The Olympics are over (sigh) and now things are starting to get back to normal. Kira's gymnastics started up again on Wednesday evening, she has graduated to the 2 year old class now, so we have to take her a different time. Most of the kids in her class are 2.5+, but she didn't even seem to notice. She had a blast with all the "older" kids. I'm amazed at how much difference a few months in age can make, some of those kids are potty trained, talking in sentences, and able to do some pretty remarkable things. As for Kira, well she blew me away with her progress. I haven't taken her to gymnastics in about 3 months (Jon has been taking her Saturday mornings while I sleep in, heh), so I was shocked to see her walk up to the rings, grab them and then lift her legs up and start swinging. After that she walked up a ladder and jumped into the ball pit --- she couldn't figure the ladder out last time I was there and was terrified of the ball pit! She also stepped up to the balance beam and walked across it on her own! That was the first time she had done that, so the smile on her face was extra wide. I will try to take some videos next week when we are there. The best part about this new class is that the teacher is a friend of mine from soccer, she just started her job yesterday and was very excited to see Kira in her class; Kira took an instant liking to her.

This weekend begins the month of birthday parties. We have one every weekend, all month! This weekend it is our friends daughters 1st birthday party. Next weekend is Nicholas' 4th birthday party, then the weekend after is Marcus' 3rd birthday, and then the last weekend is Kira's 2nd birthday party. Phew! She is going to be partied out, but it should be a lot of fun for her. Maybe she'll even start eating cake.

Here are a couple of pictures of Kira with her umbrella that she got from Uncle Simon and Auntie May - she loves walking around the house with it but still won't use it outside for some reason...she's a strange kid sometimes.