Big girl!

Ryme is so fun--and busy!!! The girl is ALWAYS on the move, and does a great job contributing to our chaos. She suddenly seems so old, crazy how that happens. Some of her latest antics:

She loves containers and spoons, and will spend ten minutes putting objects into, and out of, cups or bowls. She loves eating with a fork, and is always so proud of herself when she stabs an elusive piece of food.

Not sure what it is about socks, but she loves chewing on them- teething, perhaps? She has 7 teeth which seems like enough for now, although I'm not good at keeping up with developmental milestones. Reminds me of Tanzen

She dutifully does yoga, and has developed a mean downward facing dog.
She is a climber!! She loves getting up on things, and has surprised me many times by climbing something I never even considered she would attempt. She's quick too!

Yay for spring!

The past two weeks have been gorgeous!! We've tried to take full advantage of being able to play outside...I find it does wonders for the boys to be able to go outside around 4:00-- between four and when Brandon gets home is the craziest part of our day- the boys are stir crazy and impatient to see Daddy, I'm trying to make dinner, they want to wrestle...it was wonderful to let them run around outside for a bit!

Sidewalk chalk is even more exciting now that they like to practice their ABC's.

T's are their best letters...then D's and O's.

Makett works hard on his M's, and usually turns them into one long mountain range!

I loved it being a mild winter...and am so glad spring seems to be here to stay!

Bakers

Kett and Tanz have developed quite a talent for baking-they made this dough all by themselves- well, almost...they ground the wheat, measured everything, mixed it up...I just relaxed and sipped some coco!

Ryme's talented with food too!

St. Patty's

Our leprechaun tradition continues...and this year the boys were very excited for green eyebrows. Tanzen in particular loved his new look-- he probably asked me at least 15 times if his eyebrows were still green.

Tanzen and Makett started the day by adding way too much green food coloring to their eggs and pancake batter.

Tanzen has started drawing people...I love it!

I love Kett's Leprechaun smile here...

Things we love about being twins...

There are many perks to being a twin, a few we've enjoyed the past week:

Making silly faces. They love to make each other laugh, and usually crack me up in the process-- I love hearing their conversations, "Hey, you're baby Rymer" ha ha ha ha ha! "You are a football head" ha ha ha ha ha...I love how they get such a kick out of each other.

Having someone to cuddle with and read a story when Mommy's putting Ryme down.

Caging each other....and they now know not to put lids on when they're 'caged', lest you worry about the safety hazards of caging.

And of course, having someone to picnic with.

Happy Birthday Ryme!

Ryme turned one on Feb 22nd. We celebrated early so Daddy could be there...it was low key, but there was cake, so that was exciting enough!She was a little unsure at first...

...but it didn't take long to get into it!

Tanzen and Makett wrapped up their toys to give to Ryme. It was really sweet-Kett gave her his wallet, which is his most prized possession. It's now back to being Kett's, but it was a nice gesture :)

Happy Birthday Rymers!

Spotlight on: Ryme

We love our Ryme! She is easy going in many ways...and not-so-much in others! Bless her for being flexible with her sleep, since she misses lots of naps. She loves being by Tanzen and Makett, preferring their toys over hers, and wanting to do whatever they're doing. She definitely makes it known when she feels there's been an injustice! We love her smiles and laughs and happy demeanor. She's a busy little girl and is always getting into something, but we're used to that by now :)

She loves stacking spoons, cups, bowls, etc

Technically this is the boys' kitchen, but Ryme loves to pull everything off the shelves, and put things in the sink...never too early to learn how to do dishes, right?

She'll chase balls with the boys

Absolutely loves to sit in their chairs, often to their chagrin!

She walks, but when she realizes she's doing it she sits down and crawls...

She loves to point and dance

If she had her way she's always be sitting in the dishwasher playing with the racks and dishes