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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.

Look at that smile!

Both Boys love this, pulled and pulling!

What a pair

Just keep walking little guy!

Look at that great face

My snuggler still...and always?

Fun with Daddy

Art Projects at home...

...and at school

Having fun at Frontier Day at school

Here is "Red Hippo"

Reading books to Duncan

He loves to get snacks at his favorite dollar store

Shopping for his Guinea Pigs, he loved the small carts

Playing in the leaves

In a barrel of leaves =)

Birthday boy!

How can he be 5!

Visiting Daddy at work

Hanging with his buddy Ben!

After decorating we always have Little Debbie Trees

Final touch, putting the star on!

Snuggling with Duncan

These two like to play in the tree box

Kyler -- October 2016

October is always so much fun with kids. The weather makes it great to be outside. It is fun to point out all the different colors. We get to go apple picking, play in leaves, choose a pumpkin, trick or treat and enjoy the wonderful donuts at Post Family Farm! I cannot believe that we are already to October again, but as soon as it is gone we get to focus on other fun things too. Here are some great things that we did with Kyler this past October

Kyler still loves to make up Angry Bird games over and over again
In church Kyler is starting to remember the words to the songs and sings along, I love it!
When in front of church the kids were asked where God is, Kyler said in our hearts
We love color by number, and Kyler will go and get his "Clipping board" to deal with them
He had a great time doing show and tell at school.
Kyler continues to have fun at soccer and got to be cheered on by both sets of grandparents.
Grammy taught Kyler a new phrase that we heard for a LONG time "Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner"
Kyler likes to "learn his maths"
Daddy and Kyler game time is always fun to watch and after a game of Ticket to Ride they started to sing She's got a ticket to ride too...another phrase we heard a long time
Kyler wanted a challenge so we did color by numbers with math, and he can do the addition and the subtraction all on his own!
We had a great time going to Crane's to pick apples. Kyler's favorite variety this year was the "Mutsu" and he ate a LOT of apples
Kyler loved getting to go with his Daddy out to see the Calvin Women's volleyball team, and they even got him a shirt too!
We were all sad to see Devin's Early On worker leave when he turned three but Kyler told her that if she ever wanted to come and baby sit him that he would ask us to go out on a date so she could.
Kyler had a lot of fun going to the vet with me and Duncan. He loved getting to hold the cats and it is a lot of fun to see how much he loves animals
For Devin's birthday we had Grammy and Papa in town again. Papa joined Kyler and Daddy at the Volleyball game and it was so sweet of the coach to give you a ball and backpack too! You are their unofficial mascot!
We went out to dinner at Red Robin, and you did really well waiting even if the waiter forgot to take our order.
At Target, you fell in love with the Ninjago costume that was there, so we ordered it secretly even though you thought that you were going to be BobaFet
Kyler showed his really kind heart by helping me walk Devin to his first day of school and then told me it was okay when I cried. He was such a great comfort!
Kyler and I had fun running a few errands together, including getting some skeleton dog lights for Daddy's office!
We made a lot of applesauce and Kyler did a great job of cutting up the apples with me with his kid knifes!
Daddy took Kyler and Devin to the hardware store and there were fire trucks there. Kyler loved showing them off to his brother
We tried to do family pictures and they did not turn out the best but Kyler had a great time running around and being a ham for the camera
After a lot of "I can't" Kyler can now put his shoes on himself
Daddy went out of town for a while, so to make a fun evening, we all had TV dinners! Kyler thought it was pretty special!
Complained about his fingernail hurting and it did get pretty yucky and infected so we had to start soaking it in hot water and give him medicine. We both had to do the same thing at the same time!
Now that Devin is at a different school, we were able to go to his school to trick or treat there! Kyler loved seeing all the costumes and going to get more candy
We did head out to Post Family farm to pick out pumpkins and had to have more donuts. Kyler was really helpful pulling the wagon with Devin and the pumpkins! Strong kiddo
Kyler got to trunk or treat at our church on Saturday and had a great time running around with his cousins and their cousins too!
With a fairly new house we have never had a lot of leaves to jump in. Kyler had a TON of fun going to Grandpa and Grandma's to jump and bury himself into the huge piles of leaves
Daddy got home the day before Halloween so Kyler and him made sure to carve pumpkins into Ninjago characters!
Kyler was so excited and surprised when he got to see his Ninjago costume, he loved wearing it
Kyler again loved going trick or treating with his cousins around the Wiersum's house. He was a bit on the wild side but it was great to see him having so much fun.