Second week of September

Cruising the neighborhood in the neighbor's ride

Maxwell had a ton of fun going through the neighbor's Pokemon cards.  He is really getting into those cards.

Not sure why her whole body is tanned 'cept her bum.  It's not like she's out in the sun only in her diaper.

The school asked for volunteers to help during Kindergarten lunch to help the kids as they get used to eating lunch there.  I took the opportunity to get to see Maxwell at school.  :)

His lunch box is all set up waiting for the kids to get in there (at 10:30 am!).  

His friend Avery

He was happy to see me

With his lunch

Landen at lunch.  It's fun that they go to the same school.  (Note the mom in the background totally feeding her child... I was taken aback to see that.)

I spent my time at the school opening juice boxes, wrappers, getting utensils, letting kids go to the bathrooms, etc.  

Doing some pushups with uncle Joe

Tennis lessons!

She's tall enough to get some water out of the fridge - crazy!  She just doesn't know when to stop, which is a mess.  She loves having ice in her water.

We visited the pediatrician.  I have no idea why at this point...it's been too long.

Movie night

Brittany's birthday!  Joe got her this delicious bouquet from Edible Arrangements.

Peter finished up his major project replacing the lining on the roof of his car.  

Enjoying the weather outside. Wonder where her shirt is???

She had her baby doll too

Emmalyn got a big bike from the neighbor.  It's still a little big and she can't totally do it, but she's very excited about the baby doll seat on the back.

Finger paint fun

Trying it with some paintbrushes

Maxwell painted the letters for his birthday photoshoot all by himself

I wanted Emmalyn to wear this super cute dress that she hadn't worn yet and she threw a huge fit about it.  I finally told her I'd take it off if she would let me take one picture.

Here you go.  Cute dress, cute girl yet the two shall never meet again.

My awesome cucumber and my pathetic strawberries.

Just so you can see how little they are - they are next to a sour patch kid. 

We went to dinner at Chik-Fil-A for Maxwell's School Spirit night.  It was super full of kids - just craziness.

We then went to sonic for ice cream for Grandma Donna's birthday

Update on the kids.
Maxwell gets up in the morning without calling for us to come get him and has been doing it for about a month because the webcam in his room is broken. He used to come in and let us know he is up but he doesn't even do that all the time anymore.  Instead he just gets up, goes to the living room and gets on his ipad.
Emmalyn wakes up grumpy and crying each morning but can quickly shift to happy if you get her out and talk to her.
She's saying 6 words sentences frequently and uses words like "both", "already", and "too".

Seattle Day 4: Time to go home

We finished off our Seattle vacation with a bang - - or more accurately, a crack!  We smashed confetti eggs on each other outside.  :)

Maxwell posed to get Emmalyn

Confetti everywhere!

Lucky Konrad on clean up duty

After that, we headed to the airport to go home.

Score - got her to fall asleep again!

Rosy red cheeks post nap

Silly girl

Update on what the kids have been up to...

Emmalyn now says "butt head". I thought at first she didn't know what she was saying but no, she was calling names.

Emmalyn still puts her hand down my shirt.

She loved the stairs and the motorcycle when we were at Ashlee's. 

In the morning when I'm nursing her and have to stop to use the restroom, Emmalyn peppers me with questions when I come back.  She will ask if I washed my hands (she can smell it) by saying, "Wash hands Momma?" then "Soap?" and "towel?"  Girl is giving me the third degree!

She picks on her brother by touching the screen on his iPad or pushing him if he's next to her.

She hasn't gone potty in the potty again after that one time.

She sleeps with her pink puppy and her purple turtle on either side of her face each night when she goes to sleep.  

Often people will comment on how clear her talking is.

She is demanding!  And her tantrums have escalated to throwing things, flailing, and kicking. (Is she 2 years old yet???)

Emmalyn wants her binky all the time.  She got it a little more on vacation than she usually would.  Normally it would be during sleeping only.

Emmalyn asks for "cereal" and "malk" (Milk) every morning after asking for milk from me.  She will now say "cereal and malk in bowl" which means she wants it like you would typically eat cereal instead of getting a sippy cup with milk and some cereal in a sandwich bag.

In the morning she always asks about what Maxwell is doing.

Maxwell in still in 3t pants.

Max started learning multiplication in school this week (I had already taught him the 0s. He totally got the concept of that.) 

First week of February 2016

Now that Maxwell has moved up to Level 7 at his swimming classes, here are the skills he's going to be working on. 

She likes to sneak and grab her dad and brother's glasses

Maxwell is so little compared to the other kids in his class (some are two heads taller!)

What a good dad - brushing Emmalyn's hair

He wanted to wear a tie to school... so of course, I helped make that happen.  :)

Maxwell in Kindermusik - he's wearing the red hat.  We have a new teacher - Ms. Carolyn. She reminds me a lot of my mom in her energy and passion.  I really, really, really like her and her teaching style.  It's fun for Maxwell to be back in Kindermusik (last semester there weren't enough kids to have the class).

Soccer skills class

Nice strong kick

Again, he's on the short end in his class.  This is going to be his life - sorry Maxwell!

Running the obstacle course

It was fun watching how his skills have grown.  I still don't like the coach and think he's too harsh on these little kids but at least Maxwell is improving.  

Her morning set up - ipad, cereal in a bag, and sippy cup with milk - - also known as "Bibad", "Cereal" and "Moak"

Peter and I went out so our favorite babysitter Bridgette came over.  The kids were happy to see her.

Maxwell is such a boy - - poop, "bottom", and farts are funny.  He sang jingle bells with "poop" replacing every single word and thought it was the best thing ever.

He has a crush on his aassistant teacher Miss. Shauna,  He told her when she gets married her last name will be Millar and he loves to help her and draws her pictures. It's pretty sweet.

Emmalyn counts to 13, She's really communicating what she wants.  For example: Jingle Bells is her favorite song and she asks for it continuously in the car.  She asks for "Frosty" on the tv, also asks for the iPad