the Kiddos

Enjoy!

Costume Day

Hannah and Calvin got to do a trial run on their costumes this past weekend. Our friends held a Fall Costume party. The kids all got to wear their costumes. They made a parade to the end of the street and back, painted pumpkins, played games and ate yummy Fall foods.




(pictures: Thanks to Trina)

Dentist Appointments

Hannah and Calvin had their dentist appointments this morning. Hannah did great as usual. This time they did an X-Ray on her. Everything looked great. She does have a spot on the top right that we are going to be keeping an eye on.

This was Calvin's first time going to the dentist. He was very excited until we got there. We had read a book so he knew what to expect. But then once he saw what was about to happen, he would not open his mouth for anything. Finally we had made him made enough that he screamed out and she was able to look in his mouth!! I guess this is the one time when it is OK for him to pitch a fit. It worked to our advantage:)

Yesterday MiriLou turned 5 months. She is continuing to grow bigger each day!

finally!

Here it is! Finally...I have been trying to upload this for days. Yeah, it worked today!

Please Enjoy. They are the cutest!!

Be ware...this is a long post!

I keep trying to upload the very last ever video of our kids for you to see, but it isn't working!! Here's a little (I mean VERY VERY VERY looooooong) update anyway...

MiriLou is growing by leaps and "rolls". She can roll from her tummy to her back. Although the more we put her on her tummy the less she rolls. I think she likes tummy time now. She is down to 2 naps a day when we stay at home. 3, if it is a busy day of errands. She will be 5 months this weekend.

Hannah has now completed 11 days of First Grade. She loves it, and claims it is easier than K. But what she doesn't realize is that they are doing some serious review before we move on to the new stuff. Plus, I bought more creative materials this year, so there is a lot of coloring pages for her. She starts soccer tonight!!!! Yeah :) 2 of her friends are on her team this year. We are excited. They practice on Mondays and play on Saturdays. Anyone interested in coming to watch, just ask for details. It is pretty humorous watching them play. Its like a herd of little kids all running towards the ball blindly kicking together in mass mass chaos!!! Great times.

Calvin is enjoying pre-pre-school. He is continuing on his sight reading flash cards (HOP 1st grade), ABC flash cards, catechisms, coloring word searches, and doing stickers!! He also plays and watched PBS Kids a lot too. He now takes baths again!!! PTL!!! Actually he has done a 180, we can't get him out of the water now!!!! PTL. This is actually a good problem. He calls it swimming in the ocean. He pretends to be a whale, and let me tell you...when he is done, you'd probably think a whale had been in there!! He is SO VERY excited that it is football season now. He usually falls asleep on the way home from church on Sunday mornings, but this week Dan told him we were going to watch the Colts play, and he stayed awake all the way home, but passed out after about 3 minutes. The boy loves himself some football!!

We have been going to the play ground a lot more now that the weather is cooling off. It is fun watching my kids interact with new "friends". I'd say every other time we go Hannah meets someone I'd really like for her to continue a relationship with...but it is hard when the kids come with their nanny, or Dad or by themselves! O well.

I have their Halloween costumes almost done!! Yeah. We are attending a costume party at the end of the month, so I had to make them early this year. Hannah is going as a soccer ball, Calvin is going as a basket ball and ML is going as a tennis ball.

I will try again tomorrow with the video. Have a great evening.

Soccer fun

ML stats.

MiriLou went for her 4 month check today. She is 15.3 pounds and her head is 90%. And her health is perfect.

Zoo time

A Giant Excavator at the Zoo!!!! This was almost better than animals being there! Calvin could not contain his excitement, so we took a picture.

the United States ball!

This was taken at my friends house (the night I burnt up her microwave)...He is trying to throw the United States ball (a blow up globe) as fast as he can. But as soon as I got out the camera he started "cheesing" He didn't quit understand the concept of a movie:)

Tennis Lessons

I heart Mickey

No one loves Mickey Mouse like Calvin! Here he is in his new pj's.

Big Sister

Hannah created this picture. She located everything and told me it would be a neat picture. SO we did it! I think deep down inside she likes being a Big Sister, although she would never admit it out loud. O yeah, and this is Hannah's new smile...what do ya think?!....

water fun!

Happy 4 Months ML

MiriLou is 4 months old already! It is amazing how fast the time with her has flown by. I am constantly holding her as I realize she will only be this little for a short while. I am daily reminded of how she will be in 2 years and 6 years!! ha ha.

She is very smiley and loves to kick her feet. Her favorite spot is under the fan in our room. She loves to look up at it(but so did Hannah and Calvin...and from what I hear, every other baby out there).

MiriLou can almost roll over. She likes to "rock" back and forth. I have no clue what she weighs, but should find out next week. She is wearing 3-6 and 6-9 month clothing depending on the style and fit. Of course I have her jammed in a few outfits she shouldn't be wearing anymore too. Such as the dress she wore Sunday. It was embarrassing how small it was on her, but I really wanted to see her in one more time. Plus she only wore it a few times.

She is very relaxed and loves to sit and watch the "entertainment" all around her. And believe me she has A Lot!

We are eagerly looking forward to next week. Hannah begins first grade and Bubby begins "pre-pre-school." Both are excited. We have a link chain counting down the days until Monday. Also, there have been books and materials arriving daily. It has been fun to see what is in each package. Her gym class starts today and soccer starts in September.

My camera broke, so the pictures I post in the next few days will most likely be it for awhile. I will probably buy a disposable camera for myself, but wont be able to down load them here. Enjoy and hope you are all having a great week.

The Diffey 5

July 2010