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Thursday, November 8, 2018

Kyler -- July 2016

July was a lot of fun for us! We had a great time at the pool and then there was an awesome week camping at Conference grounds with friends from church. This little guy just loves to go and go over and over again. We also got to celebrate another wonderful Independence Day and this time I got to take Kyler to see the fireworks. We had a lot of play dates with friends and we just tried to enjoy the summer as much as we could. Here are a few of the highlights of this month!

Has been so good at helping me take care of Mr Nibbles the guinea pig
Had a great time going to Hughes park in Hudsonville where Kyler pretended to do some American Ninja Warrior training, and did some "upper body"
The sunday after VBS Kyler had a great time going up to the front of church and singing while doing the motions
Kyler loves to try different types of ice cream and has often gone with things like mint chocolate chip
Taking Kyler to watch the fireworks was a lot of fun and he had a great time taking pictures and making funny faces. He was pretty sleepy and did a lot of snuggling with me while we watched all the fun explosions
When at the farmer's market, we went to see the kittens and there was one loose! Kyler actually caught it even after me and another adult tried! He loves kittens
Tried bacon finally! Did not love it though
I put bath salts into his tub and now he ALWAYS wants them.
No fear in the pool and later tried to dive a few times...looked more like belly flops
Had a great time at the Biology Picnic and doing the slip and slide
We had Joscilyn over for a play date, his friend from VBS and on the way down the stairs she asked him when they were going to get married and Kyler said "we should wait until we are 33" too fun kiddo!
Kyler was SO excited to go camping
Tried a new flavor of ice cream called "candy play dough"
We tried to have Kyler and Devin sleep near each other camping, but that just kept them up late! Devin was too excited and Kyler kept complaining that he would not let him go to sleep
Had so much fun at Lake Michigan and had so much fun in the waves
Loved to learn the new game "Newcomb" and had fun saying we win!
Had so much fun doing flashlight tag
Slept so hard that he missed out on the fun run
Had a great time riding the Grand Haven trolley ride
Kyler started to call his green whale jammies his 9:01 jammies because when his clock is 9:01 he looks under the covers and sees them glow. We all thought it was pretty funny
During Bible school at camp, he loved the puppets the best
We had all the boys that we were camping with to our trailer to have a movie night...we called it the Man Cave and Kyler loved having them there
Had fun trying the different candy from the store, including ring pops and pop rocks
Woke one night and was so sleepy that he started to talk about his friends and almost tried to get out of the trailer!
When Grandpa and Grandma came to visit us camping, Kyler had a great time making lakes and rivers on the beach and seemed to know everyone they met
When we got back from camping, Kyler went and told Mr Nibbles that he missed him and loved him
We took the rail off his bed and had a great time making a chart before Grammy and Papa came to visit
Had so much fun picking blueberries and trying to find the biggest and best ones
At church, had fun counting all the children up front and then told Pastor Dave that he had so many things to tell him, which made everyone laugh because he does like to talk.

Doing his American Ninja Warrior course at the park

Look at all the "upper body" stuff I am doing

Waiting for the fireworks

Mommy and boy time!

My silly guy!

He loves to feed Mr Nibbles kale

...and reading him books

He loves to be outside

Hanging out

Strike a pose

Hanging out with friends

Play date fixing animals

Checking out the shade tent for camping

Love hiking...so we do it a lot!

Blueberry picking with Grammy

Wykstra boys and playground fun

He loves to beach and running in the waves

He liked the candy playdough ice cream!

Riding the dino!

This kid gets into his play!

Trolley Ride

Making new friends at the campground

Hard play means hard sleeping

Playing camera with buddies

The "Man Cave" watching a movie

Sweet boy wanting to sleep in

Getting ready for Bible school

Trying all kinds of fun candy from the store...Fun Dip!

Poor kid just so sleepy!

Playing Statues in the park

Ring Pop Time!

Just laying around

Burrowing in the sand

Climbing up the dunes

This kid loves to run!

I think he had a great time camping!

Devin -- June 2016

So with June comes the beginning of summer and a very different schedule around here. We have had so fun times in the pool, picking strawberries and lots of time outside. We planted our garden, worked in the backyard and enjoyed lots of hikes at the Hudsonville Nature Center. Devin has recovered from his ear tube surgery and has been making more sounds, but not what we were hoping for. He can still be super stubborn, but he is always such a loving little guy and he loves to read his books if you are willing to, over and over again. Here are some of the highlights this month.

