David and JP's Thoroughly Modern (fa)Millie

New rooms…

David — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:45:27 +0000

We are in the middle of saying goodbye to our beloved au pair Nicolas. Can’t believe a year is over already! We made the decision to not have another au pair. Mainly because the house was getting so small and we really wanted Sophie to have her own room. Below are some pictures of changes we made to the house – but it changed the feel of the entire house so dramatically, it really makes the house feels twice as big. The kids having toys in their rooms, and a TV room separate from the adult space and living room, combined with Max being able to navigate the stairs freely have us feeling like we live in a large house!!

“Mickey”

David — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 02:18:26 +0000

Max is talking up a storm these days! Some of it very comprehensible and clear. The one thing he really hasn’t grasped saying (or doesn’t want to) is “Blanket”. He is the first of the kids to be attached to a blanket, and carries his most of the morning and night. Thank goodness he hasn’t started to want to cart it around during the day. His word for his blanket is “mickey”. We think it is a shortened version of “my blankie” - but we love it and hope it sticks around for a while!

Counting

David — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:50:14 +0000

Evan counted to “60″ today with no help (except he said 50 wrong at first). Max can count to “10″ and correctly identify up to 2 objects. Sophie is counting 10 objects now, and can stop when she runs out of objects. Up until recently she use to continue counting even after she ran out of things to count.

Evan Turns Four

David — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:58:27 +0000

Evan had his fourth birthday at “pump it up”. He went to two birthday parties there before his, and really wanted his there as well. He had a great time. Almost every kid from his preschool class came, as well as a ton of family and friends. He got so many gifts, and handled himself well the whole day.

Height Check

David — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:49:33 +0000

In this photo, taken March 19, 2011, all three kids were standing against the refrigerator holding hands. I don’t remember why, but i thought it was a good chance to get them all in a picture and remember how they compare in height. This is during the month that Evan and Sophie are both 3 years old.

Spring Fun

David — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:41:49 +0000

Through the very wet month of March, we found some new and fun things to do in the house. One thing that all three kids began to enjoy – was building forts in the living room. As Max is more able to pretend like he is one of the big kids, all three would go into the fort for a pretty good period of time and watch a movie on “Sophie’s computer”. Sophie loves to use the little DVD player we have and watch movies on it. She’ll take a stack of movies, and just watch one or more. She calls the DVD player her computer.

photo taken March 19, 2011

Sophie Turns Three

David — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:34:15 +0000

Sophie turned 3 on April 30, 2011. We had a small party with family and neighbors to celebrate.

“Look, it’s Springtime” (Producers)

David — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:24:51 +0000

A great weekend in Fair Play. Bittersweet because we decided to rent out our Fair Play house to our friend Sarah and her family for at least the next year. With Daddy David doing real estate in the city, it means we will have to spend more time at home on the weekends, and going to Fair Play just won’t happen all that much. We had a great time in some great weather. Eating outside, Playing in the yard, visiting Fitzpatrick’s for lunch and the beautiful new Skinner Winery. Evan and Sophie seem to enjoy the time up there, but there are also the times they don’t want to go outside because of bugs! We’ll try not going for a year, and see what happens. We’ll probably have to go up anyway to visit – there is just too much up there that has become part of our lives not to visit for Pizza night, Boccanato, and Wineries.

“Merrily We Roll Along”

David — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:00:47 +0000

St Philips Preschool had the annual “trike-a-thon” this week -raising money for St Jude’s. Evan raised over $200 for the kids, and was very proud. Of course Sophie wanted to ride her tri-cycle too! Evan and Sophie both rode their trikes around the track set up in the schoolyard for over 30 minutes, and loved every minute of it. Once Evan found out that there was a pitstop with lemonade, he stopped every few times around. Sophie, for her part, figured out she could make much better time if she cut through the middle of the track half way around! Fun morning – looking forward to next year when Max can be there too!

“I get a kick out of you” (Anything Goes)

David — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:44:02 +0000

The family made an exciting trip to Southern California this month. The highlight of the trip was having the kids meet their biological Great Grandma Connie (Angela’s Mother’s Mother) and Grandpa Gary (Angela’s Dad). It took each of them a few minutes to warm up, but by the end of our morning together all three of them were playing around the house, happily eating the snacks provided by Great Grandma, and showing off their strength, beauty and intelligence to Grandpa. All three made us very proud, and made Great Grandma and Grandpa very happy. Daddy’s came away from the morning understanding a little more why these 3 kids are so special! What an incredible family of caring, smart, loving and VERY HEALTHY people they were born into! I also found out that Grandpa watches the blog for updates, so (for you Gary) I promise to be more diligent about getting stuff on here!

Evan shows his grandpa his buzz lightyear.

Max takes a snack from Great Grandma

Max shows Grandpa how strong he is

Max gets a kiss from Great Grandma Connie.

take a look at this yard... the home of great grandma.. does it all herself!

Sophie, Evan and Max sitting on Grandma's step watching the kitty cat.