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Monday, February 11, 2019

Kyler -- February 2017

This kid just keeps us on our toes and boy is he full of curiosity and heart. I love to see how he thinks and cars for others. He is such a sweet friend and thinks about others in a way that I could not imagine a 5 year old boy would! What a great time seeing how this love bug shares love during Valentine's day. Here are a few of the high-lights we have had this month!

When we went to drop off Devin at school, he noticed that there were not as many kids in his class and thought we should pray for all the kids that were sick and missing school in Dev's class
Had a great time visiting my friend Lisa and helped her with Candy Crush!
We had lunch at Calvin in Johnny's Cafe! How fun to share this experience with him!
A very sweet girl in his class gave Kyler a toy because of the loss of Zane the Guinea Pig
So fun to see that he is learning and singing most of the songs at church
At conferences, his teacher Mrs Cole said just how much she loves him and how she has never met a smarter and yet kind kiddo in her teaching! Wow!
Kyler has been having fun doing word games like Alphabetty with Ryan at night on his phone
We have been trying to play more games together like Ticket to Ride Jr and Star Wars Yatzee
"I'm so handsome mom!" when he wore a Seriously Handsome shirt
Kyler and parents became a bit obsessed with a game called Nemo's Reef
"Sam is my bestest friend"
Has been taking Spanish classes and learned what "bano" ment
We had our friend the Leerar's over for games and he loved getting to play with them
He had a special guy time going out with Daddy to see Lego Batman and had a whole Freeze!
When I took Kyler grocery shopping, he reads me what I need off my list
With some warmer weather, Kyler designed a chalk obstacle course on the driveway
For Valentine's Day, Kyler invited Great Grandma Van Dyke to go to school with him and wanted to wear a tie so it would be special
Likes to be "stealthy" when coming up the stairs
Having fun figuring out the Big Wheel outside
Discovered the phrase from Uncle Matt, "When you mess with the bull, you get the horns"
Loves to give hugs to friends at BSF and then go and feed ducks afterward
Made a Solar System at school
Gave Kyler his own huge box of crayons so that his brother would not break them
Ryan and I went to Ann Arbor for a basketball game, but Kyler was upset when he could not see us on television
He loved getting his first game from the Vault of Midnight!
So helpful learning to match socks and making his own sandwhiches
Had a fun play date at his friend Sam's house!

Lunch at Calvin

Hanging up his picture at Tom + Chee

Lego Batman with Daddy

Making V-Day cookies with cousins

Big boy on his big wheel

Cleaning up in February!

Look at him Climb!

Showing off his Yoga Skills

Fun time outside exploring

Mommy and Kyler time

Feeding the ducks!

Sharing tablet time

Having fun with Dominos

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Devin -- January 2017

Wow onto another new year with this sweetie. His first Christmas break ever went really well and it was great to have him home for that extra time. We did a lot of new things, including making his day a lot longer to include lunch time! We had a lot of great adventures and it has been so fun to see him grow this month. Here are January's highlights!

Devin loves blueberries so he tried blackberries, but did not seem to love them
He did not want to pick out a lunchbox at the store with me so I just did
Lengthened his day until 1 which did not seem to bother him
At tub time, started to splash around and making the "k" sound for Kyler
Had fun trying a red bell pepper at school but would not eat it at home
The wonderful aids at his school said that he said "purple" and "blue"
With it being so cold outside we took scooters downstairs to try, he liked it!
Woke up with a nasty cough and fever, poor kiddo
Devin had a great time snuggling by Daddy and watching Basketball, even clapped a bit
After doing so well going to school until 1, we started going until 2 but has been looking at his schedule trying to figure out why he was not leaving yet
Has loved to play with puzzles on his tablet, getting so good at it!
Devin had a snow day and we attempted to play with Play Dough
We have become obsessed with the DVD to Here Comes Science
Asked Devin if he wanted a donut (Daddy was going to go get them) so he ran to his chair to eat...sorry we still had to get them!
We have been eating our cheesy bread without cutting it up now!
After a fun bath tub time, he loves to giggle when I put lotion on his feet.
Ky often complains that Devin loves to see me and not him at school when we pick him up but Devin started to run to Ky instead and he was thrilled
Has become so good at doing the Alphabet Train Puzzle and will say all the letter sounds!
Did not feel well and threw up all over me, not the best day
When he was able to go back to school, Devin ran right up to his teachers smiling!
Devin has a great appetite and when he wants to eat more, he will often go and get food from his brother's plate.
We tried to ride Sandy at Meijer but he hates her
He decided that he wanted to try my breakfast burrito and finished the whole thing
At church we tried Little Lambs and it went well!
He must really like trying new food because he went to get the broccoli on my plate to eat it.
Though we cannot fulled dress on our own, Devin has mastered putting on his winter hat!

