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Saturday, December 1, 2018

Kyler -- December 2016

I love the holidays and it is so special when you get to share it with a kid like Kyler who just sees the wonder in everything. I was able to witness his excitement but also his giving heart too. We had a great time decorating cookies and he loved getting to pick out gifts and make special things for those he loves. Here are a few highlights of the holiday season with this sweet 5 year old!

Has a hard time when people to not want to sit with him or when Devin does not want to hug him when he is picked up from school
Had a great time shopping at the school Love Bazaar with Grandma and he showed off how talkative he is to all that he meet.
Was a huge help decorating spritz cookies
Daddy had a great helper this year putting up outdoor lights
Not good choices up front at church, looked almost like he had pushed a kid down
Kyler loves to help prep candy and cookies, did a great job helping me to unwrap and set up the HUGS and pretzles
At open gym at church did well playing with others and pretending to play "bear cave"
When it was just Kyler and I we had a great time doing a snowball fight. Kyler kept asking how you win and I said "whoever has the most fun!" so he tried to put snow in my pants
Kyler loves to play "real" basketball with Daddy
In school, Kyler is learning about Christmas around the world, including Sinter Claus!
Loves to dance in his car seat to Sleigh ride!
Had so much fun playing with "Nunchucks of Lightening" that I made out of pool noodles
At the Van Dyke party he brought me a plate of treats and did really well picking them out
Kyler loved making star ornaments for his special girls on the Volleyball team
His favorite Holiday Treat is Banket!
Woke up one morning with a green shirt and red pants on saying "Look mom I am Christmas"
Loves to play Alphabetty with Daddy, lots of spelling
One conversation we had, "tripods have three legs but we only have two." When we asked what Duncan had he said, "He only has two the other are his arms."
With the winter weather, Kyler was VERY excited to get to wear his storm-trooper slippers in school
Woke up at 5am with a scary dream about going down the drain in the tub
Did very well at the church and school Christmas concerts
We went to see a very big light show and he loved it! So cool!
Had a great time visiting with Great Grandma and brought her a poinsettia. You also played with a game she had and the ceramic tree that I used to play with too.
Sledding in the backyard is a lot of fun, but once we did go too fast and broke one of our neighbors lights
Santa Tracker was a huge hit and constant excitement for Kyler.
At Christmas he wanted us to open our presents from him first, he really wanted to give!
He bought me a pink yoga mat so that we could do yoga together
Kyler bought Ryan some bungee cords for putting lights up outside (he must have loved doing it)
For Devin, Kyler thought that since he loves music that he would like a musical toy
Kyler was thrilled to get his OWN TABLET!
We made some Ninjabread cookies and they looked pretty cool
Kyler loved getting to play Catan Jr over the holiday break
Had a great time vising in Prineton, seeing Grammy at the library, visiting with Great Grandma Hodge and snuggling with Aunt Britani
Sleep was not easy for Kyler, who said that Devin would wake up and just stare at him while he tried to sleep
Kyler has very good hearing and overheard an adult conversation about a disagreement. Kyler said, "if you hurt someone you really need to say that your sorry."
When Grammy asked Kyler is she should redecorate, he said that she should move her kitchen to the front of the house.
Kyler was pretty excited when I came home from shopping with a tie, he loves to be "spiffy"

This kiddo is really proud of his own tree!

He loved getting to do his Star Wars Advent calendar

This is about as good as it gets for these two cuties

Having fun showing Keira his new game

Playing ticket to ride, he loved it

We do love to read together

He likes to show everyone his new tablet

Hanging out with Great Grandma Hodge

Spending time with Great Grandpa Bebej

My little cookie helper!

He loves to lick the beaters!

Its messy but someone has to do it!

My little Ninja!

Look Mom! I look like Christmas

Sharing a snack with the guinea pigs

Playing games with Great Grandma Van Dyke

Snuggling with Great Grandma Van Dyke

Having some yummy food at Steak n' Shake

He is such a helper! Daddy loves it

Figuring out another puzzle

Friday, November 30, 2018

Devin -- November 2016

This little guy has grown so much over the last month. He has been getting the hang of school and getting ready for the holidays. He always keeps us on our toes and even with doing so well at school, we do have our fair share of tantrums too. He also has such an amazing sense of humor and always keeping us laughing. Here are some of the favorite memories over the past month.

