Kiddos

We had to make an “Owen’s Favorite Things” poster for kindergarten this week and Nate drew a cartoon of him. He started to cry when he saw his cartooned face because he “looked weird” so we snapped a quick pic and printed it out and glued it on top. :) I didn’t know he was so sensitive about his face. He picked out he pictures of all of his favorite things. It turned out pretty cute.

His favorite things right now are:
jumping on the trampoline
Christmas
StarWars
Bowling
Bouncy Balls
Playing at the park with Friends
Pretending to be a Waiter
Scaling the door frames
His Birthday
The Beach
Building Sand Castles
Playing Soccer
His Tomato Plant
Glow in the Dark Dance Parties (especially at Puzeys)
Making Cookies
Kindergarten
Building towers out of Blocks and Legos
Drawing/Painting
Collecting
Swimming
Jumping over waves at the Beach
The Aquarium
Pretending to be a Ninja
and many, many more...

He has had quite the list of things he wants to be when he grows up. In the past few months it has transitioned from Helicopter Pilot, to Ninja Wizard, to now a scientist (because he loves to invent things and thinks it would be cool to make potions).  He is a fun-loving, energetic happy boy and we love having him in our family.


Olivia is my sweet girl sandwiched between two loud and energetic boys. You literally have to part the Red Sea (Owen and Jonah) to hear her sometimes. She is much more quiet than the boys and loves imaginative play. She can make playthings out of anything. We don’t allow toys at the dinner table, but that’s not a problem for this girl because her spoon and fork are best friends having a party. She loves to play with her little baby and puts on her pink easter hat, sunglasses and her little princess heels and pushes her baby around in the stroller. She loves to read and I have yet to see what her book limit is. We always reach my limit first and I think it was about 20. She loves to: jump on the trampoline and play with Owen, play with her petshops, paint with watercolors, chat with Miss Beth, go to Cheryl’s, go to the library (for the stories, she does NOT like the songs...), play at the park, play princess, watch shows, wear pink, wear her boots, and snuggle. We love our Livie girl she add such a soft, sweet happiness to our family.

Little big man is growing up so fast. We went in for his 15 month check up recently and he is growing like a weed. He talks a TON. His words right now are: dad, mom, hi, Owen, Olivia, book, ball, up/down, on/off, please, more, uh-oh, uh-uh (no), crash, car, Jesus, all done, ouch, hot/cold, moo, ruf-ruf (dog), meow, wow, yes, choo-choo, hand, hat, kiss, diaper, bye-bye, wow!, cool!, all gone, belly button, buckle, whoa!, bonk, stuck, treat, boom!, diaper, pumpkin, cheese, shoes and probably a few more we haven’t been able to decipher yet. He is energetic and fun. He loves to smile and will say cheese for the camera. He loves to read books. His favorite book is moo ba la la la :) He loves to play outside, dance, be toted around my his mom, go for walks, do anything the big kids are doing, & play catch, to name a few. He is just a little joy to have around and we love him.