Max and Kira

January 14, 2016

Treasure hunt

Max went on a hunt for some buried treasure- in the bath.

Kira is on her toes to keep score

Two hands, two pouches

Watching Max blast off

3-2-1 blast off!

January 13, 2016

Bath time: The Musical

Max made up a song for some bath time entertainment-

"Take me out to the BAD game!...."

He continued to substitute the word "bad" whenever possible.

Kira ate her weight in Chick fil a and ice cream. She needs the energy so she can climb up the stairs as soon as she gets home.

This is what happens when Kira gets 10 seconds of undivided attention.

This is Max's reaction to his new title: Booger Brooks. He knows it is funny, but fitting. According to Max, however, he is David because he is daddy. He would not get out of his chair to leave school until mommy called him "David".

January 12, 2016

Role reversal

Today the role of Max will be played by Kira. She woke up at 5:30am (in a great mood!) because she had heartburn and phone calls to make.

When Max came downstairs and saw that the living room furniture had been moved around he assumed, "Mommy! You moved all this for me!? Thank you! I love it!" Yes, everything is for the general. Except for when it is for Kira.

These two spend a lot of quality time jammed in this immobile vehicle together.

January 11, 2016

A good case of the Mondays

This morning may have been the easiest/best morning in many, many months. Despite waking up earlier than usual (the kids!), Max and Kira were in chipper moods, got ready for school, and ate breakfast with zero drama. They even had a few extra minutes to play, together, without fighting.

Minnie!

Max learned how to "safely" carry Kira after initially lifting the poor girl choke-hold style. Kira loved it, of course, and look at that pike!

Max and mini-Max love to jump and sing-scream; the video was deafening.

January 10, 2016

Sunday snuggles

Max and Kira genuinely spent a lot of time [almost] playing together this weekend. Kira has always been facinated by Max, but over the past few days they spent a lot of time in the playroom and basement together and there was minimal screaming and "accidental" hitting.

"I want to hold Kia like a baby!" Max said, before he settled for his ever-growing sister sitting beside him.

They love to be silly. Max is clearly a full time/overtime comedian and Kira is following right along in his footsteps, mimicking every silly sound he makes. Their screaming-laughing faces are identical.

Max is trying to learn how to spell and this chalk mat is vastly better than his faithful sharpie.

Max also asked to learning about rhyming and keeps trying to rhyme his friends' names. Tonight after Ben went home Max asked 100 times, "What does Ben sound like?" A little boy? It turns out he was talking about rhyming. He gave a hint first- "an animal". Hen! Of course. His mind is always working.

This may have been the first time Max "changed" Kira's diaper. Seems like that should have happened sooner. Maybe it did, but chances are that Max would have remembered [the date and time and what he was wearing].

Kira had a great time playing with/near Ben and Max. Also she loves to jump. But she still cannot stand without holding on, so if someone asks her to jump she will hop up and down on her tushy. It is so cute!

January 9, 2016

Child labor

If you wake up at 5:30am you should be required to do chores, but not to enjoy them so much. Max takes the task of replacing the garbage bag very serious. If the bag is not in just right he starts all over; any excuse to shake the bag like a maniac.

As soon as Max woke up he wanted to practice writing and play "school". Miss Juliette draws an arrow next to each students' name, so Max is working on his arrow making skills.

Max is always asking, "teach me..."

Today he wanted someone to teach him the colors, which he already knows, but what he meant was teach him the order of a rainbow so that he could draw one. He loves spotting rainbows and "sees" them all the time. Max often spots a rainbow in the sunset and in the metal reflection in the inside of the dishwasher.

Max was already on his second or third cup of milk when Kira woke up around 7am. They both love their "bottles".

Tot Shabbat- clearly they came for the kiddush.

Where did all the strawberries go? In her tummy!

Kira is trying out the spikey hair just like Max.

January 8, 2016

[pizza] pie in the sky

Max loves making pizza! Kira loves anything Max loves, so she watched the show while downing her veggie pouch.

Flipping that pizza pie

Max proudly showed Grandma and Pa his name via FaceTime

Then he moved on to practicing the letter B so that he could write his last name. He also wrote (and can sometimes spell!) "daddy". All of the sudden it seems that Max can write all of the letters that are entirely made up of straight lines and he is working hard on the more challenging letters like 'G'. Lucky for Max, his name is very simple to write; he loves to write it. Unlucky for mommy, he only writes with SHARPIES.

Best time of the night

January 7, 2016

Paint night

Happy hat weather

Get a whiff of this guy. He used daddy's cologne and is super excited about it. Speaking of daddy, on the way home from school Max announced that when daddy and uncle were babies they were brothers but now, "I'm brothers with uncle!" Max loves uncle a lot!

Max insisted on putting the "mop" (smock) on Kira

Getting ready to get dirty

Max made a dozen handprints

If you think her face is covered in paint you should see the inside of her mouth.

Where is Kira?

Scrubbing off paint night! Kira's face is priceless!

January 6, 2016

Stair game

Kira loves to climb up the stairs and than fall down on her tush. Max enjoys it, too!

January 5, 2016

New year, new do

As soon as Max got picked up from school he asked to get his haircut. "My hair is sticking down. I need it to be more spikey!" he explained.

Max was only allowed to get a haircut if he would sit in the chair by himself. Not only did he sit like a "big boy" but he acted like one all evening!