Wake up time

Last night, as we were going to sleep, Gary wondered how the kids would wake us up in the morning. Sometimes they knock. Sometimes they make a lot of noise. When Jimmy was small, he used to stand by the bed, waking us up as quietly as possible.
This morning, Jimmy and Jonny came into our room, crawled into bed and started to sing "There were 5 in the bed and the little one said 'I'm crowded, roll over!"

Ninja Turtles

Jimmy went to see the new Ninja Turtle movie last night with a friend, Mikito. He came home and told us all about it. It sounds really exciting, full of adventure. There are a few scary parts though. Rafael and Leonardo (2 of the Ninja Turtles) get in an argument and one of their weapons is broken. This was too much for Mikito. He ran screaming from the theater!
(We have since cleared a path in our living room, just in case something scary comes on our tv and he needs a quick exit!)

Boo Bah!

Last week, Jonathan chose a Boo Bah movie at the library. We brought it home and he watched it with Amelia. He watched it but didn't seem so captivated. When it was done, he turned off the tv. Amelia was upset. "Jonny turned the movie off before it was done!" I explained that the movie was all done and it was right to turn it off. Amelia looked really confused. "But movies are supposed to have a beginning, a middle, and an end," she protested.

Angry Eyes

There is a silly part in Toy Story 2 where Mr. Potatohead is packing for a trip and Mrs. Potatohead is helping him. She opens his back and says something like "I'm packing your angry eyes, just in case."
I like to wiggle my eyebrows at the kids, to see them try to wiggle back. Jonathan ususally laughs and tries to grab my eyebrows. Today, he spent the parts of the day with his eyebrows down, looking very dark and angry. But he wasn't acting particularly angry. Then I figured it out. He was trying to figure out how to wiggle his eyebrows at me, but could only manage the down part.

Jimmy's Cast

Last weekend, Jimmy and Gary went ice skating for the school skate night. Jimmy took a big fall on his elbow and cried pretty hard. When he got home, he told me "My arm hurts pretty bad so I'm not going to move it for 8 days." He didn't complain anymore, but he didn't really use his arm. So yesterday I figured there might be something wrong and got an appointment at the doctor today. Ta da! After 2 appointments and x-rays, he has a lovely new red cast, to be worn for the next 6 weeks. His arm is fractured at the base of his upper arm bone. He already feels better from it, as his arm is protected against jostling and banging now. But now I feel like a terrible parents leaving it so long!

3 babies!

Here are the kids happily swaddled in their new blankets! Thanks to Nana and Pop for the Valentine blanket surprise.

A Special Announcement

Please stand by for the following special announcement, exclusive to kiddodiddo blog readers:

The next kiddodiddo.

The due date is September 15. More details to come soon!

UPDATE: he's here! He's here!

Photography

Here is what our new house looks like:



If you follow the walkway in the foreground straight back, you see two doors. Ours is the door on the left. Unfortunately we do not have a garage with handsome barn door like you see in the photo, but at least we have assigned spaces for our car and van:



And here's a photo of cute Jonathan:



I showed him this photo and he said "baby!" It is brightened for better visibility. As I was playing around with the contrast, I bumped it up to 100 and it looked like this:



Jonathan's reaction was, "Uh-oh!"