Playing or at least touching the Kinetic Sand

Scooters inside! Why not?!

Snuggling with two of the four boys

This kid loves his Dad, Tablet and boots!

Seriously loves to put on his boots

Stacking play-doh is really how you play with it right?

Eating some yummy Nutella

Stacking his squares

Sitting in the BIG chair!

Did not want the tree to come down, so did a "sit in" in the tree box

Someone is not feeling well, poor kiddo

Sneaking up on mommy!

Pick me up mommy!

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Devin -- December 2016

This little guy is growing so much. He loves the Christmas tree and has been doing so well at school. Before his Christmas break he even stayed for lunch and did so well. He still loves to nap and had a great time going to visit Princeton for all the family fun. We love him so much and here are a few of the highlights from this holiday season.

Did a great job putting sprinkles on cookies and even said "me" on camera!
Has been working on "kicking" a soccer ball but often just steps on them
He loves to snuggle with mommy but not with Daddy, poor Daddy
When Kyler was upset for some reason, Devin felt bad for him and went and leaned into him which is basically Devin giving him a hug!
Devin laughs and claps when he give the Guinea Pigs a treat, it is pretty cute.
At the Biology Christmas party just loved to open and close the doors over and over again.
Went for IEP and had a good time talking with his teachers
When we tried to decorate the Christmas cookies with frosting, just wanted to eat the cookies rather than put decorations on them.
At the Van Dyke Christmas party started to explore on his own, but then took me over to the stairs and had me walk up and down them over and over again
Whenever we go anywhere, Devin HATES when his food is too hot and screams until it cools down
On the 12th Devin had his first snow day! We had a lot of fun just getting to spend that time together and made a cardboard ramp for cars which he loved doing
Saying "no" by shaking his head when I asked if he wanted to go to school
Will often take all the pillows off all the bed and put them in a pile so that he can just sit in them
Had a great time just watching an hour glass timer in a game
Did well with the alphabet train puzzle and could pick out the letters even by the sounds
Took his Bilibo chair into the bathroom and tried to add it to the tub for bath time
We have been working on Devin helping us with dressing him and he is doing much better with getting pants on and off
For Devin's first experience sledding he was not too happy but soon wanted to do it more and more and giggled the whole time.
When younger cousins would take his toys, he did really well not getting upset.
Kyler picked out a piano that made music for Devin and he loved it, so sweet
Traveled very well to Princeton and smiled anytime songs from They Might Be Giants came on.
While staying with Ryan's family, Dev would often wake us up at 7 by opening and closing doors
Devin loved the spinning top that his cousin received from us.
Did fish motion at the store when he saw fish! So cute
Finally tried an ice cream cone form McDonald's but just sticking his tongue at it.
Was sad when we took the tree down, but so cute sitting in the box and not wanting to get out.

This kid loves looking at the Christmas tree

He loves looking at the photo books and his magnatiles

Books - Devin loves them.

This kid actually decorated cookies!

...and eating the dough too

Devin loves too sit by his brother

Boxes are the best toys

Another book!

All gone! He loved his fries

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"