Let it snow!

As you can see, he really is not impressed or the least bit curious with the snow.

Using the sled we got from Opi last christmas.

Pictures

Wow. Everyone wants Christmas pictures. We are VERY busy these weekends! All good stuff.

The Park

Run, run, as fast as you can!

Loving the swing



Yes, my husband wears shorts 360ish days of the year

So proud of himself for climbing to the top. He then went down the slide by himself for the first time, he did it as though he was going down stairs, feet first.

Normal?

Our little guy is a piggy. Breakfast: multigrain toast, egg, banana (and I mean a whole one of each). He eats more than I do! Dinner tonight: 1 1/2 pieces of pizza (yes, we have Delissio once a week on the `oh I'm way to tired to cook night'..), one piece of toast, whole mandarin orange, half an apple. After dinner, he still wanted more food and drank his milk no problem. We did give him some snacks after dinner. Wow. Doesn't it seem like a lot? Is that normal? I weighed him yesterday to make sure we weren't making him too chunky (because he seriously could eat all day long) and he has actually lost half a pound so it must be that he is just running it all off. He will eat any food, even olives which I can't stand.
As for my cold...I am still not normal. I have been having very intense coughing fits like one from 5-6am this morning. At least my voice is back. Maybe I will see a doctor but if its just a cold, I feel bad bugging them. Sorry, no pictures today. Really, nothing exciting. Taught, came home, played with Kai, ate, school work.

My Little Ring Bearer

Kai is going to be a ring bearer for my sister's wedding so I bought him this little tux today. I think its pretty cute. Hopefully he'll fit in it in 6 months from now, the pants are super long so that should be okay. Hopefully my other sister gets married next summer so that he can wear it twice:)

I can speak!

Sort of. I'm home from work today because if I taught today, I know I would lose my voice again. Also, I am coughing like crazy. I have the car today, and wow, does the day fly by when you can get out!!!! I just went for a walk with Maria and then let Ani and Kai play for a bit together. Kai loves playing with all of their toys and of course Bailey, their dog. I didn't get any pictures there but here are a few from the last hour...


Getting food ready in the kitchen

Giving Lodi a drink

His beloved Bubi (he gets pretty excited about it)

Bubi used to stay in his bed but now that he can climb up and down the stairs, he can get Bubi. Besides, he is so much happier when he can run to Bubi every 20 minutes or so. Anyone out there have a kid who loves their blankie?! Any rules you have? Whenever we go out, he's fine without it so its not a must have (unless going to sleep). It also makes car rides much more enjoyable if he has Bubi.

He loves these flashcards. I got them at the dollar store months ago but they are still one of his favourite things. He loves to hold them up and say the words (he only knows the words for maybe 5 of them). His comprehension is increasing daily, we can say `Kai, bring us the ketchup/chicken/bowl/lid' from his play kitchen and he gets it no problem. Quite fun. What is not fun is him throwing stuff and then saying `uh oh'. I read in a parenting magazine never to judge another parent with kids older than yours and I can see why (PS I know not to judge at all but sometimes....). He can be quite wild with throwing and hitting. This is def. something we do not agree with and always deal with but if I had seen some other kid do it before I had kids, I might've had some different thoughts....Okay, he wants to play now, makes sense. Gotta go!

Still Frustrated

I think I can really relate to Kai now (due to the fact that I can't talk). Seriously, I have a lot of emotions I want to get across but am unable to verbally...this makes me want to throw things sometimes because I'm misunderstood or not heard at all. Guess that's how he feels sometimes. We bought Kai a tricycle today (for Christmas). Its pretty snazzy! It's a radio flyer one with a canopy, storage bin, bell, a handle for the parents...obviously I got it on clearance:) I hope he likes it!

Without words...

I'm very frustrated. My cold turned into laryngitis. I have been unable to speak for 24 hours now. This is very frustrating because I'm not much fun when playing with Kai and even disciplining is hard. He looked so confused with me this morning when I responded to his `boo!' with a whisper (he always says `boo' now when we get him from his crib). I'm a big talker, especially with Gary, so he may be enjoying this time but I am very frustrated. I hope it gets better soon...otherwise, I won't be teaching on Monday!

Isabelle Lillian Thompson

Ani with her new little sister

Maria and Isabelle



Izzy/Bella with auntie trisha

She was very alert already today

Maria and Kris had a baby girl today at 2:30 am. They were surprised she was a girl and that she weighed 9lbs 3oz (Annika was only 7lbs 11oz). She is also 22inches long..which is quite long (I think Kai was the same). Maria did really well and only had to push for 10 minutes!!! Jealous!! No drugs either... Izzy/Bella is drinking well and has a very long tongue (random but true). We have no idea who she looks like but Maria says she looks just like Kris' baby photos.

Crash Test Mommy

Have you ever seen that show? Where someone comes in (an aunt, the dad..whoever) and the mom leaves them with the kids and a monstrous list of chores for an entire weekend. It's all videotaped and evaluated. Not the best show but that's what I feel like for tomorrow. Gary and Kai (well, me too) are sick so they are staying home together for the whole day. This is Gary's first time with Kai for an entire day (which is weird, how has this not happened before?). He has been with him for maybe 5 hours before when I had football but that's it. I sort of hope Kai acts up but not really you know? Also, I feel like leaving a list of stuff that I would normally get done on a busy day for him:) I'm sure they'll have lots of fun together and Kai will say something like `I love you' to him which will make me sooooo jealous:) Anyway, I'm heading to bed as I've just taken my night time cough medicine which makes me nice and sleepy. Oh ya, Kai has a cold but along with that, he has really dark purple circles under his eyes and tons of yellow crusty stuff coming out of his eyes, is this normal? OH, just looked it up...sometimes kids get viral conjuctivitis with their colds (pink eye)...guess Gary will be walking him to the clinic tomorrow to check that out! Okay, time for bed. Bon nuit. PS I could have another neice or nephew really soon!!!! HOpefully tonight!!