Stop growing!

Whenever they ask why they can't drink alcohol we tell them it is because it stunts their growth.  Semi-truth.  That's why only adults can drink it, because we are already all grown up.

Some days the kids are just so amazing.  

And they seem to grow so fast.

So when we realized that Kaia was almost SEVEN we said.. 

'Stop growing!  Stay six forever!!'

Kaia replies:  OK, no problem.  I'll just drink alcohol.  

Ha ha.  Clever one she is.

Kisses

So for a while now, when Carl and I are leaving for school, the kids give us kisses. 

From Kaia we normally get 'one million hundred thousand kisses' or even 'two hundred thousand million kisses'. 

From Theo we normally get 'the same as Kaia'.

Today from Theo we got 'fourteen kisses'.  FOURTEEN!!  Wow!!!

One Year Later

Life continues.  We now live in Kuwait.  Everything is different.  If I tried to fill in all the blanks I would feel too overwhelmed to ever begin.  So instead I will just tell you about today.

More and more the Corniche is becoming our favorite place to be...

Kaia roller blades

Mommy runs

Theo gets pulled on his skateboard by Kaia

We play at the parks

Kids ride the zipline

They run along the huge rocks that line the coast

They run along the concrete benches that line the rocks

We stop for coffee

They play in the sandy beaches

We have picnics in the grass

They play at the bouncy castle play park

We count cats

We rescue cats

We watch the fishermen

and now... they climb trees

Kaia-ism

Kaia:  Can we climb a tree?

Me: Sure, of course

Kaia: Do you have some gloves?

!!!! When did this lady get prissy!!!!

Theo-ism

In runners stance at an imaginary starting line.  

Theo: I'm FASTman!!! 

He takes off down the Corniche.

(He can actually run faster than Kaia these days!)