Sleepy

Kevin was up late at Uncle Marc's birthday party, and was out to the hospital with Daddy first thing in the morning to see Mommy and Baby Alan. He was pretty pooped, and in the middle of playing fell asleep on an arm chair.



When we think of all the trouble it took to get him to fall alseep as a baby, it's pretty amazing to see him falling asleep practically standing up!

Fiesta!

This week is Fiesta! On Thursday, Kevin made a sombrero and poncho at school. Mommy was going to take a picture of him in it today, but because Alan had to go back to the hospital, that will have to wait.

At the hospital today though, we got the first Fiesta medal in our family. One of the nurses gave Kevin a Cavaliers medal for being such an awesome big brother!

Monkeys

Playgroup met at the park today and everyone enjoyed the sunshine.

Kevin thought his friends were funny, hanging upside down like monkeys.


Four little monkeys hanging around.

Kevin's Big Adventures

While we've been dealing with a crisis, Kevin has been spending a lot of time with friends this week. Kevin spent the first evening with Austin and Stefanie. Kevin had a great time with Austin's train table (Austin's a Thomas nut!) and they all wore themselves out on the trampoline in the back yard. Austin and Stefanie's mommy filled them up with mango (now restocked at Costcto again, yay!).

Kevin spent the next afternoon and evening with Jaz and Em. Ryder and his mommy came to visit too! Jaz and Em's mommy decided to give Kevin a bath so Daddy could just put him to bed when they got home. Well, Jaz, Em and Ryder decided they wanted to take a bath too, so in they all went into the big master bedroom bathtub. The kids loved the jacuzzi jets and Ryder was determined to make Kevin laugh. This was accomplished by much head dunking and splashing. Jaz wanted to copy Ryder and Kevin and Em just sat back and enjoyed it all.

When he left Jaz and Em's that evening, Em was already in bed. Kevin gave Jaz a kiss and hug good bye, then went to a photo of Em to "give her a kiss good bye". How sweet is our boy?

Between MOMS Club, playgroup, his preschool, his little friend's preschool and our favourite play place, he has been to 5 Easter egg hunts this year! On the way to one of the hunts, Kevin and little friend Em demolished his basket of eggs in the back seat before they even got there. Em's mommy could hear them laughing and shouting "Egg!" over and over. When they got there, she discovered the remnants of the eggs all over the back. Em had been opening an egg and handing the contents of each egg over to Kevin each time they were chiming "Egg!". Not a single piece of candy was consumed though - they were happy just to open and scatter.





Jaz has very much enjoyed having easy-going Kevin around to play with. Unlike her little sister Em, Kevin lets her boss him around! What woman doesn't like a man who listens to her? And of course, a man who lets her dress him.



Jaz and Em's daddy captioned this photo "When in Rome". The hat sitting on Kevin's head at such a rakish angle belonged to Jaz and Em's grandma, whom Kevin also visited this week. She has been worried about Baby Alan and loved having a chance to cuddle with Kevin. While Jaz and Em's mommy took them to the playground at their grandma's building, Kevin hung out with her and sat on her lap for a nice visit.

Kevin spent last night at Jaz and Em's. He was reportedly bewildered by their family's musical bedtime routine, but very entertained. This morning, since her mommy could see he was awake, Jaz was allowed to go get Kevin up. She heard Jaz say over the monitor "Did you have sweet dreams Kevin?" and then “Did you dream about me because you love me?”. Adorable!

Kevin's adventures continue this morning with the final Easter egg hunt!

An afternoon at home

Kevin and Alan hang out in the kitchen with the bubble machine.



Hunt those bubbles down!



Or catch them in mid-air.





It got a little slippery so we moved the mats to give Alan a little traction before he fell too many times. Not that he noticed or cared! Bubbles!



Eventually we had to turn off the bubble machine so Kevin decided it was time to draw on his chalk board.



Circles!

Happy Valentines!

On Friday, Mommy, Daddy and Alan went to Kevin's preschool for a fun Valentine's party!



The boys had fun "decorating" cookies with frosting and sprinkles. Of course, Alan got more frosting on his face then anywhere else.



He finally got to the cookie once he licked off all the frosting.



Today, we went to playgroup buddy Emily's 2nd birthday at our favorite place, Dynamoze!

Mommy Kisses

Before heading out for a Girl's Night Out, Mommy gives Alan a kiss and leaves her mark.

Wii love music!

Kevin has been having a blast with Wii Music. Shaking the nunchuk and WiiMote to "play" music and pushing buttons to make his Mii jump, twirl and flip - what more could a gadget-crazy boy who loves music ask for?



One of the fun "instruments" available in the jam session mode is the Cat Suit - your character on the screen wears a cat costume and paws and meows with your movements (think jingle cats). Kevin has been loving all the on-screen hi-jinx he can create.



Alan hasn't been left out of the fun. One of the other jam session modes is Cheerleader, and Alan has been raising his arms with Mommy and laughing away like crazy as she jumps around.

Christmas Morning

'twas the night before Christmas...



Auntie 'Chelle and her kids Lance and Renee gave Kevin and Alan a new plate and cookies to leave out for Santa. Now that Lance and Renee were getting so big, it was time for them to pass the plate (figuratively speaking) on to our little munchkins.



The next morning, it was time to open presents!



Kevin unzipped the door to all the presents and started pulling them out.



Kevin had fun ripping off the wrapping paper, and even more fun putting all the little pieces into the garbage can. Just like his daddy!



Alan wanted to play with his toys as soon as he got a glimpse of them. Mommy can do the rest of the unwrapping!



Alan has a snack. Playing with toys is hard work!



Playing with boxes is fun too!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve at SeaWorld

Merry Christmas from Kevin, Alan, Mommy and Daddy!

Our 2008 Christmas letter is here.