Maker Faire

In September we went to the local Maker Faire in town, and had a great time getting hands-on with a whole variety of cool toys.

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The many faces of M

    

    

Writing

The kiddos are starting to get better at actually writing things. Yo has started to write "stories", which are actually pretty good when read phonetically.

The first legible card from both of them:

We recently discussed going out for dinner one evening after I got back from work, and I guess he had an urge to start his chronicles at a tender age. Pulled out a piece of paper, and started writing:

Needs to work on spaces between the words, but this the gist:

Pumkpin,        Written By Yohan
Pumpkin
My family and me live in a
house and we got to a restaurant
in the night
when my dad comes from
work.

Dahlia Festival

Having missed the tulips this year, we thought we'd try the dahlias. Turned out to be quite a colorful experience.

 

  

Fun with Gampa & Gama

The kiddos have been truly getting spoiled the last few months. The second set of grandparents arrived a little more than a month ago, and Yo and Mika have been having non-stop entertainment. School in the morning, activities in the afternoon, and g&g time interspersed through the day make for busy but fun days.

Lunch at Famous Daves

Face painting on the arm, courtesy gama

Woodworking training

  

Mika's first movie in a theatre (Planes). G&G could also treat it as their first movie

Meeting Leo

First day of school, 2013

Both kiddos were rather excited about getting back to school. Mr Yo started kindergarten this year, the first step in the K-12 rigamarole. Seems like such a big step. Mika moved up to the 4s class in her preschool, going 4 days a week now.

500... and counting

It's been a little over 5 years since we started this blog on April 3 2008, about a week after Mr. Yo made his appearance. Not sure how we made it this far on the blogosphere, but this is post #500!
 

 

His little sis Mika followed soon thereafter, not wanting to miss out on any of the fun.

 

Since then it has been quite the ride. We are truly blessed with these munchkins, and thank God every day for their little lives.