Mali in Music Class

Here's a brief clip of Mali in music class at age 12 months...

Roan's Third Birthday Party

Roan's Third Birthday Party
We held Roan's birthday party at a local park this year. Roan was not in the best of moods for his party (not helped by the fact that Mom and Dad would not let him open presents OR eat cake in the first 5 minutes) and at one point announced that he wanted "all of the people to go home". After some pizza and cake, he came around. He had a race car cake, as you'll see, and he even "raced" the cars on the track to everyone's amusement.

Roan's Third Birthday at the Zoo

Roan's Third Birthday at the Zoo
We had a mini-celebration on Roan's birthday at the zoo with some friends. As you'll see, we went to the zoo to see the train, as usual.

April 2008

April 2008
Mali turned eleven months on May 9. Where did our baby go? She's nearly a toddler - pulls up on everything and cruises a bit. Her favorite game is to pull up on Roan's train table and pull everything down before someone can stop her, which obviously causes her brother great distress. She started signing this month ("more" and "all done"), she waves good-bye and says "bye bye". She also tries say "kitty cat" (which sounds like "kkk kkk") when she sees Uncle Ernie or pictures of cats and she calls her lovey (Lola) "Na ya". She's already pretty good at drinking out of a cup by herself and is starting to feed herself using a spoon. She got really good at crawling on all fours this month, but still resorts to slithering when she wants to go really fast. She still loves music and loves to dances (see videos). She LOVES to eat and can out-eat her brother at nearly any meal. She also loves balls, and she's quite good at throwing the ball back and forth with anyone who will oblige. She also got 2 of her molars.

Little Wonders
Roan's really growing up these days, too. Here are some pictures from Little Wonders, the co-op program we have attended for the past two years. He will "graduate" from the program in May.

A little dose of Mali love

Roan Singing and Reading

Dancing Buddies

Roan and Gavin are showing off their moves...

Mali Giggles

Wheels on the Bus

Roan, where's your tail?

Mali really loves to dance

Here's Mali showing off some of her dance moves as well as her new skill - signing for "more", and petting her lovey "Lola".

Mali gets her Groove On

Out of the way, bro, I need to dance!