend, if he could just stop taking toys away from her!

Happy 5th Birthday "Nae!

We had a wonderful 5th birthday! Thank you everyone. We got a new bike (we had way outgrown the old one) and some games and some nice new summer clothes. We had a pinata and a Dora cake and the house looked like a jungle!

Emma and Logon and Nora came over later and Blake got to squirt everyone with the hose.

Bebop got his second haircut! This one obviously went much better than the first. Mostly because he got to suirt himself and everything else with the sprayer. We are also eating without the high chair now!





Happy Easter! And Big Boy Bed!

 
Happy Easter!
 

 We had a wonderful time over at Aunty Jenny's house! We had an Easter Egg Hunt and nobody got sick on candy, though Blake did try to put too many carrots in his mouth at one time.

All the kids, smiling at the same time.

We had to improvise a couple days because of the rain and cold, so Daddy inflated the air mattress. First of all, Danae is just a little braver than Daddy is comfortable with, and second Blake has no sense of gravity. Eventually we just made a fort. Safer that way.

Bebop is now in his big boy bed! It took him a couple days to figure out that he could get out by himself. Now he is fully aware of his freedom. He also has made 3 liquid deposits in the big white bank (aka, he peed in the potty). We are not pushing it, but he continues to be interested.

Almost Spring Time!

We have had an interesting couple weeks! Blakey got his tubes (slightly less traumatic than Daddy thought, but then again, he didn't have to go), we have not been as sick as we were all winter, we went to the museum yesterday, we watched Nora, and no, I don't know why I always look so grumpy in pictures.

You have to forgive me, Blogspot changed their format, and I am just getting used to it! Babygirl has been getting up in the middle of the night and trying to get Mommy or Daddy (mostly Mommy) to lay with her. When we don't lay with her for as long as she wants, she starts crying and making a big fuss. Then she falls asleep during the day.

She is also doing very well in school! We had a home visit to talk about kindergarten classes, her teacher Mrs. Phipps says she doesn't have to worry about any of the skills that are prerequisites! That, and she can play with anybody.

Bebop has been picking up words like crazy! Anything you say to him gets repeated back to you recognizably - most of the time. He still gets excited about one word sometimes and it takes a good couple repetitions before you get what he's saying. Trees and Cheese sound a lot alike!



Happy Birthday Mommy and Blake!

Happy 2nd Birthday Bebop! See that train? he has not let go of that for 2 days! "Jimms" aka James is now our new favorite toy!
We had a wonderful time at our party. We ate cake with "emems" and frosting, and we hugged everybody.

Nama made the choo-choo tracks on the walls and Mommy cut out the trains. It was a choo-choo-licious birthday.

Little man has to go get tubes put in his ears due to chronic ear infections. Daddy is not looking forward to seeing him under anaesthetic. The good part is that because he is on antibiotics right now, he will probably miss the strep throat that Mommy and 'Nae have. Always looking on the bright side!

'Nae, Foster and Sofia were all very patient waiting for cake (and opening presents and waiting their turns to play with presents and...)

Mommy made this excellent cake. Can you guess what it is?

We also threw Mommy a surprise party for her 35th birthday! She claims she knew it was coming, but Daddy snuck Shay into the mix too. Best idea ever! She not only knows how to bake a cake, but she used to own a bakery! Daddy and Danae decorated the cake.