The kids are napping, and Dan is off Christmas shopping, so get ready for some marathon blogging! Last night we were invited to a one-year-old birthday party for a friend's little girl. Zeke and Kaiyah had a great time playing with all the other kids that were there. The party happened to take place right across the street from the one Krispie Kreme shop in town, so of course we had to stop in and get a dozen (at the tune of $15/dozen). So hyped up on chocolate cake and donuts, we headed home. This morning, we finished off the donuts for breakfast, and then I promptly left for language class. When I returned home I found one particular 3 year old boy who was BOUNCING off the walls and apparently hadn't stopped talking or moving since I had left! Haha. Here is a video of another incident that happened recently that we thought was pretty funny.
Kaiyah is growing up and blabbing all the time. A lot of times it's a guess as to what she is saying, and then out of the blue she will say a long sentence that is very clear and concise! She LOVES her baby dolls. She usually gets out of bed with her blanket in one hand and a baby doll in another. Recently she has been climbing down from the dinner table to go get a doll to feed during the meal time! We may have to keep a closer eye on the "mothering" that baby number 3 receives! Kaiyah has also been telling us every time she goes number 2 "in schuie, in schuie" while pointing to her diaper, and often when she goes number 1 "in pee pee, in pee pee". This might lead me to hope that she will potty train early, but the fact that she has wet through her diaper during the night on several occasions recently makes me think we have a ways to go! Here are a few pictures to enjoy of the kiddos . . .
We ate at a restaurant recently where the kids received balloons. Didn't take long to discover the fun that can be had with a balloon and the hair of a 1 1/2 year old!
We made paper chains to count down the days until Christmas. A few weeks ago we went to some friends' home and they had chains as well, but on each link they had written a name. Every night when they take off a link, they pray for the person on the link. I LOVE this idea. We'll have to do it next year.
Dan came up with the idea of making homemade clay that can be baked in the oven after you make stuff out of it. Saturday we spent ALL DAY on this project. It was a lot of fun.
The following picture is Kaiyah's 'I know I'm not supposed to do this but I'm going to do it anyway face.'
So, after eating a bite of clay that contains a cup of salt in it, this is Kaiyah's 'maybe I should have listened to mom and dad face'!
We didn't get a picture of the final results, but here is a glimpse of what my wonderfully talented husband made. I was impressed.
We ate at a restaurant recently where the kids received balloons. Didn't take long to discover the fun that can be had with a balloon and the hair of a 1 1/2 year old!
