http://davidandjp.com/blog Our Life...Off Broadway Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:45:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://davidandjp.com/blog/2011/10/new-rooms/ 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 ... http://davidandjp.com/blog/2011/08/mickey/ 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 ... http://davidandjp.com/blog/2011/08/counting/ 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 ... http://davidandjp.com/blog/2011/07/evan-turns-four/ 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 ... http://davidandjp.com/blog/2011/07/height-check/ 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 ... http://davidandjp.com/blog/2011/07/spring-fun/ Sophie turned 3 on April 30, 2011. We had a small party with family and neighbors to celebrate. http://davidandjp.com/blog/2011/07/sophie-turns-three/ 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 ... http://davidandjp.com/blog/2011/04/look-its-springtime-producers/ 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 ... http://davidandjp.com/blog/2011/04/merrily-we-roll-along/ 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 ... http://davidandjp.com/blog/2011/03/i-get-a-kick-out-of-you-anything-goes/