Cole's Preschool Christmas Concert

> Cole was a wiseman this year at his holiday concert. Lots of little kids doing a pretty dang good job of singing!
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPe2AXS-mDo

Something tells me...

They don't like my idea of posing for a picture high in a pretty fall tree! 😁

Trick or treating... Still going

Longer than we've ever made it. Having a blast on a perfect night

Sammy and Kira after bathtime

Yesterday afternoon Mama came home from work a little early because Nana, Grandpa, Aunt Michelle, Sammy, Leah and Brady all came to play (yes, a random Tuesday) and after bath time Kira helped style Sammy's hair.  Too cute!

Kira's first haircut

Kira got her very first haircut yesterday, trimming just a bit off the curly ends. She was squirmy at first but settled in once she had a sucker in her mouth. Big brother is behind her getting his hair cut too.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwQLLIQ97aw

Kira and Cole dancing at Butler's Orchard

Our yearly visit to the fall festival at Butler's Orchard. While we at lunch the band started playing and the kids were diggin' it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8yNKmJ_tvg

Cole's first field trip

Cole's first field trip!  We went to "Potomac Vegetable Garden" where we took a hay ride to the "fields" (I use the term loosely b/c this place is SMALL), ate broccoli out of the ground (I was so proud of Cole for tying it!), went into two ifferent Green Houses (when we got into the second one Cole immediately asked the farmer where the exit was - my little emergency planner) and then saw some animals - two piglets and a chicken that literally laid an egg in front of us!  Pretty exciting stuff! 

On our way!  Making use of that third row in the Highlander!


Cole, Sebastian and Jefferson



The three of them are so cute and funny together!



Sebby, William, and Cole




Cole and William climbing the pumpkins

Warms my heart...

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I've posted - so many times I've thought "oh, I need to write this down" but this past month has been SO busy!  More on that later...for now, I just wanted to record two things that happened yesterday that just brought a huge grin to my face. 

First, Cole and Kira were running around yesterday afternoon/evening with all of the neighborhood kids (we call them the neighborhood posse!) and as they were running up the hill Cole fell to his knees.  He got right back up and continued running with the rest of them, but Kira was behind him and saw it and yelled, "Cole, are you ok?  Are you ok, Cole?"  OMG - too cute.   I LOVE that she was so concerned for her big brother.  That is precious! 

Then later in the evening I was bathing the kids (usually Dave's job, but he was teaching last night) and I told Kira to stand up so I could soap her up.  Well, that girl can ignore others like you've never seen before.  If she doesn't feel like doing something, she doesn't do it.  So my voice was getting louder and louder as I tried to get her to listen to me and Cole says, "Mama!  Don't yell at Kira - she's still a baby.  She doesn't understand everything you tell her."  Again, I LOVE the concern for his little sister.  So heartwarming!  However, he was wrong and I told him so - I said, "Kira is not a baby anymore and she knows perfectly well that she has to stand up so I can finish washing her."  To which the little imp (Kira) grinned and jumped up.  Sigh...

I'm so glad that they have each other and look out for each other...I will do my best to foster this relationship so it continues through high school - when I'll really need to worry about their welfare!!!  Yikes! 

Cole's first day back to school!

Cutie-patootie Cole enjoyed his first day back in school today!  This year he is the four-year-old class that is held Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  They hosted an open house last Friday for the parents and kids where Cole met some new students and enjoyed seeing friends from last year. (He has the same teachers this year, too, which is nice!)  Dave and I both took him to that event and he enjoyed it, but requested that we join him there again today (and stay again) for his official first day. We didn't want any water-works so we decided that Delia should take him instead in the morning and then I went to pick him up at 12:30.  (Dave was planning to come but got caught in a meeting.)  Both Delia and his teachers said he did GREAT this morning.  And when I picked him up he was so surprised and happy to see me - adorable!  We had a nice walk home and then had lunch together.  So I got to hear all about his first day.  Here are the highlights:

Mama:  Cole, did you enjoy seeing your friends again?

Cole:  Yes, Sebastian was there today.  He was shy when I first said hi, but he got better.  (I am impressed that he is noticing people's feelings/behavior now.)

Mama:  What stories did the teacher read today?

Cole:  She read a Dinosaur book first that Zoe brought.  But I didn't listen because I was too busy playing.

Mama:  Did you get in trouble? 

