Kyler -- April 2017

This kiddo is super active and it is always fun to be around Kyler. We have had so many fun extra things this month with Spring Break. It is hard to believe that he is close to graduating from preschool and starting Kindergarten soon! Here are some of our fun adventures this spring.

• When Dev wants to walk, Ky often agrees but thankfully he was happy to take pictures of plants
• Popcorn is always more fun with you can add your own spices and Kyler went to town!
• After such a fun March and having the bracket on the wall for basketball, he was upset and crying when he saw that it was taken down
• Had a great visit to the dentist with no issues
• To keep the boys busy we put up a tent and Ky loves to put all kinds of toys into it
• Counted down to when Abby came to baby-sit!
• During church he just leaned over and kissed me on the cheek! I loved it!
• His Calvin volleyball friends came over for dinner and he loved the attention and getting to color with them
• It was fun to have Kyler request books from the library with me!
• At BSF, Kyler wanted to feed Lawson his bottle and finally got his turn this week.
• Daddy took him to a hockey game and he loved the music and all the extra things, like popcorn, shirts and even a foam hand (which he lost)
• Had fun looking for treasures when we garage saled
• We got a bigger bike for Kyler!
• Has been having a lot of fun dribbling and shooting a basketball
• Kyler loved getting to dye Easter eggs and going on an egg hunt too
• Found a new park and had a lot of fun on the new spinning toys! 
• Not sure why, but licked his hands when they were dirty at the playground, ewh!
• In the car loved talking about how Jesus makes diamonds out of us
• Had a great time at the airport with Grandpa for a field trip
• We started to watch Pokemon, see if this is the new obsession
• Ky loves to read Chicca Chicca Boom Boom to his brother and Dev always picks Kyler now to read to him
• Our neighbor told Kyler that he was her best friend =)
• With his new bike and training wheels we took a long bike ride to Grandma and Grandpa's house. When I asked if he wanted to, he said "I am up for the task!"
• He is big enough to ride in a Booster seat now!
• During his preschool concert he did great but had to be reminded to keep his fingers out of his nose
• Did so well running at the Calvin kids fun run! Maybe a runner like mom and dad!

Hockey time with Daddy!

What a handsome guy!

Getting his new bike!

American Ninja man!

Bebej basketball boys

Hanging out with his little bro

oh the silliness

My handsome Easter boys

More exploring and fresh air

Soccer time!

Why not play tablet in the closet right? 

Sunshine in the park! Yeah!

New bike, new adventures

Spring concert time 

Me and my boy!

Devin -- March 2017

March is always very interesting as we are trying to get out of winter and just get back to enjoying the sunshine. We keep trying to keep life inside fun but all wanting to go outside as soon as we are able. Devin is one that really needs to be outside and he loves to hike and push things all over the place. We have all been so thankful for all that he has learned this past month. Here are some other details!

• When shopping at Aldi, he helped to put things in the cart
• Had a great time in the Bilibo chair and then will get his turtle in his lap too
• Devin could eat a banana all the time!
• Trying to get new food in our eating out rotation, he loves the egg and cheese from subway.
• He has now started going to school for the whole day and coming home at 3pm 4
• When we drop off his brother, Dev loves to just walk into the classroom like he should be there too!
• He still screams the whole time he is getting his haircut
• We had friends over and Dev loves watching their little boy play
• Anytime I make a cake, Devin wants to eat the fondant
• When taking care of Zelda the guinea pig, he loves to help dump the bedding into the crate
• Has been working on learning Sign Language and showed us the sign for bear and fish
• At school we are supposed to send in food that he might not like (peas) but when they are trying to have him not want them...then he wanted to eat them!
• Loves to say "mom" over and over again
• Big brother had to get stitches taken out, but he did not want to even enter Urgent Care just because of his fear of automatic doors
• Loves to eat a WHOLE apple, seed and all
• Devin does not like Jell-o at all though
• When going to the ENT, he fought a lot but soon had a lot of earwax cleaned out and the tubes in his ear looked great
• We love to look at fish at the pet store
• "Can Kyler have some of your grilled cheese?" handed his brother half of his sandwich
• After one of the aids was gone for two days, he ran to her when she was back!
• At Grandma's retirement party, Dev loved just watching the elevator open and close

working on our art, even if he doesn't like it

snuggling with this nugget

look at that smirk...will he smile?

Best Smile EVER!

Such a handsome guy after a haircut!

Boys hanging out together

This little guy is cashed out! 

Kyler -- March 2017

March is always a very fun time when the weather starts to change and we are all able to go and stretch our legs out in the nicer weather. Kyler also had a lot of other fun adventures, including getting to go to Calvin to learn about turtles and of course the fun of the March Madness brackets. There were fun times at the museum for school and with mom and dad as well as visit from friends. Kyler also had his first stitches in his life, but I am not sure if they will be his last. Here are more of his March adventures. 

