TRIPLE TAKE!

KAI ~19 MONTHS

HALLIE ~18 MONTHS

EMERSON, 18 MONTHS

DOUBLE TAKE!!

EMERSON, 18 MONTHS

HALLIE, 12 MONTHS

today... friday

today, friday, was the first time all week we spent a half day at home. the rest of the week we have been busy busy busy it seems, and taking full advantage of the park DAILY! today was the first day we didn't make it to the park, however we did sneak a later afternoon walk/bike in. we walked/biked to the lake and the kids played with the rocket launcher kai got for his bday last fall. the neighbors joined us.

otherwise, this afternoon was spent playing on our deck, even enjoying a fudgsicle!

bobcat!!! we got our yard somewhat smoothed out, due to our recent basement leaking :( hopefully this helps. rough grade hopefully next week, driveway in may... things are coming along!
it's not often i get decent pics of kai! he runs from the camera!
this slide actually belongs to our neighbors now. we sold it... and we have our new play structure sitting in our garage, waiting for our grass!!! luckily, we still can use the slide until the neighbors have their back deck built.

more...

thursday kai's playschool class went on a gymnastics field trip, and friday hallie's class went. i went both days. both kids did really well... and i'm not just saying that because i'm their mom! i think both are suited for stuff like this, and today the gym coach said that hallie is super strong and well coordinated! i think we'll sign up again for gym in the fall :) unfortunately, i didn't get any great pics of kai yesterday but here are a couple of hallie.

and emmy at the park yesterday
mr. kai

HOT day!!

(ignore the underlining... ??) thursday was such a hot day! we went to the fair with friends sara, madison, cooper and baby dexter. liam has thursday afternoons off too, so he was with us as well. the kids loved the fair, and we went to the playground afterward to take advantage of the beautiful weather!!

kai, getting tired and grumpy and saying, "no more pictures!"

hallie - dressed for summer!!

sara and baby dexter

emerson climbs up the stairs and goes down the slide on her own! wow!

at the fair... kai was a bit nervous on the rides (just like daddy) but he actually did this one twice! hallie puts her arms up in the air, she loves rides -- just like her mommy!
hallie & madison, they had a blast!

this was a FAST ride the girls and liam went on, and loved!
this one was also pretty fast, the loved it!

kai, holding on tight!

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more random pics

best friends

we went into our room to find the kids had snuck into our bed...

spaghetti fun

here is the update!!!

the kids in the 'hood!

spring cleaning... my van... on the neighbors drive pad. i can't wait to get our drive pad poured! should be in may they told me today. rough grade next week!!!!

update already!!!

i know i haven't updated in a while..... oops! i keep checking everyone else's blogs and see them being *slowly* updated and wonder why there aren't more updates, and then i realized that i have been neglecting mine.

i haven't even taken the pictures off my camera from last week, oops! an update is in order, just will have to wait until tonight!

this morning we're off right away for a nice walk over to a friend's house who lives pretty close. a whole group is going... perhaps i'll bring my camera!

new pics...

these are from our last muttart trip with amanda and kids. i am pretty pleased with how these ones turned out. you may not even be able to tell that dominic was not wanting any part of having his picture taken or standing still for more than 1/8 of a second.

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/halliekai/album/576460762398415697#page1

zoo!

we went to the zoo sunday... met with a whole bunch of people! it was fun! our first non-summer zoo experience. the kids spent more time runing on the grass and climbing the railings than actually looking at animals. fun times!

hallie tackling emerson?!?

what beautiful exhibits (they are doing renos)

Hope in action!



a creepy whale without the water...

she is getting so big!

kai

kai was not himself on friday. he seemed to be feverish and he spent the entire morning on the couch. he didn't want to eat. he refused all meds. he has a sensative gag reflex and he gags even at the thought of taking medicine. anyway later in the day i managed to get some chewable tylenol into him (WHY do they make it so the kids have to take 3 tablets, just make it into one bigger tablet! he wanted to stop after only 1) and 20 minutes later, he came alive! he was back to normal and asking to eat. that tylenol is so magical. he he... here is a pic of him at dinner... still quite pale with "sick eyes"....

my emmy

emmy had her hearing test friday. she seemed to do ok with it, but they said it's hard to tell if both or only 1 ear is working because she wouldn't wear the headphones. they just had to do without headphones... which is fine, just not as accurate. after the hearing test, they looked inside her ears and i guess she has fluid in her ears. so, off to the ENT she goes. she also goes for her tear duct consult in june, so perhaps she may have some minor surgeries coming up. it never ends emerson!!!

and i can't wait for disneyland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a rare photo where you can see her top teeth. they are normally hidden.