Cole:  No, the teachers minded.

Mama:  They minded?

Cole:  Yes, they knew what I was doing and it was okay.

Mama:  Oh, that means they didn't mind.

Cole:  But they knew.... (Mama gives up and says "ok, that's good!") 

After reading the sheet of paper that tells what they did that day, and, thus, already knowing the answer:

Mama:  What was the second book you read?

Cole:  Ummm...let me think...

Mama:  Was it about manners?

Cole:  (with VERY wide eyes) Mama!  How did you know that?! 

Mama:  I know everything sweetheart.  (Wink, wink) 

Cole:  Oh, I saw some of my other friends in the hallway - they are in the class across from mine.

Mama:  Oh, who was it?  Donald and Calen?

Cole:  No - Seshi.  You know, the one who spreads his germs on everyone.

Mama:  Oh, then I'm glad he's not in your class this year! (WHAT?!  How?!  I don't even want to know...)

Cole:  I looked all around but I didn't see Natasha.  (Our neighbor)

Mama:  Oh, that's because she started Kindergarten this year so she is at a different school. 

Cole:  (Looks thoughtful)  I see....(I just love when he seems so mature and utters phrases I don't expect to come out of his mouth!)

Mama:  So you read and you played with the blue train and -

Cole:  (Cutting me off)  And we did projects! 

Mama:  Oh, what projects did you do?

Cole:  We "drawed" pictures of ourselves!  But then I got up from the table and Mrs. Dimond told me I wasn't done yet.  Because I hadn't put the letter "M" on my picture.

Mama:  What does the letter "M" stand for? 

Cole:  I don't know.

Mama:  Well it says here on your paper you learned two letters today - "M" and "E" - if you put those together what does it spell?

Cole:  (Big smile) ME! 

Mama:  That's right!  So maybe you were supposed to put "M" and "E" on your paper so everyone knows it's you.

Cole:  Oh, that's right!  

Then we open his backpack to see what else is in there and there is a brown bag -

Cole:  Look mama - it's a goodie bag!  (He unfolds it and points) And look - it has my name on it!!

Mama:  Very good - let's see what's in there.

Cole:  Yumm - look - a lollipop for me...and another one for Kira!  (My heart just swells when he wants to share with his sister!)

When we go inside to have lunch he shows Delia the two lollipops and says "Look, Delia, my teacher put a lollipop for Kira in my bag, too!" 

Too cute!!!!   

Friday, September 9, 2011

The rain stopped and the mud stomping came out

Unfortunately we weren't paying close enough attention to Kira as we cleaned up the basement this evening. It finally stopped raining today and Kira found a nice water hole to play in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74aKDJD1E7c

Monday, September 5, 2011

Taking refuge from the rain...

In the funnest of spots! Got caught at the park in a quick moving heavy rain. Weathermen apparently couldn't get the satellite map right. So here we are. It's a handicap port-o-potty at least so we and the stroller all fit!

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Kira riding her bike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSsFnZva1oc

Saturday, July 30, 2011

This mornings entertainment....

Paving crew by our house!!

Monday, July 11, 2011

Summery Vacation 2011

Family Vacation in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
July 4-8, 2011

I had to work on a proposal that was due on Tuesday, July 5 (yes, the Government has a mean streak) so our vacation started a little later than we had planned.  I was working 15-16 hour days for two weeks leading up to the vacation – including up to 10:00 p.m. Sunday night.  So Monday morning we hit the road finally!  Given that it was a holiday (the 4^th of July), we were lucky not to hit any traffic.  We left the house with a very full car at 9:45 a.m. (packing took a full day!), stopped once for lunch, and arrived at our hotel at 1:45 p.m.  Not bad!  Of course, not ten minutes into the trip Cole says, "Are we close yet?"  Very bad sign, but we managed to distract him with coloring books, a drawing pad, some reading books and finally he slept for a bit.  Kira was a breeze – she slept almost the entire way and when she was awake she was content to color and draw as well. 

We stayed at the "White Sands" hotel – right on the beach, two pools, and two blocks away from the boardwalk.  It was perfect.  Our room was situated with as a room within a room.  The main room had a king size bed, bathroom, table and chairs, refrigerator, microwave, wardrobe, dressers and TV.  Very nice size.  Then there was a room off of that containing a queen size bed, another TV and more dressers.  It was great because we could put the kids to bed in that room and then watch TV in our room, or, what we did instead, was sit outside our room in lawn chairs drinking wine.  We could go in and out of the room, shower, do whatever and not wake up the kids.  It was great.  And we were steps from the pool – so if we needed something from the room during the day it wasn't a big deal to go and get it.

