Waffle House

Look who got a seat at the big (...little) table!  Max ran to the kitchen and made a waffle after school.  He got it out of the freezer, dragged over a chair, and toasted it all by himself.  He did, however, require assistance with the most important part- "the sauce" (syrup).  Kira liked her waffle, too!

Who's afraid of the big, bad Max? Not Kira!  She loves when Max plays, Three Little Pigs.  

"I'm Adam!  Sadie's daddy!" Max said of his spikey do.

Speaking of spikey hair....  

Kira's great big smile lasted all day at school.  Her favorite toy at Miss Miranda's is a Mickey Mouse doll and all of the kids now know that if Kira gets upset- give her the doll!

Summer in September

After a rough first day, Kira was much happier at Miss Miranda's today.  We ran right to the pool after school to celebrate and to stay cool in the scorching heat.

Max loves to tell people, "I can swim without my floaties," which translates to, "If stay in the shallow end, where I can stand, I can go under water and sometimes kick my legs.  My mom only has a heart attack 70% of the time we are at the pool."

Max also said, "It's okay to go pee pee in your bathing suit [in the pool!] because when your bathing suit gets wet it dries by itself."  True and yuck.

"Daddy!!!!" Max screamed as he spotted his dad walking to the pool from a million miles away.  His eye sight is as good as his memory.

Scavenger hunt at school

Ready for Miss Miranda's! 

Max's case of the Mondays bled into Tuesday...

Kira goes to daycare

Teeth!

Four teeth and no tears.  Just another reason Kira is the best girl in the world, or at the very least, in our house.

Kira wakes up this happy every single morning.  Her radiant smile and joyful laugh brighten up even the earliest of mornings, but since she is so perfect, that is rarely before 7am.

This guy slept until 8am!  He earned himself a big 'thank you' and some forgiveness for waking up at 5:15am on Saturday.

Sunday swim at Norma's

The ice cream man brought Max two gum balls surrounded by ice cream.

Max and Kira held a concert featuring, 'Jingle Bells'.  School just started and Max is already eager for Winter Break.

Sister beware

Max has a case of aggressive brothering these days, and he is not the least bit intimidated by local law enforcement. Kira is a wonderful sport- she takes the head bops and keeps smiling. 

If you have four teeth that are each .25% in- smile and drool!!!

All of Max's breakfast dreams came true- chocolate chip pancakes at Tot Shabbat with Ben and Hannah.

Max continues to take charge of dressing himself.  He is usually granted artistic freedom, however, un-matching basketball shorts and a t-shirt were not going to fly for Tot Shabbat this morning.  Max finally selected an ensemble that met his parentals' requirements- a collared shirt and "dressy shorts".  Matching was clearly not a requirement, but the handsome, "I'm a devil," smirk matches everything.

Kira is 10 months old!

Kira cannot even believe she is ten months old!

Surrounded by her favorite treat- mulch!

Playground fun 

I scream, you scream...we all sit silently while we eat ice cream!

Guess who finished their cone first?

KIRA!

This 10 month old bambino devoured every last morsel of this baby cone.

Max put an end to his dinasour pajama streak and opted for his baseball pjs tonight.  "I'm Derek Jeter!" he announced, followed by, "Take my picture of me as Derek Jeter!" 

Done and done. 

Spoiled by visits

Kira came to see mommy again!  What a great first week of work.

Silly stress ball play in the counselor office 

"Take a picture," Max instructed 

Smiley girl

Kira loved the swing today, even when Max wildly pushed her.  Unfortunately, his continued wild antics got him an early ejection from the playground.

Sadie and Tessa enjoyed Max's single moment of calm at the playground.  

Science at school- Max loves it!

Stripes and smiles 

Softest sister

"Kira is white blankey!"

All smiles for day two of school

Lunch date with my best girl and daddy

Max had another great day at school and there were zero tears at drop off. 

Back to school

Max started his new 'big boy school' today, while Kira spent some special alone time with daddy.  They had lots of fun and even visited mommy at work.  

Max was up so late last night that he had to be woken up for school in the morning.  The last time Max had to be woken up was.........

After some negotiation, Max agreed to wear something other than pajamas to school.  We have been talking about his new school all summer long, and visited last week so he knew what to expect.  Max was eager to go into the school, but once mommy left he was screaming mad.  Literally and physically.  After five minutes he calmed down and had a terrific day.  At pick up, two boys immediately reported that Max had so much fun, and they were right.  Three year olds are so smart! 

Max told mommy this evening that tomorrow he is going to laugh at school and love it and that mommy can, "Drop me off at school, but just for a little bit.  Like a minute or an hour and then come pick me up.  OK!!??"  

Best part of the workday!

After school at the pool!  Summer is not quite over yet!

Max was eager to lend Sadie some dry clothes after the pool.  Sadie looked so adorable dressed as the general from shirt to sneakers!

Waiting for daddy 

Easy like Sunday morning

...except instead of easy, it was crazy around here as usual, with our resident goof ball and his adoring and oh so tolerant sister.

Max did flips out of the jumper while Kira jumped in her walker.  

Mommy is so sad to leave this perfect girl to go to work tomorrow.  Kira gets an extra week of summer vacation with daddy this week and she starts school at Miss Miranda's next week.

Shines and sunnies to the grocery store

Max partied (and wrestled) all night (until 9pm, which is the same thing) at Des's house.  He lived up his first official "school night" of the school year.