This kid never seems to want to get out of his Jammies, he loves them
Whenever I pick him up from school he runs to me, but when I drop him off, he runs to his teachers! I think he just likes seeing people
Devin is never happier than when he gets to push things like his tricycle, wagon and cozy coup
He brings me flowers to sniff and does his own version of sniffing. I love it, my sweet boy
We went to Subway and this kiddo seems to love the egg and cheese on flatbread, eating the whole thing
Poor Duncan has had to deal with Devin going in and out of his crate all the time
Whenever a door is closing, Devin likes to stop and watch it until it actually close, which usually means he is going to start jumping up and down
After not ever wanting to color, he has started working on making marks on his paper
Devin continues to love reading books and seems to always giggle when reading the Paw Patrol book and opening up the seagull flap for "squawk!"
While at his 3 year appointment, Devin figured out how to open and close the door to the patient room. He did it the entire rest of the appointment
Devin loves to sneak in the bathroom and scare me in the shower by pulling the curtain open!
After getting new Guinea Pigs, he wanted to get so close to them that he tried to climb into the crate with them.
Shopping can be a challenge, sometimes he loves it (especially when he has a small cart to push like at Chow Hound) and sometimes he screams terribly the entire trip and there are terrible looks from everyone.
At Thanksgiving, we took his Svan chair and he was so excited about it even if he did not eat much
When he plays the piano, Dev is so very gentle with the keys
Did really well during a playdate with a younger boy and shared toys very well with him
When we put our Christmas tree up Devin was so excited and just wanted to keep touching the branches.
He would take a lot of the ornaments down and then just bring them back to me to put back up on the tree
We no longer can only look at the fish at the grocery store, but also the lobsters now!
We have been working on Devin kicking a ball, but he tends to just step on it.
One of the favorite movies that we watch over and over again is anything from They Might Be Giants
Though he does not fully understand it, he had a great time playing with the Nativity, playing the music over and over again
Devin eats really well, but one of his favorite treats is Rice Noodles
At night time, he loves to turn his flashlight friend off and on.

Trying to see if he fits in Duncan's crate...

...yep all the way in.

He loves trees...not sure how to climb yet

Pushing his Cozy Coup all over the place

He also likes to pull his wagon...

...and ride in it.

This kid loves to be pulled in his wagon...

with so many great smiles

My boys! I love them.

Playing in the leaves

Working on our grip and control

He loves to sort out the crayons

Not the cleanest eater, yet.

This is the true face of Devin...

...and this one too.

When we put up the tree we get tree little Debbies

No tree, but two boys!

He loves to hang out in the box

Kyler -- November 2016

This big guy is now five! It is crazy to think about how fast time has gone but he always has something to say and show me. We had fun outside before the weather gets colder and preparing for the arrival of his new Guinea Pigs. Kyler also had a great time taking his Dad to Frontier day at school. We put up our Christmas decorations and Kyler continues to love the huge tree box and to put the star up on top! Here are a few more details of this fun month!

While getting donuts at our favorite place, Sprinkles, Kyler explained to some of the customers why his donut was called a bird's nest. "Frosting is like a bird and the donut is like a nest"
Such a great helper pulling his little brother in his wagon for a long walk
Kyler loves to read to his little brother
While at small group, he was listening to our lesson and later told me that "Jesus is King"
Had a great time pushing his own little shopping cart to get items for his new guinea pigs
Took some fossils form Daddy to bring to school for "F" day
We have a lot of fun doing color by numbers together
At Frontier Day at school, Kyler enjoyed making a candle, butter and even had a special name "Red Hippo"
Kyler helped to name the new girls Zane and Zelda. He was so excited to pick them up at the foster family house and talked to them the whole time in the car on the way home
We enjoyed another fun filled time in the leaves at Grandpa and Grandma's house, with Kyler getting dumped out of a trash can of leaves
Kyler likes to read phrases to his Hallmark "Jingle" to get him to bark
He loves to watch the old Super Mario Brother's show
Devin and Kyler love to giggle and wrestle together
Kyler will try to do "kisses" with Devin and it will often also make him laugh
Whenever we went to the vet, he loves the kittens and asks all the time when he can get a cat
He eats very well when he wants but he is still considered tall and slender for his age
At his birthday party, Kyler loved his Green Ninja cake form Ninjago
While we were at a football game, Kyler had a great time with Grammy and Papa as well as Uncle Gene and Aunt Lois. Kyler requested having Uncle Gene read to him
Kyler loved to surprise his Dad at work, bringing cupcakes and then wanting to stay to hear the rest of the lecture
Thanksgiving had a lot of belly pain and just could not calm down so we headed to the hospital where he had an ultrasound and also x-rays.
Had a great time with his friend Ben when they came over to visit
Kyler got to pick out his own tree this year and had fun decorating it on his own
Ryan had a great helper putting up lights outside.