We got SO LUCKY with the weather, too.  It was beautiful every day – rained one afternoon, but held until we got home from the boardwalk around 6:30/7:00 p.m.  When we arrived on Monday Cole wanted to go straight to the boardwalk to ride the rides so we checked in and walked down to the boardwalk.  Bought a pack of tickets for the rides that we hoped would last us the entire week (almost did) and the kids had a blast.  This was the first year Kira could ride anything and I was very excited to take pics of Cole and Kira on the rides together, just like there are pics of me and Michelle on those very same rides from many years ago.  Of course, they have added a few new ones – including Kira's favorite, the flying fish.  If you ask Cole he'll tell you the helicopter ride was his favorite – because it flies up high – but you definitely can't tell that from the pictures!  It was one of those rides that Kira was too small to go on and adults were not allowed to ride so Cole rode it all by himself and the three of us watched him – unsure if he was enjoying it or petrified!  We laughed at the look on his face the whole ride and were relieved to find out he was just concentrating on flying the helicopter. 

After the boardwalk the first day we went back to the hotel room to unpack and change into bathing suits.  By this time it was about 5:00 and we hit the beach as it was emptying out – it was so nice.  Cole surprised us by running straight for the waves.  He had plenty of space to play and he ran up and down the beach chasing the waves.  Kira was not as enthralled.  She shied away from the ocean for awhile and busied herself with the birds.  She tried to pet a few seagulls, much to my dismay.  I was afraid one of them would find her tasty!  We started to get hungry after about an hour of running around in the sand and so I sent Dave back to the boardwalk to get a large pizza pie from Pizza Plus – one of the many places I worked on the boardwalk while in high school.  Dave told the owner, Mike, that he was married to "Jessica Ingenito" and Mike asked that I stop by with the family while we were there (which I did on Friday – and when  I introduced him to Cole he said "your mama used to work here a LONG time ago!"  haha, very funny, I know I'm old!).   Anyway, we enjoyed that pizza back in the room in our kitchenette and it was heavenly.  Oh, how I miss Jersey pizza!  Even the kids loved it – they inhaled their pieces, which are huge! 

We were uncertain how the sleeping arrangement would work out – putting both Cole and Kira in the same bed.  Dave pushed the bed against the wall and put the chairs from the kitchenette against the other side of the bed with pillows against them so both sides of the bed were protected, and then folded a blanket to put between them on the bed.  I had purchased three new books to read to them each night and so we read in the king bed and then put them to sleep in their room.  That first night Dave and I watched them on the monitor after we closed the door and It was HYSTERICAL.  (See video – next post.)  Probably difficult to tell what's happening but Kira keeps leaning over to Cole's side and hitting him in the head with her doll and then giggling.  Then Cole yells, "Kira, go to sleep!"  And then Kira stands up like she is trying to crawl up on the headboard and Cole yells "Kira, stop it!  Go to sleep!" and he is getting increasingly frustrated at her inability to behave and go to sleep.  We laughed and laughed and then finally Dave opens the door and yells at Kira and she lays down and goes to sleep.  We were pleasantly surprised when every other night went without a hitch. 

The routine for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday was the same – wake up at 7:00 a.m. when the kids hop off the bottom of their bed, open their door, and come jump on our bed.  We packed a cooler of food (which we transferred to the fridge) so we had cereal for breakfast, or cereal bars or bagels.  Then we headed down to the beach…about a three minute walk.  Three out of the four mornings we were the first or second family there around 8 or 8:30 a.m.  We'd hang out there til about 10:30 a.m. then walk back up to the pool until 12:30, when we'd head back to the room for lunch.  We would sandwiches and then all four of us would nap!  Around 3:00 we'd wake up, shower, get dressed and head to the boardwalk for ride time.  One night we ate out on the Pier at Martell's (on the boardwalk) outside to enjoy the ocean breezes and another night we went to a fancier joint – the Wharfside, right on the Inlet, and also outside. 

