Saturday, January 3, 2015

Sundays

One of their Christmas outfits... they're just too darn cute! Every Sunday when I take pictures, Kolton begs to do a funny face one. I always let him, but I never include those funny face pictures on the blog. I realized recently that is a mistake.  As such, you'll find there are a lot more funny face pictures making appearances on the Sunday posts of the blog.









The littles at home

The littles at home get fewer and fewer.... These moments are so fleeting, I sometimes feel as if I blink, I might miss it all!  Kolton is gone at is preschool twice a week and then has an all day play date with his bff once a week.  It's been interesting this semester to have some one on one time with Argenta... something Kolton didn't get until he was closer to 2!  Argenta likes to hold her own bottle (that way she can NOT drink it, and spill it all over the place instead.) It's a little tricky taking a shower. I typically hop in with her and then put her in this rock and play when she's finished so that I can finish up... except when I discovered that she can sit up easily and, it appears, get herself right out of her rocker.  This day she wanted to brush her hair. She loves to float around in the bath and Kolton will play in there for hours.  Bathtime has been a handy grading tool this semester.  They play so nicely together.  Kolton is completely gentle with her, and everything she does makes him laugh. In the mornings she is typically in my bed because I nurse her there when she wakes up. He gets up about 30 minutes before Xiana so he joins us and laughs and laughs at Argenta. Then, Xiana comes upstairs and she and Kolton immediately start fighting so I kick them both out. Poor Xiana doesn't even know what she's missing! They all get excited when daddy comes home (although Argenta is still arguably a mommy's girl). She LOVES to wrestle daddy! And Kolton, and anybody who will lay on the floor. Whenever Brian is home, she crawls over and acts as if she's pinning him and bobs her head up and down like she's really proud of herself.  All Brian has to do is say, "let's wrestle!" and she will head directly over to tumble around.  Brian is so cute with these kids. They adore their daddy and each other. It's hard to believe there won't always be a baby around the house.  I miss them already.


















Animal Kingdom

We went to Animal Kingdom with the Tolmans while Brian was hunting. It was a blast, but it was crowwwwwded!! and exhausting. It was a little disappointing that I didn't get to ride a single roller coaster due to the insane lines, but the kids got to do so many fun things. They watched shows, rode every kiddie ride in the place, and ate silly amounts of sugar.  They pet sting rays, and Argenta had her first sucker.  It was a 24 hour trip... almost literally....but well worth it. I looked at is as an investment ensuring that I have roller coaster partners in the future.  Later, when Brian asked the kids what their favorite part was Kolton said, "the roller coaster because it made my tummy and my willy tickle." Oh no! I got to ride a few spinning rides with my girl, and that was pretty awesome. It was fun... but by the time we got home (3 am) I was tired.  Kate and I decided next time, we's leave the kids home and ride coasters galore... as soon as this little baby weans herself!