Logan

We went to the Pumpkin Walk while we were in Logan.

 Hi Yoda!

 Hi again, Yoda!  (With rabbit ears this time.)

 Then, we went to a park near my parents' house, where a dead snake on the slide caused quite a stir.  The next 1/2 hour was spent snake hunting in and around the small pond and grass at the playground.

 Up high!

 Kaitlyn loved the slide.  She had no fear.

 Cute pic of the older cousins!

Cousins after putting on a "performance" for all of us.

Cousins sitting on the stairs.

Kaitlyn's First Sucker

She loved it.

In this video, Kaitlyn randomly decided to start spinning and make herself as dizzy as possible...

The boys made up a game that Kaitlyn loved.  In fact, she laughed so hard that she fell down.  Unfortunately, she didn't do that while I was taping.  But this video is cute too.

Cereal

Kaitlyn has a new way of eating her cereal every morning.

She starts by pulling every single piece out of the milk and putting it on the counter.

Then she drinks the milk.

Next, she eats the cereal.

Smiling at Daddy.

Love Letters

Every day, the members of Aidan's class choose one person to write a note to.  Everyone chooses someone else, so each person goes home with a note.  This one was so adorable I had to share.

 

I read this a couple of times, and couldn't figure out what Gracie was trying to say.  Then, I finally figured it out.  It says, "Dear Aidan.  You are nice and fun and awesome, so awesome.  From, Gracie."  (Don't you love the star dotting her i?)

Cute Little Stinker

This morning, I bit off a little more than I could chew.  I was: making cinnamon rolls because it is a conference tradition, making bread because we had been out for days, making Cafe Rio knock-off for lunch because I had a friend coming to visit and eat with us, attempting to clean the house for the same reason, and then Kaitlyn reminded me that she was hungry.  I hurriedly gave her a yogurt and a spoon, erroneously thinking she would carefully eat it.

I was wrong.

I had to give her a bath when she finished.

Thursday night was Pack Meeting. (Christian is the Cub Master.) It was a special day for Ethan - he got his Wolf Badge! (Every year the boys are eligible to receive a new badge, and they have to do numerous things to earn it. He won't be able to start working toward his Bear until he turns nine.) Ethan is really excited to be earning so many badges, belt loops, and beads!

Our Family

The Boys' School Pictures

This morning, I went on my morning walk as usual (listening to music, Kaitlyn in the stroller), and when I came home I started doing stomach crunches as usual.  Today, however, Kaitlyn had different plans for me.  She wanted me to read her a book.

Kaitlyn learned something very cute from her brothers.  However, they keep their Pokemon in their binders now, so I didn't get any video of them doing it to show you how exactly she learned it.  It's still very cute nonetheless.

The boys had to give her some of their metal-lined Bakugan cards, because she loooves cards, but tends to bend them and crumple them up.  But Bakugan cards are pretty indestructible - except for the two she peeled the corners back on and turned the card into two laminated cardboard pieces and one piece of sheet metal.

Yeah, she has also started coloring the walls with pencil, and running away from us when she has something she knows she isn't supposed to have and we ask her to give it to us.  The Terrible Twos are going to be exciting.  And long.

(Oh, and you also get to hear her say Mmm mmm and shake her head no, even though she actually means yes.)

Cindy Loo Who

Yesterday she woke up with the craziest bed head she's ever had.  It was awesome.