Thursday, June 24, 2010

The Royal Family

Just hanging around the play room (aka what should be a formal dinning room) and the girls were playing with the crown, so I had to snap some pictures of the Royal Family...

Princess Kyrah
Queen Raya


and Prince Charming on his steed...

I had been putting Raya's hair in the single pony on top of her head which made her look like she had a Pebbles looks, but it is long enough now to do the double pony - so cute. She is learning new words - she can say no - but it is more like a quick sharp "na" sound, hello, bye bye, momma, dadda, baby - all her usual words. She is still content to play by herself most of the time and when it is time for "school work" she sits at her chair and colors for a long while without bothering anyone else or needing anythign. Right now she has the makings of a great student - my future doctor! She only has 4 teeth - two bottom in the front middle and two top molars in the back. She loves hiding in the play tent and loves it when someone plays peek-a-boo with her.

Kyrah is reaching a big milestone in her life. She has started potty training. Last week she went on the toliet a few times and now she seems to be going pee almost all the time on the toliet, although she will not poo on it yet and she still has wet diapers in the morning and sometimes through out the day. But we are heading in the right direction. She LOVEs her Elmo underwear and has to put them on herself. She has started swimming lessons at daycare and goes 3 times a week for 20 minutes. She would live in the water if she could (so would Raya). This weekend for Father's Day we went to the Cabin and she called it the Cabinet the entire time.
She is still very tiny for her age, she doesn't eat much. She likes to hop and jump. Ky is just starting to get the concept of pedeling on her tricycle. She is very into bandaides and has to put them on every ouchie she gets and a lot of ouchies that aren't even there. Her memory is very good right now and if I bribe her by saying do this and we will go to the park tomorrow - she will wake up the next day and the first thing she says is "I go to park today." That has gotten me in trouble quite a bit.
She is hot or cold to her brother and sister (and she calls them that - my brother Broden and my sister Raya). One minute she will be sweet to them, the next she is pushing them down and taking things from them. She is more mean to them then sweet.

Broden is a little ham. Still cries to be held all the time. I think he is going to be left handed. He seems to eat and throw a ball left handed. His first official word is Hello which comes out "hell-wow" and he says it into the phone. He can say momma and dadda but doesn't call us that. He loves to run and be chased and wrestle with Daddy on the floor. He is going through some bad hair days right now. I am letting his hair grow back out long - I just didn't like the buzz cut on him, so it is pretty crazy hair right now. Just recently he has started biting people. He bit Ky yesterday - hard enough to leave teeth bruises but not break the skin. He has 4 teeth - 2 top 2 bottom in the middle and is working on 2 more on the bottom on either side. He sleeps on a cot now at daycare and seems to be doing well with it. He takes about a 2 hour nap during the day and sleeps from 7 pm to 5:45 am.





He is just getting over a rash on his cheeks. I think it is a food allergy and my best guess is to blueberries, but I am not certain yet, so his cheeks are a bit reddish and raw looking.


Monday, June 14, 2010

Too Hot for Outdoors

What to do when it is 95 degrees outside....take the kids to the mall and let them play in the Kid Zone. Saturday Broc had a double header, so me and the kids just hung out all day. Sunday no baseball, but we did not feel like sitting inside again all day. We packed up and headed to the mall to find a storage shed and let the kids play in the designated area. They all liked climbing around on the differnt things.

A very rare picture of all three close by each other and everyone looking at me.
Kyrah liked climbing the "mountain" the best.
Raya is too cute in this picture!

Typical Broden - something didn't make him happy so the crying started up.
Raya was content to play in the little row boat the entire time, but she did get out and walk around a bit.

After the mall we headed to Lydia and Nick's house for dinner and swimming. This was the first time Broden actually seemed to like the water. He didn't cry when we got in the pool and he even played with the sprinkler. Raya of course sat in a bucket of water the entire time. Ky mixed it up with the pool and sprinkler.

Friday, June 4, 2010

The First Swimming Day

I think this was a week and a half ago when the weather was hot enough to hook up the sprinkler. Raya and Kyrah are fish - they LOVE the water. Raya cannot get enough of it. Broden on the other hand...not so much. He walked up to the sprinkler then started crying when the water actually hit him.


After the first 5 minutes, Broden stayed away from the water and played on the swing set, or on a ride on car. Ky ran back and forth through the sprinkler - Raya camped out directly infront of a water spray. She would put her hand in the water then put her hand in her mouth to drink the water I guess.

Once we saw the mud get bad we pulled out the blow up pool. The girls loved it. Broden again - put one foot in then started crying. Oh and Ky decided she didn't need her swimmer on anymore so she went naked the rest of the time.
















And finally - for a little update. Broden has 4 teeth - two on top and two on bottom and their are two more popping through on top. Raya had 4 teeth as well, two on bottom and two top molars way in the back - I don't see any new ones, but who knows which one will pop out on her next.
We think Broden will be left handed as he seems to do everything with his left hand, whereas Raya and Ky appear to be right handed.
The kids are playing together more and more now. They like to hold on to a jump rope or anything similar to that and run around the house "pulling" the other one.
Broden walks around with the phone saying "hell-whoo". I actually think that is his first word. He can say the sounds Mamma and Dadda but doesn't really use the terms with us, whereas Raya can say many words.
The house is going well. We basically have almost all our stuff in, just not sure where to put some of the stuff (like the extra lawn mower) and need to find a toy storage area for sure. Plus nothing is on the walls yet and it would be nice to have some baseboards painted. I cannot keep up with the weeds in the landscaping - there is just so much and very little free time to do that.
Broc is doing very well in baseball. They have only lost 1 game so far and he has had at least one to two hits a game.

1 year Professional Photos

Way behind, considering the twins are 15 months old, but here are photos of their 1 year old photos :-)

Raya was a huge smiler -Broden - not so much.