Lucky Monkeys

Lucky monkeys, Lucky ducks - whatever the animal - we're lucky folks! :)  Last weekend we had fun by checking out a new indoor play place called Lucky Monkeys - it is geared for kids up to 12, although I would say probably 6 years old is in truth probably as old as would normally find it fun for multiple visits (although Zachary did say that he had fun, but I think that was in large part due to his Uncle William created an "earthquake" on the inflatable teeter-totter thingy and seeing how long the boys could hold on!

Addison had to be as close to Elin as possible!

Riding the tree "swing" - with Uncle William pulling it to go faster.  Even Addison had a great time hanging on for dear life!

Addison has started this funny habit - no matter what she's doing, if you say "Addi, let me see you" - she'll swing around to look at you and puts on this huge cheesy grin - expression below - and she'll repeat this every single time.  It is hilarious, and so useful when you want her to look at you for a picture!







 

Hanging with big brother

The funniest moment at Lucky Monkeys was when Addison decided that she wanted to fill her shirt with these balls - and made herself look like a woman......probably the biggest chest that she'll ever have!  Ha ha ha!

In very exciting news, we have a brand new nephew - a picture of perfection!  Korey (Karis' brother) and Rachel had a baby boy Nikolas Aleksandr on August 28, and he weighed in at 7 lbs 8 ounces and 21.5 inches long.

Last weekend, our cousin Jeff organized a skating outing for the Florida Hospital church (showing his Canadian roots!), so Karis and the boys tagged along to enjoy some ice time!  Their skills came back right away!

 

Hanging out with cousin Niesha!

 

Daddy-time!

Apparently Zachary is cold! :)

 We also had the pleasure of having Blake and Evan with us on Saturday morning while Jennifer had a blood test done for her pregnancy.  Kaleb was uncertain about whether Amy would be able to pull off getting to Sabbath School with five kids....she assured him that it would be possible even though she doesn't have as much practice with the 5 kids as Miss Jennifer does!  They all did fantastic though, so we did in fact make it!

Proof that we made it to church - so this is what having five kids would be like! :)

Phrase of the week:  Love, Love, Love!  Addison didn't actually say the true word love, but she mimicked the sound perfectly.  We were in church two weekends ago, and the pastor was repeatedly, loudly, saying the phrase "love, love, love!"  About halfway through the church service, Addison decided to yell it out as well after he did, so she shouted "Love, love, love!"  Folks around us started to laugh at her (we were sitting in the very back of the church), and then from the pulpit the pastor said "Well, at least the kids are listening to me!

Grandma the next day asked us "Were you in church" to which we said yes, and she started to tell us the story of this little girl (Grandma goes to a later church service, so had heard the story through the grapevine in her Sabbath school).  She said that it reminded her so much of something that Addison would do that she just had to share the story with Amy.....to which Amy had to sigh and say "Yep, that does sound like Addison.....so much so that it WAS Addison! :)"

From the Kaleb-front this week, Amy had a super funny bedtime conversation with him as well....

Kaleb (very seriously, and a little sadly):  Mom, I'm going to go bald soon.
Mom:  Why do you say that?
Kaleb:  Because my hair is going to get 'loose' and fall out.
Mom:  No, not all men go bald.
Kaleb:  Well, Daddy's hair got all loose and fell out.
Mom (chuckling inside about this "loose" business):  True, but not all men go bald.  Uncle William isn't bald."
Kaleb:  Oh yeah, you're right!  His hair didn't get loose!  But wait, his hair got all white!!!"
Ha ha ha, well - I guess it's a choice between loose hair and white hair... :)