As far as K & O are concerned, everything is more fun with MorMor! Everything. Even a bath (which you wouldn’t think could possibly get any more fun)! Today when MorMor gave K & O a bath it wasn’t with just a couple of duckies in the tub, but with every single bath toy in the entire house in the tub. Plus writing on the tiles with bath crayons. Lucky ducks! And, as if having MorMor here for six sleeps isn’t enough… school was cancelled today because of rain and slick roads! So, the boys got to play at home all day with MorMor today! What a way to end the week! Lucky ducks! And… for the first time ever Braydon and I lucked out with coincidentally having MorMor here on a school cancellation day— neither of us had to skip work. What lucky ducks are we?!!! MorMor has been cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, and PLAYING HARD all week long with K & O. Tonight she announced, “Tonight is a two drink night!!” Absolutely it is! She deserves a dozen drinks. She’ll have a couple. I’ll try to refrain (given Baby Sister). But if you’re having a drink out there in the blogosphere tonight, please raise your glass with a “Cheers!” for MorMor! We are such lucky ducks!
HAPPY ADOPTION DAY KYLE & OWEN!!!3 years ago todaywe became a family forever.Forever and ever and everThe beginning.*K & O ~ January 31, 2005 ~ Hotel Montana ~ Port au Prince Haiti (our first day together, the boys had only been with us/out of the orphanage for a few hours):
My mom arrived yesterday, and we are so glad to have her here! She’ll be here for “six sleeps!” (although, I think Owen spoke for all of us when he said, “But I want her to stay for twenty sleeps?!!!!”). We haven’t had the luxurious privilege of having her here, all to ourselves, for a good long stretch like this since last March. We are so psyched.
Today was K & O’s first big-time climbing adventure! We took them to an Indoor Rock Climbing Center. The place is serious— over 7,000 square feet of indoor rock climbing surface. The boys free-climbed a lot, but the highlight was that they each got to have five “rope climbs” (as K & O called it) — belayed by a very cool rock climber on the staff of the center. K & O were by far the youngest people in the place, but they definitely held their own on the walls!!! Kyle, in particular, was absolutely amazing… the staff guy called him a “natural rock climber,” and even Braydon and I were pretty stunned/impressed with what we witnessed our 3 year old do. Owen was totally into it too, he was just –as usual– not quite as fearless as Kyle. Both of them loved it and can’t wait to go back for more. Their favorite part was belaying down with the ropes/harnesses! [as always, click on any photo to enlarge]
Our cool staff guy outfits the boys with their gear.
*They start free-climbing without being fastened in.
*First “rope climb” – Owen belays down.
*Owen loves indoor rock climbing!
*Kyle loves indoor rock climbing!
*O & K take a break (much to our surprise, they initiated this), to watch the “grown ups doing rope climbs” for a while… They get inspired…
*…Immediately after watching the adult climbers, K & O insist on more “rope climbs” for themselves. On his first try, Kyle makes it all the way up the wall to touch the ceiling. This was seriously impressive…
*…and Kyle was justly delighted with himself (as were his mama, his brother, and his climbing coach)!
*Owen climbs high too, not quite touching the ceiling, but high nonetheless!
*Way into climbing!!!
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You know Braydon and I are huge fans/addicts of the Livesays blog. For those of you who aren’t also fans/addicts, the Livesays youngest baby daughter is sick in a Haitian hospital right now. I can’t stop thinking about them. If you pray, please pray for them today. If you don’t pray, please send out some good wishes and positive thoughts for their family.
Papi comes home today. We’re all very much looking forward to that. Kyle has been up since 5:30 am (highly unusual. I can’t even remember the last time he was up before 6:55 when sleeping in our own house). I know it is because he’s so excited for Papi’s return. Still, it means I’ve been up since 5:30 too; and I’m exhausted from this week of going it alone. Last Friday my post was “TGIF”… well, TGIF again. ;0
My day today has been jammed with back-to-back meetings. Mid-way through the afternoon I received two text/photo messages on my cell phone from Alex. She’s apparently out and about with the boys, somewhere (I have no idea where and I like it that way — she’s thoroughly responsible and comes up with spontaneous outing ideas far better than any ideas I’d have if I were to make some sort of rigid itinerary for her to keep with them). Obviously, from the two pictures she sent from her cell phone (the two above), they’re having fun! It is one of the best feelings in the world to know that while I’m working away my boys are not only well cared for, but having an absolute BLAST. If anyone knows of a “Best Nanny” contest, please let me know about it. I want to enter Alex. She would win it!This morning Kyle woke up first and came to cuddle with me in bed. He had his ‘Honey Bunny’ with him, of course (regular readers know that ‘Honey Bunny’ is Kyle’s beloved lovey/attachment object, and ‘Lovey Lion’ is Owen’s). As Kyle and I were lying there together, all snuggly and silent, he was sucking his thumb and holding his Honey Bunny between his two hands. In his groggy early morning voice he said, “Mommy, was Honey Bunny and Lovey Lion in the lady’s belly too with me and Owen?”
“I just can’t wait to give Baby Sister a bath. In the sink. She is too little to go in the tub. And, she might try to eat our bath toys. So she’ll go in the sink. I’ll do it! I think I’ll love it!” –Owen
“Mommy, when my baby is borned you will do this: You will bring her to my school, you will bring her into my classroom, and I will show her to all the children. That is what you will do. O.k.?!” –Kyle
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