A couple of Sundays ago, I was volunteering in the nursery and Nik was resting at home, so we both missed Kai's first Pebbles Body Life performance. I was so disappointed when I found out that I had missed it, but fortunately, we have friends who took pictures or recorded the performance, so we didn't miss out completely.
Our church has a lot of kids.. nice belly, Kai!
Kai's baby turtle balloon from the church Fourth of July picnic deflated until it was completely unrecognizable and Nik discreetly threw baby turtle and Elmo in the trash.
Kai loved baby turtle until the bitter end
We met Marco for the very first time at Taco Tuesday. We were amazed when both Kai and Sora ate relatively well for dining out. Kai, Sora, and Kayla enjoyed playing together and everyone did Ring Around the Rosie.. Sora loves this and requests it by name, saying, "rosie, rosie." Afterwards the kids shared a frozen yogurt.
The look of focus
Two adorable, petite girls
We went to Alex's first birthday party this past weekend. It was Lilo and Stitch themed and every single detail was so well-thought out.. it truly put most parents to shame. The kids had a great time and Sora loved the pile of leis at the entryway so much that she just kept piling them on herself until they were falling over her knees.
"They won't notice if I take a few more of these..."
"What?"
Kai will soon transition from Bright Star to preschool within the next couple of weeks and I'm sure he'll miss his daycare buddies. The kids love playing with each other and Kai screams with excitement whenever he sees his friend Leo. Today, we managed to get the kids to sit still long enough to take a group photo.
Kai is such a sweet boy with such an active imagination. The other day, he charmed Nik by saying, "I going to dream about you tonight, 'cause I miss you so much." Mealtime with Kai has become relatively better lately and Nik and I are hopeful that we're nearing the end of the "struggle over mealtime" tunnel. Kai still has his moments and we're trying to be more patient or teach him to be more independent and less whiny.
Pretending that the water hose is a phone
Teaching Totoro how to play "A, B, C" on the xylophone
Sora has always been Little Miss Independent, but lately this has devolved into toddler tantrums on the floor. She also will defiantly refuse to cry when we punish her, pouting and whimpering, but holding back tears. It's hard to resist her, since she's still so tiny and cute, but Nik and I are worried about the toddler she will become if we don't discipline her. Sora barely eats a few bites of her meals these days and once Kai gets up from the table, she'll say, "all done," push the plate away, and try to get down as well.
While Kai and Sora love each other and can play well together, fighting is a daily occurrence and they always seems to want to play with the same toy at the same time. And perhaps because Nik and I are always yelling, Sora will sometimes say "no" to Kai as if she's reprimanding him and then Kai will react saying, "I don't want Sora say no!" and then a fight will ensue. It's a good reminder for us parents to not yell so much since the kids are constantly watching us and modeling our behavior.