The rides were mostly the same – train, carousel, flying fish, alligators, boats, swings, motorcycles, helicopters, and flying elephants.  Except one night Kira decided she wanted to go on the roller coaster.  We asked Cole if he wanted to go on it and he said "NO WAY!"  Dave took him and Kira on the "Dizzy Dragons" one afternoon too (think Tilt-a-Whirl) and they weren't so thrilled with the spinning.  So I was worried about taking Kira on a roller coaster.  I asked the guy if children her size normally went on and he said yes and they did fine.  So…after she asked me "go, Mama" for ten minutes straight we finally got on.  (Dave got it all on video so will have to get him to post it.) The first time we went around the corner I was like "oh crap – this g-force is way more than I was expecting for such a little roller coaster!"  I asked Kira if she wanted to go around again and she said "nope" in a very soft voice.  Unfortunately, we were going to go around about six more times.  She was amazing – didn't cry, didn't yell, just sat there stoically until the last time around when she climbed onto me and put her head on my shoulder.  Then we got off the ride and I said "Did you like that ride?" and in her soft, sweet voice she said "Yes, mama."  So…the jury is out on that one. 

We played three boardwalk games too.  The frog game – which is near impossible to win but fun to use the mallet to make those frogs go flying.  The water gun game – where we won a dolphin for Cole (he named him Dolphie) and a ball for Kira.  Actually, we didn't win.  We were the only ones playing (a guaranteed win) and then a family walked up at the last second and the son beat us.  However, he didn't want any of the prizes and offered his win to us – so nice!  So we were able to get a prize for each of the kids. Win, win, win!  And then while Kira and I were riding one last ride on our last day, Cole and Dave played the whack-a-mole game and won a huge Green Lantern stuffed animal.  It's bigger than Cole!  And he loves it…so all in all a very successful boardwalk outing each day! 

I am still in awe at how good the kids were the whole week.  At the beach Cole not only ran around chasing waves, but also easily made friends.  He and a little boy named Tyler became fast friends as they chased the waves together – also four years old…Kira played in the sand "building" castles (or dumping sand in a bucket of water) together with another little girl at the edge of the waves – a three year old whose name I already forget.  The next day Kira and Cole found a huge hole in the sand and immediately jumped in with two other kids – a little boy named Vinnie (22 months) and his big sister, Maria ( 3 ½ yrs old).  In the pool they befriended Albie (almost two years old) and his big sister (six years old) who let Cole and Kira play on their pool toys – a floating car and a floating dolphin.  The parents of all these children were super nice, too.  Dave and I enjoyed chatting with them all.  We had excellent hotel neighbors, too.  We sat outside the room chatting and drinking wine after the kids went to bed and the people on either side of us stopped by to chat and comment on the kids and how cute they were.  It was amazing how nice everyone was and how everything went so smoothly.  On the last morning a little girl named Genevieve offered Cole one of her huge shovels and the two of them had a blast digging and then chasing the waves.  When we left Dave said "now I know why people take their kids' friends on vacation with them – keeps the kids having fun and distracted so the parents can relax for a minute!"  Kira, while happy to play with the other kids, always wanted momma nearby.  She is definitely a momma's girl right now and often wanted to be sitting on my lap or have me pick her up.  By the end of the week my back was very sore.  She is so difficult to resist though! 

Cole is such a good big brother, too.  He and Kira would be on the rides together and he would always make sure she was doing okay.  One time they were on the flying fish and the seats were almost all taken so they ended up on opposite sides of the circle, rather than right behind each other like we'd been doing.  So during the ride Cole starts yelling "Hi Kira!" to her and waving and she waved back at him.  It was so cute! 

On the last day we went to the beach, showered and packed up the room, went to the boardwalk and had one last slice of Jersey pizza for lunch, and then rode the rides one last time.  We headed home at 2:00 p.m. and 10 minutes into the trip the sky opened up and started pouring rain …and it lasted the entire drive home!  We could not believe how lucky we were that we had such beautiful weather the entire week and it held all the way until we started driving home.  And THEN we hit some traffic on the Turnpike and realized we were luckier than we even realized – see photo – as we saw that our traffic was due to an accident on the northbound lanes that our side was slowing down to look at.  I can't even imagine how bad that would have been had we been on the opposite side.  The truck blocked all three lanes and the traffic was stopped on that side for MILES! Thankfully, we were not and our drive home was only delayed an hour due to traffic and rain. 

