The boys have been in ice skating lessons this winter (third year now), and have been loving it. Zachary is actually in 'hockey' skating lessons and we have been quite impressed with the level of skills that they're teaching him for skating. Kaleb has been in just regular ice skating lessons, but we intend to move him over as well next year. They have been loving it so much, that all things this year seem to be "skating" and we have been going to the public skating sessions on Wednesdays as well. Several times the Bergherm boys have joined, and that has been just precious. Kaleb and Kieran have been very good at helping Evan go along on his skates, and it is so cute! Blake has been doing pretty well on his own, so no need for Zachary to hold his hand! :)
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| Kaleb and Kieran holding Evan's hand (love Kaleb's tongue sticking out!) |
In addition to this, Zachary and Kaleb also went through a phase where they would give us nightly skating performances - as they had seen in the Olympics. They were a "doubles" pair, with Kaleb taking the female part as he was the smaller of the two. It was hilarious - Zachary of course was always so serious that he looked like he was grimacing (making the parents slightly uncomfortable!) - but it was always worth a laugh. We taped one particular performance - this one you can see Zachary's face grimacing, you can see him drop Kaleb's head on the ground (poor Kaleb!) and then at the end when Kaleb flings himself over, there is an unmistakable sound of a "low flying duck" being let loose before thankfully the video cuts itself off!! :) Ha ha!
We also went last weekend to the local fair, it was a small affair, but the kids had a fun time on the rides.
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| On the ferris wheel - and the brick building behind them is actually where Amy works! |
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| Impossible to see, but this is Zachary and Kaleb on this ride (at the top, kind of right over where the sun is shining through the opening). They did this ride 6 times! |
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| Daredevil Addi was only allowed on the tame rides, so she had to make do with the train! |
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| Kieran and Kaleb enjoying a ride together |
The true highlight last weekend was being able to celebrate Braelyn's 7th birthday! She had a bike ride party and then wrapped up the festivities with watching the movie Frozen. As we had taken Addison, we bid our good-night when the movie started, much to the boys' horror - complaining all the way to the car "Why do we ALWAYS have to leave first!??" It is hard to be a Z-child, what a life - little did they know it would be so rough when they were born to this family!? :)
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| The birthday girl! |
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| Enjoying a few minutes of the movie - even Addison ran up and got on a chair! |
We have had a couple of marathon sleeping episodes - last weekend Addison slept in on Sunday (after being up later than normal at Braelyn's party) until 9:37A! Amy was beginning to wonder if she should sneak in there and make sure there wasn't a medical emergency! This Saturday, Kaleb returned the favor after a particularly long and fun Friday (more on that in next week's blog post!) - he slept in until 10:05! These two are great, it makes a parent feel a little less guilty about keeping them up later at night on special occasions because they will actually sleep in and catch up on the missed sleep (unlike the older brother who will remain nameless....)
Addison is continuing to struggle with getting in her 4 new teeth - the terrible runny nose continues to come and go, sleep coming and going (multiple trips to rock her in the middle of the night, which is highly unusual), and fevers to top it all off. She is precious as we're putting her to bed, she will be drinking her bottle and will always turn Amy's face so that their foreheads are touching....so sweet!
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| Where there is a will, there is a way - Addison wanted to sit higher in her little bus toy so that she could see over the dash, so she figured out that shes could put this stool on the bus seat and sit up on it and voila - problem solved! |
Phrase of the week: "My eyes are droopy!" - this was Zachary's phrase as he looked at himself in the mirror after being sleep deprived and saw the bags under his eyes! If only you'd sleep in, it would be so much better!
Kaleb's 'phrase' is more of a story - he drew a Valentine's day story with Jennifer's help, and it was all about how he and his Mom were walking to church and came across monsters, and their adventure in evading the monsters and still making it to church! :)
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