New Photos

I'm way, way behind on processing photos and videos and providing updates about cats and babies.  Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Something funny happened at the fair

This weekend, we went to our town's big annual fair... you know, the one with a parade and art booths  and kids stuff... yeah, that one that every town has...  Something funny happened at ours.

Alex and Mom

Evan and Dad

Alex caught some Zzzzz

Tired baby

Evan also passed out

Evan catching his Zzzzzz.  Apparently, babies can sleep anywhere

Davis was verrrrry tired

We went back the next day for the car show and the slide

Davis went on his first horse ride

Horse ride on Hobby

Here is the surprise from the festival.  This is Oreo Cookie, or Cookie for short.  We are still getting to know here, and she is still settling in.  It looks like it is going to be a while before she is adjusted.  She hasn't met Domino and Lilly yet, but they have growled at each other through the door.

Weekend Videos

Along with pictures from this weekend, I captures a couple of videos:

Family play time

Alex and Evan playing

Weekend Photos

We had long labor day weekend at home.  Rain and colds kept us inside Saturday and Sunday and we were less active than usual on Sunday.  However, this did let us take a few more photos than normal.

Evan love the animals his brother brings him

Forget Cat in a Hat.  We have Cat in a Box.  He spent 3 hours in here.

Evan won this battle for the ball.

Evan

Alex and Evan

Alex.  I just missed a picture where he was holding the dinosaur in his mouth.

Pretty typical scene around here

The toy battle continues.

We went to the park on Monday.

Alex was so happy.  Until he wasn't.  Then we went home.

Alex and Evan

Alex

Alex, just after sitting down from pulling up on the couch,

Davis' first day of preschool

I just finished taking Davis to his first day of pre-school.  He is going Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00 to 11:30, with the option to have lunch and stay until 2:30 some days.  Today, the parents stayed while the kids, well, were kids.

There was a family just to his right, I had a hard time getting him to look at me.

Kids Updates

Here are some random updates about the kids:

• Davis is all done with daycare.  His last day, after 3 years, was on Thursday.  Next week he starts pre-school.  He will go three days a week for 2 1/2 hours each day, with the option to stay longer for lunch afterwards.  He is very excited about pre-school and "getting bigger".  
• I took Davis to a playdate at his pre-school where I met some of the other parents and he met a lot of his classmates.  He will have 15 kids in his class.  He had a great time at the playdate and didn't want to leave despite falling and cutting open his lip and scratching his face.
• Evan has been teething a lot recently.  He is always a very drooly kid, but in the last week he has got in about 3 teeth.  He has at least 5 now and has handled it very well.
• Evan is starting to crawl.  He is no where near as mobile as Alex, but he can commando crawl his way forward and gets up on his hands and knees a lot.  He can also sit up by himself which helps him a lot.
• Alex is very mobile and very fast.  He pulls up on everything and often can be seen just leaning against something or holding on by one hand.  He can also cruise along things he has pulled himself up on (train table, couch, etc).  Not bad for an 8 month old.  He will probably be walking before Davis did (10 months).
• Alex and Evan love Davis.  They are totally entertained by him and love to watch him play and/or interact with them.
• Alex's favorite toy is the one Evan has.
• Evan's favorite toy is the one Alex has.
• Alex's second favorite toy is a plastic sippy cup.
• Evan's second favorite toy is also a plastic sippy cup.
• Evan is about 22 or 23 pounds.  He is about 2 to 2 1/2 pounds bigger than Alex, but they are about the same length.
• Evan seems to need slightly more sleep than Alex.
• All three boys completed their latest round of swimming lessons.  This was our first session with Alex and Evan.  The twins had their lessons at 6:00pm and Davis at 6:30.  Davis would (mostly) sit on the side of the pool while we were in the water with Alex and Evan.  Then, I take the babies home and Kristen stays with Davis (often swimming in the lap lane that is open).  Its a pretty chaotic time to dinner, then get everybody to the pool.   We'll be doing it again as it has been really great for Davis.  He is a lot more comfortable in the water and has started putting his head under.  It really shows when we go to the Kirkwood pool how much the lessons have helped.  He has even tried swimming without any floatations a few times.  Alex and Evan are very different kids in the water.  Alex loves loves loves to splash the water while Evan is usually trying to eat it.  Its a cute and fun contrast.
• Alex and Evan both sleep through the night (7:30 pm to 6:00am) very reliably.  It is wonderful.  Usually Lilly wakes me up at least once, and frequently Davis wakes me up at least once as well.
• Davis is potty trained (im sure I mentioned this before).  He has done  great job.  He is rarely having accidents and sleeps without a diaper.  He is going a good job waking up at night and going to the potty, though he does seem to need help.  I'm a light sleeper and he usually yells for help and I sit him down then put him back in bed.  I believe it has been several weeks since he has had an accident at night (I knocked on wood).

Update: I started writing this post at 2:00 pm.  When I was watching the kids in the afternoon (around 3:30), Evan got up on all fours and crawled.  No more commando crawling for that kid.