Hooray for a WONDERFUL family vacation – I could not be happier!!! 

(No beach pics in this post because we used the "nice" camera for those pics –not the iPhone.  Will have to post those separately!)

 

Summer Vacation 2011

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Happy Birthday Cole!

Cole's fourth birthday party was a SUCCESS!  We had 42 attendees - 12 little playmates, their parents, and our family members.  Despite working 15 hour days the past few weeks on this work proposal, I managed to organize the gathering. (Yes, I'm tooting my own horn there, as this was not an easy accomplishment!)  Given that we were sweating our brains out at his last three b-day parties, we decided to pick an inside venue this time.  At the Falls Church Community Center we were able to reserve a room for three hours - as well as one hour in the gym.  It was a great set-up.  The room was plenty big for everyone and we decorated it with blow-up dinosaurs, hanging dinosaurs, 40 balloons, dinosaur cups, dinosaur plates, dinosaur napkins, dinosaur gift bags with dinosaur crayons, and dinosaur paddle balls....can you tell what the party theme was yet?!?  So then we ask Cole what he wants on his cake and he says "bikes"...?!?  Of course, he learned how to ride a two-wheeler several weeks ago so now bikes are the "it" thing.  Super heroes are rising on the list too, so we managed to accommodate his request by ordering a cake with Batman riding a "bike" (motorcycle).  Thankfully, it was a hit.  Though the blue icing was not...for the parents.  That stuff STAINED their little faces like nothing I've ever seen!  But it was tasty :-)  I will post videos of Kira and Cole playing with the dinosaurs as Dave and I decorated and then some of the kids playing in the gym. They set it up really nice with plenty of options for running, playing, riding or tumbling.  It was great!  One of the most notable things of the day though, I have to mention, is Cole's response to his adult guests.  Parents would come in and say "Happy Birthday Cole - how old are you today?" and he would respond, "Three."  And they would look confused and say, "Oh, I thought this was your 4th birthday party."  To which he would say, "No, I'm not four until Monday.  Today is my fake birthday party."  Like George Washington, my son cannot tell a lie!  Hahahahahaha! 

Fun in the Sun

Our neighbors have joined a community pool so after work on weekdays and on weekend afternoons we have been joining them as their guests.  The kids are loving it - little fishes they are!  Now I just need to get them some swimming lessons...in my spare time.  Ha!  Jake, pictured here, is Cole's partner in crime in the neighborhood.  It is hysterical to watch them play "hide and seek" - I use the term loosely!  And, once again, Kira hops on the big wheels and does her best to keep up with the boys.  It is clear that she has no sense of gender or age differences.  I am encouraging that for as long as possible! 

Family fun time!

When I returned home from my business trip I took the day off of work to spend time with the kids (mother's guilt!) and we drove to Kinderfarm Park to meet up with Aunt Michelle, the twins, Sammy and Nana.  It's a really neat place where they have a ginormous three-level playground for the kids, a farm with horses, cows, pigs, roosters, sheep and goats.  And lots of picnic tables.  The cousins are just TOO CUTE together.  I love how they hold hands as they walk around.  Sammy will do absolutely anything that Cole tells him to do.  So when he runs away from us, or the picnic table we tell Cole to get his cousin.  Cole will run over to Sammy and say "Sam, we're eating lunch at the picnic table now.  Come back."  And, sure enough, Sammy will respond "Oh! OK!" and follow him back.  Kira, on the other hand, is absolutely enamored with the babies.  She tries to crawl into the stroller to sit with them - it's so funny.  She pets them on the head and says "baby, momma - look!" She's very maternal.  However, she is also a wild one who will follow Cole and Sammy up hills, down slides, and into any puddle or muddy area - in fact, she was the first one to go down the big tube slide at the park.  The boys were hesitant at first so she just pushed in front of them and went right down!  (Video to follow.)

Business trip

Momma had to go on a business trip to Florida June 13-15 and this is all she sent home - a picture of the geckos that were EVERYWHERE she turned!  (I almost brought one home when one crawled in my bag!)

Polo

A friend of mine from work plays polo and invited us out to watch a few weekends ago.  It's in a beautiful area near the mountains in VA and the kids had a blast watching the horses and "practicing" on the sidelines.  Dave and I enjoyed the picnic lunch we packed while the kids ran around!

