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 How Old Are You?  

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8:00 this morning, waiting for the garbage truck to arrive (if you don’t know how much K & O love the garbage truck just read this blog’s archives). Owen says, “Kyle, how old are you?” Kyle says, “You know Owen, you say it!” Owen says, “Fhree! You are fhree Kyle. And I am fhree too. We are both fhree. We are this many” (and he holds up three fingers). “How old are you?” I say, trying to see if overnight Kyle has mastered the art of holding up three fingers (he can’t seem to do it even though Owen has been able to do it for a long time now). In unison they both say, “Fhree! We are fhree!”




Owen holds up the three fingers again. 


It takes some concentration, but he can do it. 


Kyle, despite his concentration, cannot~~~






“Here Kyle, let me show you.”


Owen tries to show Kyle how to do it.


But still Kyle cannot~~~



“Ahhhh!” Forget it!! Who cares?!!!~~~


(note that Kyle has mastered putting his hand


into his jacket pocket all by himself,


and Owen has not)~~~


 

			
						
		   
						
							
		

		
	

		


							
				
				


	

		
					
						
			

				
								
				

										
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 George Bush + Rene Preval  

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I know it is just a coincidence, but I find it noteworthy to mention that on Kyle & Owen’s third birthday the president of the U.S. and the president of Haiti met face-to-face at the White House.  Click here to read a news story on the visit.  And click here to read the U.S. State Department’s transcript of Bush & Preval’s very brief public exchange.

			
						
		   
						
							
		

		
	

		


							
				
				


	

		
					
						
			

				
								
				

										
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 Birthday Dinner  

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Honestly, I cannot even remember what we had for dinner on the boys’ birthday the first year or the second. Truthfully, life with twins is pretty chaotic, and those whole entire first two years are pretty much a blur to me now. As crazed as our life currently is, it is soooo much more sane than it was a year ago — let alone two years ago. Life feels at least somewhat manageable at this point (on most days at least!!). Thus, it seemed to me that it was now time to start the tradition of the Birthday Dinner for the Birthday Boys. Those of you who know me know that I love to cook, and that I’m a pretty decent cook, (and that my skills are currently WASTED on my twin now-three year olds who unfortunately don’t seem to appreciate my capacities in the kitchen)… you can probably imagine how much I would enjoy the ritual of being able to cook my boys’ favorite meal for them each year. For their first “real” Birthday Dinner tonight, we had hot dogs, baked beans, macaroni salad, watermelon and strawberries. We even ate on paper Go Diego Go plates (Kyle specifically asked that I squeeze his ketchup straight onto Diego’s face, and place his mustard squarely on Baby Jaguar). The highlight for the boys, however, was that they got to drink their own bottles of “beer” (Perrier waters in real green glass bottles). Kyle and Owen each cleaned their Diego plates and told us numerous times that the dinner was “delicious!” and “so yummy!” and “their favorite!” I am really looking forward to the year sometime in the far distant future that Kyle and Owen get to choose their birthday dinner and they request baby-back-ribs on the grill ~~~ or terriyaki glazed salmon ~~~ or steaks with mushrooms and blue cheese butter ~~~ or linguine with white clam sauce ~~~ or ~~~ or ~~~ or ~~~ (the list is endless). But this year, at age 3, hot dogs it was. And nothing could have made all four of us happier.

			
						
		   
						
							
		

		
	

		


							
				
				


	

		
					
						
			

				
								
				

										
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 Daycare Birthday Party  

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We had a small birthday party at daycare today for Kyle and Owen. Upon Kyle’s specific request we had “orange cupcakes.” All the kids and all the teachers in the Toddler Room wore Diego birthday hats and sang Happy Birthday to Kyle and Owen.





















			
						
		   
						
							
		

		
	

		


							
				
				


	

		
					
						
			

				
								
				

										
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 The Birthday Boys Today  

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Today Kyle and Owen turn three! 


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Here they are this morning,


not so thrilled about having their picture taken~


 


Well, the whole photo thing isn’t that bad… 


let’s just hug for the camera and get it over with~


 


And we may as well kiss too while we’re at it~



Wait a minute, is that kissing or biting?~


 


Huh? Really now, was that kissing or biting???~


 


Oh, who the heck really cares?! Let’s just go ride!!!!~


 


Yeah! That’s more like it!!!


 


HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KYLE AND OWEN!

			
						
		   
						
							
		

		
	

		


							
				
				
							
				
				


	

		
					
						
			

				
								
				

										
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 Kyle & Owen’s Birthday Party…  

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…WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS!!!


I truly cannot imagine any twin three year old boys have ever had a better time than K & O did at their Birthday Party on Saturday.


It was perfect weather. Every single person on K & O’s V.I.P. Guest List came. The boys had an absolute blast with their friends. They all got to jump like crazy in a huge giraffe-shaped moonbounce, watch an awesome performance by the Lehigh University Step Dance Team, learn stepping! (click here), take turns trying to smash a pinata, and make cake-and-ice-cream-candy-sundaes. And that is just the tip of the iceburg. It was really, really fabulous.


When I ask the boys, “What was your favorite part of your birthday party?” Kyle says, “Stomping Dance!” and Owen says, “Fun!”


But, get this — I took ZERO photos the entire day of Kyle and Owen’s Third Birthday Party. I did not pick up the camera once on Saturday. Me—> the snap happy mama did not click once! Didn’t even take one picture!!! So, I have ZERO photos to post to our blog right now. Zero. And… Since Saturday I’ve already received over a dozen emails from blog addicts begging for b-day party pics. I’m so sorry to disappoint. But, do not be afraid, dear readers, no need to fear!!!——–  There are photos coming.  I hired an old graduate student of mine (a wonderful Lehigh alum who is an exceptional amateur photographer) to capture the day in photos. That was my little boys’ b-day present to myself: being able to fully just be in the moment and not worry about trying to capture it on camera. So, photos are coming, they are coming indeed… but it will be a couple weeks before they get to me (let alone appear on the blog). In the meantime, you can look at the Uhrig blog. They were at the party on Saturday with their camera, and Stacey has saved the day today and posted some photos on their blog (click here)!


MorMor and MorFar are here and we’ve been having the best time. K & O are in their glory.


Tomorrow is May 8. Kyle and Owen’s actual birthday. In the boys’ minds, however, they have already turned three. Clearly, the party marked that moment in time for them. On Friday if you asked them how old they were they’d hold up two fingers and say, “two!” Now if you ask them how old they are, they’ll hold up three fingers and say, “three!” I cannot believe my babies are three.

			
						
		   
						
							
		

		
	

		


							
				
				


	

		
					
						
			

				
								
				

										
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 Today is the Day! — K & O’s 3rd Birthday Party!  

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Kyle & Owen’s Friend Zoe


We are really looking forward to the birthday party today! Our friends Lori, Shelli, and Zoe (click here) emailed this to us — OMG, How cute is this?!?!!! We’re excited to have some of our best friends with us today. And we’re also missing the friends who could not be here. This post is a shout out to you who couldn’t make it: Zoe, Lori, Shelli, Kenty-Drane Family, Beth, Stina, Tim, Sadie, and all of our family & friends who simply live too far away to be able to make it here for these kinds of occassions. We love ya.

			
						
		   
						
							
		

		
	

		


							
				
				


	

		
					
						
			

				
								
				

										
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 They’re Here!!!  

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 MorMor and MorFar have arrived. And everybody is in high gear for the birthday party tomorrow. K & O are beyond thrilled to have my parents here. I truly cannot imagine two boys being any happier –or more alive and full of life– than these two are.