Kate is funny

Kate brings me a piece of cake on a princess plate.

Kate, was this your idea?
Yes
Kate, I have four words for you.  Go to your room.
Daddy, I have two words for you.  No way.

Kids at play

Dogs at rest

Reading time

Bball game sleeping

12/28/10

Ben

Doing some reading

YEEHAAAA!

Ben's fave toys

Currently a two toy race between balls and books. He can sit in the same spot for 30 minutes "reading" books one after the other. And, balls clearly bring him a ton of joy. We are also surprised at his desire for autonomous play, figured he would either tag along more or want to do what Kate/Drew are doing, but he pretty much walks off on his own and can play happily for quite a while.

Current fave colors

Kate has shifted from pink to purple. Drew has shifted from orange to gray.

Last

Officially, that is the first 4 letter word that Drew has been able to read.

Random Updates

Things have been sparse around here because life gets in the way of writing about life.  So, what's been going on?

 

Kate got to experience a late night emergency room visit.  Ultimately, no big deal, but general crumminess became bad crumminess became a 10 PM trip to Scottish Rite.  An ultimately forgettable illness thankfully.

 

Drew had his first musical performance at church, just a little handbell exhibition for his 3 year old class.  Addie enjoyed the spotlight exactly as much as she did for soccer.  Drew and Emmy were focused automatons of ringing.  Maisie and McCoy bounced back and forth to their parents like pinballs.  Drew was pretty awesome, not to self.  Post the video, he is way focused on ringing and doing it right.  His mechanical abilities still continue to amaze.

 

Thanksgiving was quite fun.  Now that the kids are all getting old enough, I enacted the first annual Thanksgiving sportsapalooza. Played wiffle ball, soccer, and tag in the Mitchell's backyard.  Parents vs. Kids and Boys vs. Girls.  Sherri nailed Drew with a wiffleball in the stomach, leaving a perfect ball shaped bruise, complete with indentations and cutouts.  Drew, if you are reading this 20 years from now I am pretty sure she did it on purpose so make sure I am your favorite from now on.

 

Sitting in the gym last night, Drew told me his bottom burped.

 

Went to a Gwinnett Gladiators hockey game thanks to Kate's reading prowess.  We had a blast, Gwinnett won, lots of goals were scored.  The kids had a blast, especially since they got to hear "We Will Rock You", see lots of pushing and shoving, and the general excitement of all of the activity.

 

Ben is a walking machine now.  Lots of 10 step jaunts, some turning.  He can say basketball, though in the slightly mangled dialect of a 1 year old.  He eats everything, more than Kate or Drew did if I had to size it.

Drew at the first game this year

Drew: I don't want to call him Coach Terry anymore
Chris: what do you want to call him?
Drew: little tiny monkey.

Who likes hockey? Kate and Drew like hockey.

Went to the Gwinnett Gladiators game on Sunday and had a fun time with the two older ones. Gwinnett won 5-3 so we got to see lots of goals. There were a couple of shoving matches, one guy broke an arm when slammed into the boards, good crowd, and lots of fun. The kids seemed quite interested. Had a hot dog each as a snack, they loved that We Will Rock You was played on the PA.

Drew would currently not ratify the 19th amendment

Mainly because he is very much aware of and not wanting to use girl stuff right now. He refused to drink water from a red cup with pink hearts on it because that made it girl water. Also asked if the dog treats were for girl dogs only.

Happy Halloween

Drew dressed as Spiderman, Ben dressed as Spiderman. Guess what Kate dressed as? Yup, Spiderman. At least on one day of parties. For actual trick or treating, Kate was Supergirl, complete with a pink tutu to highlight the girl aspect of it.

Good weather and we hit tons of houses in the hood. Drew zonked out around 8:30, Kate made it to 9 and then had a blast sorting and looking at her ill-gotten gains. Ben didn't go out, but he didn't have a clue what was going on anyway.