Catching up

So much to post...so little time!  The summer is already flying by and I realized I haven't posted in weeks...or is it months?  I think Dave posted one or two entries highlighting Cole's new bike riding skills and Kira's new big girl bed, so at least he's been keeping up!  I'm downloading some pics from my phone now...here are the kids on Memorial Day Weekend at the Falls Church Fair.  Bouncing, bouncing, bouncing - in 104 degree heat!  YIKES, was it hot!  Don't worry, I had lots of water on hand for those wild ones :-)

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Guess what Kira got today...

And she loves it. We just hope she stays in it!

Monday, June 6, 2011

Look momma, no training wheels!

Watch Cole as he rides his new bike:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_O9_Blym8w

Yesterday we gave Cole a "big kid" bike with pedals as an early birthday present (we're three weeks away from his 4th birthday.)  He kept asking for a big bike with pedals because all of the older kids in the neighborhood have big bikes.  Cole has been riding his balance bike for a little over 2 months now, and we were hoping that making the transition to a real pedal bike would go relatively smoothly, and would not necessitate training wheels... well, it went amazingly smoothly, as you'll see in the video.  We gave it to him Saturday evening after removing the training wheels.  He got on it once and I pushed him around, and he didn't want ANYthing to do with it because it was "too high" and unsteady for him.  Sunday morning I brought it back out, put him up on it and pushed him around the circle twice.  On the third time around all I was holding onto was his shirt, and by the next time around I let him go.  Couple more times around and he was doing laps by himself like you'll see in the video!  Apparently balance bikes really do work!!  All of the other, older kids in the neighborhood have training wheels on their bikes still, and they are 5 to 6 years old.  It was cool to see that the balance bike concept panned out!

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Rolling Thunder rides again

Made it down for our third annual viewing of motorcycles rolling into DC for Rolling Thunder. Both kids kinda liked it this year.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

All tuckered out

Everyone is exhausted after a fun-filled day!

Friday, April 22, 2011

Good Friday

It's Good Friday...and another rainy day.  Dave and I took the day off of work for a family-focused Easter weekend.  We had planned to take the kids to Butler's Orchard for the bunny festivities today, but due to the rain we had a change of plans.  This morning, instead, we took them to the Museum of Natural History and they LOVED it!  Of course, Cole knew the animals better than I did.  (Reminiscent of when we took our nephew, Jack, there about four years ago.)  After nap we're headed to Monkey Business - an indoor play area like Gymboree where the kids can run wild - with our neighbors, Christi and Joel and their sons, Jake and Chase (pictured in many of the outdoor fun photos we post).  Tomorrow, if it stops raining, we're headed to the Falls Church Easter Egg Hunt - again with our neighbors.  Last year I stayed home with Kira b/c she was too small and Dave took Cole.  Unfortunately, it starts at 10:00 and they arrived at 10:03 and all the eggs were already gone!!!  Apparently this event attracts a huge crowd.  So we're planning to arrive no later than 9:30 tomorrow morning.  Fun, fun, fun!  And then, of course, we have a houseful on Sunday for Easter.  We are hoping it doesn't rain (as predicted) because we have an Easter egg hunt planned in our backyard and the guest list includes Nana, Grandpa, Uncle Nick, Angie, Aunt Michelle, Uncle Jason, Cousins Sammy, Brady, and Leah, Aunt Leslie, Uncle Alex, Evan and Christine.  A houseful!  So, crossing our fingers for surprise sunshine :-)

Monday, April 18, 2011

Cole & Kira - Constantly Entertaining Us

So, yesterday at the Circus Kira grabs some popcorn and holds it up to Cole's mouth.  When he leans over to take a bite she grabs it back away from him and starts giggling hysterically.  Where did she learn this?!  So Cole, luckily, also finds it hysterical and they do it about a gazillion more times.  Then this morning I hear Cole tell Delia a story when she arrives - he says, "Daddy told me that there were going to be doggies at the circus but we didn't see any.  I think he was just faking me out."  ????? Where did he hear the term "faking me out"???  These kids are like sponges - watching and listening to everything we do and then surprising us with their new knowledge!  Too funny!   

Sunday, April 17, 2011

At the Circus - 3rd Year in a Row

But Kira's first time. Cole's a little timid still but Kira is digging it!