Month: August 2013

Bet you didn’t know that frogs take showers by dunking their heads in puddles, but it’s true.

It isn’t even Labor Day but we’ve already started thinking about Christmas!

The other day the kids painted their own toe nails with glitter paint.  Not fingernail polish, but paint.  They were so pleased. 

Some late summer videos of the kids around the house:

Here’s a quick catch up of some recent pictures:

Music is one of Nicky’s “things”. He likes all kinds of music, from “calm down music” (classical), to Bob Marley, to “party music” and he’s an encyclopedia of song and band names. A couple weeks ago I pulled out my violin and wiped off 15 years of dust – now it’s one of his favorite rewards for good behavior.  And I’m sure the neighbors love the screeching noises he makes!

Watching a tow truck.

Rocking her little blond curls.

Three of Kate’s favorite things: forcing other people to “Eat!”, jumping and saying “thank you!”

Nicky is knocking it out of the park…

We needed a dose of Naan N Curry, so we arranged a trip to the CA Academy of Science (more pictures here). The kids insisted on bringing their monkey backpacks, which was pretty cute. As always, we had lots of fun.

We love swinging. Kate’s learned to hang on and is starting to get a hang of pumping her legs (already?!!?!). Nicky also taught her the noodle, which is one of her favorite playground games even though she isn’t quite tall enough to do it. How good is it to have a big brother to show you all these cool tricks?

As promised, here are some pictures of Aunt Michelle and Uncle Todd’s wedding (more here)!