• We have had a lot of fun setting up Dominoes and watching very complicated Domino set ups on YouTube. 
• His reading has been great and he has been reading "Go, dog, Go!" to me in the car on longer trips
• He has such a big heart and will clean up the living room without being asked so we have more "snuggle time" after Devin goes to bed
• Grocery shopping with the boys used to be easier, but now they both do not fit in the cart, and when at Family Fare both cannot fit in the car cart and Kyler gave it up to Devin, what a sweetie
• Had fun having him try a Fluffernutter sandwich
• Loves to "Rough house" with Grandpa 
• Dancing is always fun, but Kyler's new dance move lately has been a lot of spinning
• Has been doing so well getting his hair cut lately, and chatting with the workers
• He loved watching the Kids Baking Championship with me, maybe a future baker in my life!
• Made a space station at school out of trash and recycled things. He really liked to focus on "symmetry"
• Our great friends came to visit it us from Ann Arbor and Kyler had so much fun playing with their oldest boy after a big crash, we did not hear anything until their son told us that Kyler was bleeding. He had jumped and fallen, and then went to his room to cry but then came up and had a huge gash in his eyebrow!
• We had a long time in urgent care and 3 stitches. He did not cry and was very brave until they had to put a band aid on it! 
• Very grump at times and starting to complain about things being fair often
• Kyler loves to pet the kittens in the vets office 
• There have been times with people have not wanted to share or play with him and that has been a hard lesson for Kyler to be exposed to, mommy as well
• At school there was a field trip to the Planetarium! You had so much fun playing with kids and learning about the stars! 
• Pointed out a statue and yelled that it was the Statue of Liberty which made your teacher giggle and it was just so precious
• He loved doing the bracket and liked to pick Butler because of "Butt and Ler"
• Has really started liking watching PacMan on television as well as the game too
• Devin was at school so he had a great time going to the museum again with mom and dad to see the Whale Exhibit and crawl through the giant whale heart replica as well as playing games about a whales shape and speed
• We had breakfast at Anna's house, which you seemed to wonder "who is Anna?" but still loved his M and M pancakes
• We are starting to look at bikes for you too! I think you are going to love having a two wheeler!
• Had another kid at school say that he did not want to be Ky's friend anymore, and poor Kyler is just so heartbroken, this poor sweet boy, what a kind and caring kiddo
• It has been fun sharing old shows with Kyler, like Double Dare and David the Gnome.
• When Devin was having a very grumpy day, Kyler came and told me that he was sorry that it was a hard day and gave me a hug. He is just so precious
• "Mom, your boobs are in the way" when he tried to shut the door by my bra was hanging off the door knob.
• Has become so good at riding his scooter!
• This boy loved getting to feed a bottle to Lawson his cousin
• loves his neighbor, but now we are going to have to say good-bye as they are going to be moving away
• Loved getting to play with cousins at Grandma's retirement party
• PJ day at school, so much fun wearing his slippers and jammies! 

He is loving all the Star Wars coloring

Exploring turtles at Calvin

He had a great time making his own turtle

Time to go shopping!

He ruins his pants, but only on the right leg!

Well he played hard...

...got stitches like a champ!

The band aid upset him the most

Looking good as it heals! 

Making marshmallow sculptures

So excited to set up his bracket!

Hanging with his buddy Sam

These boys all had fun at the museum

Leading the way

His "statue of liberty"

My NASA guy?!

What a fun cookie from Ida's!

Time to get the stitches out! 

Always a great helper and big brother

The bracket is up and he loves it! 

Enjoying a little Chic-Fil-A with mom and Dad

Out feeding the ducks

He LOVED getting to feed his cousin Lawson!

Devin -- February 2017

February is of course the month of love, but when it is hard to just communicate you wonder if your son knows what love is when he cannot talk about it. It was great though to see all that he has done this month and how quickly he is learning. He has been loving school and doing so well. He is almost going the full day four days a week. We also had a nice little vacation to Ann Arbor so Devin had a wonderful time with the grandparents. Here are a few more highlights of the month!

• Has been waking up dry but still not going on the potty
• Dev has been putting his own winter hat on
• At school they tried sugar snap peas and Devin was the only one to try them, and then ate three more of them!
• He also notices any time his schedule is changed at school too
• Devin started going to Little Lambs rather than staying in nursery at church
• After a nap, there is a lot of times that Devin will wake up screaming, wonder if he has nightmares
• One of Devin's favorite things at school is music class and has handled transitions well
• For conferences for his schooling, it was great to hear that he was becoming braver and working on communication with pictures called "pects cards"
• Valentine's day we decorated cookies and he loved getting to eat all the sprinkles and frosting first.
• While at school, Devin had a low grade fever but soon perked up and felt better
• At a family birthday party, did really well sharing love with cousin
• We picked up Taco Bell for dinner and Devin tried everything!
• Loves to play Peek-a-boo with Daddy and I love the giggles
• When Ryan would change a light bulb, Devin always wanted to climb the ladder too
• I would often have Devin help me pull the trash cans in from the street
• Sometimes Devin will run from Daddy and only snuggle with me, but always giggling when Ryan would put a blanket on him
• We brought cupcakes from Ann Arbor and Devin wanted them, so he problem solved and brought a chair over to the counter to get them
• Upset when I brought him to the car, but I did not know what he was upset until I looked and saw that he had lost a boot. 

My boys and buckets?

"Hi Mommy, love you!"

Yep, we eat breakfast on the way to school!

Yep this is still from November and he loves it

Playing his Tablet with Duncan

This is how Devin plays with Play-Doh

He loves the ball pit

...and the balls too

Working on pulling his own wagon soon

Decorating cookies is not as much fun as eating the frosting

Boy pile on Daddy

What? You don't eat the whole apple?