Kira Using a Spoon!

Cheerios are one of Kira's all time favorite things to eat, however, she's only eaten it dry...until yesterday morning. So, as usual, I gave the boys some cerel in the morning and Kira a little bowl of cheerios for her to snack on. Out of nowhere, Kira wanted a little bit of milk in her bowl, so I let her (if you know me, you'd know that I can't really deal with eating messes, so I've never really let her try to use a spoon before), but I was brave and I let her try to use a spoon. She's such a smart little girl, she figured it out right away! I had to tape it because it was so cute. My little girl is growing up more and more everyday.

Thanksgiving 2008

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. It was my first year cooking Thanksgiving dinner on the actual Thanksgiving day! We had lots of food, way too much really - turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, salad, corn, roasted brussel sprouts...oh and pumpkin cheesecake for dessert, yum!

Seahawks Game and more

Mike took Jake to the Seahawks game the last Sunday. Originally the tickets were "sold" to someone else, but at the last minute they couldn't go, so Mike ended up taking Jake to the game. As always, Jake had a lot of fun, even though the Hawks lost in a very upsetting way.

I found this picture on the camera, not remembering taking it, maybe Mike did. I just thought it was so funny and silly looking.

Tired Kiddies

Tonight when I came home from hot yoga, I found the boys snuggled in Jake's twin-sized bed with the lights to both of their rooms on. They fell asleep waiting for daddy to read bed time story and daddy fell asleep with Kira while putting her to sleep, so this is what happened.

It's kind of cute but also sad at the same time. I've been doing hot yoga twice a week for about a month now. Since yoga class is at 8:15pm, on the days that I do yoga, Mike is left with the daunting task of putting all 3 kids to bed. He's such a good daddy, he usually read a bed time story to Kira, give her some milk and lay down with her until she falls asleep (which is a really annoying problem that I created since I sorta babies her). Meanwhile the boys gets themselves ready for bedtime by brushing their teeth and doing their nightly routines. Then Mike reads the boys a story and tuck them into their separate beds.

Halloween 2008

This year was Kira's first year trick-or-treating. Needless to say, she had a blast. We've been really busy this last week so we didn't get to carve our pumpkins until Thursday night after dinner (as it is apparent by Jonah's dirty face). The boys were more into it this year and Jake even did some actual carving. They designed their own Jack-O-Lanterns this year and I thought both pumpkins came out great.

On Friday, Mike took the kids trick-or-treating. Mike said that Kira was a little bit scared for the first couple of houses, but once she figured out that she could go to every house and get candy she was as excited as ever. I guess she was also miss independent. She wanted to do everything herself, despite the fact that her basket was too heavy and all she could do was to drag it on the ground. They were out for over an hour and they came home with their pumpkin baskets full - we'll have to limit their sugar intake for at least a couple of months.

Jonah gutting his pumpkin.

Jake waiting to gut his pumpkin.

Didn't they turned out great?

The force is strong with this punkin :)

Kira trick-or-treating.

Waiting for her turn.

Mike took this video to demonstrate what was going on while they were walking around. He said he must've tried to help her 10 times, but she's a stubborn girl, like her mama. Sorry it's so dark, there weren't light around so the resolution and the lighting are suboptimal.

Kira Q&A

Here's a clip of miss little Kira. She's getting older and more verbally expressive. It's been fun having little talks with her. But I have to say it's funner to watch her learn new things everyday. Lately I've been teaching her animal sounds, since we have Wicket she pretty much only knew what doggies said. We're still working on more animals, but I think she's got a pretty good start.