Ok, I feel a little silly, but that is what being a Mommy is. When your daughter asks you dress up like a princess you just submit and put on your nearly six year wedding dress. Afterall isn't that why I kept it, for my daughter. I tried to get her to commit to wearing it when she gets married, but she says she is going to wear a snow white dress when she gets married.
Both of our kids wake up a bit on the grumpy side, not Kyle. He is always super happy to see us in the morning. I suppose with all the sleep he gets he would be the happiest. Sometimes he sleeps 12 hours straight. Two nights ago, was the first time he woke in the middle of the night in around five months. Our kids wake up more often.
Here Kyle (who was chewing on my hair) and I are enjoying some sun while I read. Isn't he cute?
Nika has sure grown up. I can remember pictures of Nika asleep on Matt's chest at the hospital, when she was born and now 4 years 6 months later she is still doing it.
Hey there are benefits to crawling as Kyle has discovered recently. The other day Kyle found a discarded orange sucker on the floor. Finders Keepers
right? Christian threw a fit that I would not let him open a third sucker to partially eat on it, so threw it on the floor. Kyle sweeped in to the rescue (more like inched wormed into the rescue).
Ask me how I know fall is here. Could it be fall leaves, brisk air, rain, or pumpkins? No! Muddy toes, muddy floors, and wet noses. Last week after watching cartoons of kids playing outside in the mud the kids and I decided to let them play out side in the mud. It went really well on TV, but not on my floors. Christian cried that his boot fell off then figured it would be fun to feel mud in his toes. He came is side to tell me something and tracked mud on the floors. They did have fun, and to be honest I enjoyed clean the mud off the floors and screaming as Christian put his toes in the mud. Hey they were having fun, so I was too. But I haven't sent them out in the rain again yet!
Christian has really been into Trains, so Matt took Nika and Christian up to Portland on the train. They were so excited. I think the only thing that Christian didn't like about the trip was standing next to the Engine just as it was about to take off. It made loud noise, which really scared the little man.
Matt came up with the great idea of taking the day off so we would all go to OMSI. The kids did so well. Kyle stayed chipper through many wakeful hours of playing, as did Nika and Christian without thier regular naps. OMSI is so terrific, we only made it through the biggest of seven or so areas. It is so great that the kids are getting old enough for these things.
