Los niños

 Was Picasso's early work also crayon

on living room wall?  Probably.

Mom takes over.

Mom is gorilla-ing this blog.

 

Cedar got a new bed this weekend from a friend of mine

who is moving away.  This is a stock picture of it (not from Cedar's room).

We didn't set up the tent part yet, but he loves to climb everything and slide down.

The jury is still out on if this was a good decision or not.

 

Cedar's vocabulary is exploding!  He occasionally needs a translator,

but we can talk about all kinds of things now, which is great.

He is pretty nice to his sister, he likes to hug her a lot

and then on the flip side he likes to also kick her in the face.

He gets a timeout for this, or more, depending on which parent is home

 For some reason when I come home the first thing he says to me is

 "kick baby" and then does an air kick.

 

At 27 months he is a little over 3 feet tall.  I hear from a reputable source

that at 27 months you are half of your adult height.  Grow Cedar grow!

 

He is a pretty picky toddler these days, but he is still going strong with

his love of salmon, peanut butter toast, cheese, and juice

(and I can literally throw in some intense combos like

kale, beet and chard and he will suck it down, baby too!).

 

 

Rosie wants to walk so badly!  She says three words.

She says "up", "mama" and "dada".

Rosie is such a happy girl and when she is hungry or tired

she doesn't mince emotions.  It is a full-on

"take care of me right now dammit" throw down,

but I appreciate knowing how she feels.  She is

sleeping about 14 hours a night, waking up once

or twice depending on teething and colds.  She eats

anything we give her, or at least gives it a try.

Right now her favorites are partially thawed berries

and scrambled eggs.  And I made yam pancakes this

morning and she ate 3!  Grow Rosie grow!

 

Rosie and I leave for Costa Rica in about 3.5 weeks!

We, the parents, are doing pretty well, BUSY both working

full time and Luke in school full time.  We can barely keep up

with all the housework and laundry, but we have a

good perspective on things, plus I have a plethora

of babysitters on hand since I work at the high school.

That really helps.

 

One of the children seems to have misplaced my memory card

from the camera, but Luke did take some Rosie video and here it is.

Enjoy.

 

Viva febrero

Another week gone by,

more stories to tell.

 

I made cookies with mom.  I got to stir

and help measure things.

 

Rosie is a good supervisor.

 

We went to Phoebë Snow's 2nd birthday party this weekend.

I parked myself by the popcorn for a good portion of the evening.

 

Rosie made the rounds in her cute party outfit.

 

Cake!



 

Rosie barely fits into her pink carharts from Grandpa Bruce.

 

Rosie and I had some quality bonding time

in the big bed one morning.  We snuggled right in.

 

And of course we stayed nice and clean.

 

February begins.

February begins!  First came Grandma's birthday.

Happy birthday Groovey-Grandma!

Then the rain, all weekend. 

 

This is from last weekend's birthday party.

Once again, everyone was eating cake and

I was alone, hoarding the bike all to myself.

 

I received a little book to draw in at the party.

 

Oh Rosie, you are so cute.

Rosie, or Rowie as I a call her,

just wants to stand at all times.

 

Do you remember that fun trick I do to mom

where I hide and she has a mini-panic attack

and can't find me?  Ya I know, it's a good one.

Well this time I bolted and opened the door to this

front end loader and climbed right in!

 

After she found me we all went for

a nice long walk through Totem Park in the rain.

This is Phoebë Snow, Jake and I by a tree that fell over.

 

Rosalie likes to walk while pushing her bike.

 

 

Mmmm, veggies.

 

This is a close-up to see the runny-nose and drool combo.

Even with all the leaks, she is a cute baby!

 

I got these cool moose jammies from MeMa

and I got up on the stool so mom could take

a proper picture of them.  Gracias MeMa!