Oct news

Ironwoods Hike with Sarah

Kalia tree climbing at Sandy Beach

Art project from school

Kalia was sick during the weekend -
so we did pumpkin projects.
She wanted to make a new wreath for the door.

Maya with the glasses from Auntie Kim
We found some left over Halloween stuff from
last year - of course, only one pair of glasses
is whole and it's a hot commodity right now!

Kalia posing with her wreath.
She had a fever with the beginnings of
croupy cough ...home all weekend.

Picked up some mini pumpkins for painting.
This year instead of just painting all over them,
she painted a picture on one
and did rainbow colors around the other.
What a difference a year makes.

Surfer girl outfit
this was short lived.
Kalia doesn't do shorts right now
and insisted on her little bikini for swim lessons.
She had a great swim lesson!!!
Maya was sick, so Kalia chose daddy to
go to swim lesson with her and she had a great day!!!
She went under and swam (with coach Maya's help) to
the ledge, then once she swam to daddy.
Her and Scarlett are the only two in this class-
we totally lucked out and Scarlett was sick
and now is going on vacation, so we will
have 3 weeks of private lessons!
She also floated with coach Maya only
holding her head and has impressive
straight leg kicks. We are so proud,
Erik said he was getting a little teary!

Maya was sick with a cold
and waiting for Kalia to come home from swim lessons.
Erik treated Kalia to some ice cream
after her epic swim class...so we waited.
Kalia & Maya cuddling on couch
after Kalia got home.
Maya not a happy sicky girl that day!

Stayed at home from work
on wednesday wtih Maya -
she just seemed too sick to go to Celena's.
Watering the plant, you can keep this girl
down for long!

OMG!!! We just got back from a pumpkin painting party at the park for mom's group and Kalia literally did an un-intentional full backwards flip off the swings! I just about had a heart attack. I was pushing her pretty high and she said that her "finger was itchy" so she let go and she literally (in slow motion) flew off the swing, flipped backwards, feet over head and landed back on her legs (not standing, but in a pretty safe position). Of course she was screaming (that is Kalia's style), but she was more just scared and one finger got a little caught on the other hand. But she was OK. It was seriously radical - she did a perfect back flip.

Sometimes I feel bad for the second kid because they are always following their older sibling around, always trying to play with the big kids and usually getting shut out. But then I see Maya going to Kalia's school and she's saying "Hi Devyn, Hi Scarlett" and everyone know Maya and is saying "hi" to her and trying to play with her. Then I think - the second kid has it made, they already know everyone and how things work.

Maya has been calling me "KC" again. Maya has been having a little bit of separation anxiety lately. Although at the park today, she was running with the big kids. She was trying to climb this tree with the boys and going down the slide all by herself. I only had to jump in when she was trying to go up the ladder.