Finally started to color, just a little bit
After a long hike he ate 8 of the 10 chicken nuggets
I have been trying to get him to walk to the tub undressed, but he loves to stop and pee on the carpet for me before getting into the water!
When we go to the pool, he loves to jump into the water, but really only to mommy and even though he is shaking and his lips are turning blue he does NOT want to get out
This kiddo was terrified to go into the large outdoor tent at a cousin's open house, poor kiddo!
When we have a dance party he still will not dance on his own, insists on dancing with me
He loves to play with flashlights, turning them on and off
Helped working in the backyard bringing Grandma sticks
After putting up a tent in the basement, Devin loved to fill it with all kinds of play food, what a good packer for camping right?
Woke up with a terrible fever and threw up medicine which meant a low key day
Going outside so much has made Devin become much better and allowing sunblock application
After lots of walking around, will often fuss but does finally help me water plants
At snack time, I gave Devin an apple, and he ate all of it, including the stem and seeds!
Whenever Duncan eats any food that Devin drops on the floor he get pretty upset
Devin loves to ride in the Burley behind a bike
Will often take strawberries from his brother's plate and put them on his own before he eats them
Had a great time loading up logs into the wagon so that we could move them
When he rides on his tricycle he often drags his toes, he seems to like the vibrations
When we got to the pet store he would rather watch the fish than any other animal
Will fold his hands to "pray" and when we say "amen" he opens them
Devin loves strawberries and when we went to pick them, he would take them out of my box to take one big bite and then put it back, taking a new one to bite out of next. I had a bunch of half eaten strawberries in my box
He loves to watch videos of himself on my phone, but has now figured out how to push the play buttons all by himself
While brother is at tennis lessons, Devin loves to walk and pick clovers in the field
Did really well at church when I was working on setting up for VBS. He also loved to walk around during VBS and later enjoyed finding all the vacuum "circles" on the floor.

Reading his favorite book...without a shirt of course

Milk mustache...what a cutie

My sweet boy in sunglasses

Painting or sorting out the paintbrushes

This kiddo loves flashlights

Not feeling very well, poor baby

Getting a little tight in the Burley for bike rides

Snack time at swimming lessons

Trying to play ball with Mr Nibbles

These boys do love popcorn!

Strawberry picking time!

Testing our harvest...

Maybe one more.

This kid is such a big helper with chores

Daddy and Devin

Now mommy and Devin

This kid loves to pick flowers for me!

Such a snuggle bug

Lazy day on the big bed with a veggie pouch...what a life!

I love this little guy

We are actually coloring...a little bit

Having fun at VBS!

Kyler -- June 2016

So it is now the start of summer and I am so excited to do so many things with Kyler. This month we have swimming lessons, tennis lessons and VBS all right in a row. I want to have Kyler try some new things, but they just seemed to happen all in the first month of the summer. Kyler was excited to start summer vacation, but he also seems to really miss having other kids to play with and hang out with as well. I just hope we can keep him having fun and learning this summer too! Here are a few highlights from the first month of summer.

We love to go outside and it is fun to have Kyler checking off things as we do a visual scavenger hunt.
Kyler loves art, but we had a lot of fun doing some color by numbers
We have been having a lot of fun baking and muffins are one of his favorite
When grocery shopping, Kyler loves to help out by reading to me the grocery list, but that means I have to make sure to write clearly!
There are times when I can hear Kyler yell in his sleep but he if fully sleeping!
Having so much fun with Legos and building things
Our neighbor has a Barbie Jeep that Kyler loves to drive her around in and he is a pretty good driver
When I asked him if he wanted to paint his nails with me once, he now tells me no and that he does not want to.
After I ran on the treadmill (1st time since my surgery) he told me that I was marvelous and that Jesus and God are too.
Became a bit obsessed with the cookie cereal that we found at Aldi
At the Farmer's market, fell in love with a little kitten and REALLY wanted to take it home
Sweet boy will often try to play with Devin and will be very patient with him when he might scream as Kyler pulls him in the wagon
Kyler loves to help out with chores like cleaning his fish tank, watering plants and helping to prep veggies for dinner with his own set of kid-safe knives.
Swimming lessons went better than I could have ever hoped. He was so brave and did not cry even when the other kids were screaming. He was jumping and swimming in the deep end by the second day and now we never use a swimmie with him!
Had a great time at the mall meeting friends for lunch
Mr Nibbles came to stay with us for the summer to help Kyler learn about what it is like to have one as a pet. He loves to take care of it and is very thoughtful and caring towards it
June brought a big project in the backyard and Kyler was so helpful pulling weeds, moving mulch and hauling logs any time he could help
We picked a lot of strawberries and of course we ate a few of them too
Kyler loves to get Devin to do "pray" and "amen" when we wait in lines, which often leads to both of them giggling
At Tom + Chee Kyler now likes to tell them his own order, getting so big!
Tennis lesson at Unity was a fun time for Kyler to run around and learn many new games as well as making some new friends
When I made strawberry jam, Kyler loved to "help" but really just taste the product
Kyler loves to watch American Ninja Warrior with me
With VBS at the end of the month, I was there to set up a lot and Kyler loved getting to help and running around with his church friends
Ryan's best friend growing up and his family came to visit. Kyler loved getting to have new friends to swim and jump into the water with. It was hard for him to say good-bye!
At VBS he made such a great friend in Josilyn that he cried when he did not get to say good-bye to her. They were always hugging and holding hands, it was so cute
Kyler loved to sing VBS songs all week and danced a lot when it was time to have our little end of the week program.