Training Wheels, Be Gone!

Kaleb has graduated to the land of no training wheels! It was long overdue, and he was more than capable of doing it earlier in the year but when Karis broke his ankle we deferred the process. He had borrowed his friend Kieran's Strider bike last year, and had gotten the whole balancing act down with no problems, so the actual transition to no training wheels was kind of a non-event. There was no falling involved at all! Congratulations Kaleb!

In other news, we're in the flurry of still trying to slowly unpack and at the same time get ready for the new school year. Zachary will be in grade 1 and Kaleb will be in pre-K this year. Addison will be in Baby-Land! :)


Kaleb thought it was highly amusing to carry his baby elephant around in the Lillebaby carrier!

Dress up time!  Love the facial hair!

Addison has started to get very snuggly lately, and will lay her head down on your shoulder for some snuggle-time. It is very nice to have another snuggly child, as she was taking after Zachary for the longest time who was more independent. One very funny trait that we've noticed with her is that she is identical to Amy, when it comes to putting her feet up on things - she always wants to put her foot up on the car seat crossbar - it is so funny because Amy is always putting her feet up on things as well (so much more comfortable!)

Always has her foot up.....just like her Mommy!



Addison and Devin have some playtime

Last weekend, Amy had the pleasure of joining other ladies for a special treat - a spa baby party to celebrate the soon arrival of the Grodack baby boy.  We were treated to a lovely brunch at Jennifer's, which was resplendently decorated and delicious food by Tangie!  After the meal, we headed over for pedicures - what a treat!

In the afternoon, the boys headed off to birthday party (second weekend in a row in a four week long birthday marathon!) for a friend that they met at President's Council - Mateo.  It was at RDV and they had a blast.  The cool twist on the birthday cake was that it was a tower of donuts - yum! Sadly, Amy forgot her camera, so no pics!

Phrase of the week:  Last Sabbath, we couldn't find matching church socks so Amy told Zachary just to wear regular sport socks to church.  He was convinced that this was not appropriate attire for church and insisted that he would just wear the two non-matching church socks (one was a light tan and the other was a darker brown.  Amy then said "Zachary, You may get teased" to which he responded "No, true friends won't tease me!"  That is true enough Zachary!