Chatty Kai

Kai woke up around 1130pm one night and was in a fantastic mood.

Auntie Leena caught this video of him saying all sorts of indecipherable things.

More Malaysia pictures

Kai climbing in the drawers, little monkey

Kira + Auntie Bel going for a swing

Uncle Nat + Kai

Jon's favourite restaurant

Kai + Grandma. Fighting his nap as usual

Hanging out at the mall

Kai and Marcus

It's blurry - but this is Kira playing with a barbie doll. This is something that will hopefully not continue once she is back in Canada. Sigh.

Getting ready to go play in the mall playground

Some shots from Malaysia

Exhausted little dude

Too cool for words

Happy birthday Marcus! Hanging out with his Aunts + Uncles + Cousins

Uncle James

Fighting for space on my lap to watch Team Umizoomi

Kira's birthday party - they were doing splatter paint

Kai was fascinated by the birds at the aquarium. He stood here for 10 minutes just staring at them.

Hanging out with Kermit

Hello Fishies!

Kira and Auntie Erin blow out candles on their birthday cake

Auntie Erin is so silly

"driving" to the airport

Happy lunchtime viewing, Erin!

Just for you, Erin --- here are some new pictures. I hope the picture of the husband doesn't make you lose your appetite though. His hair is nasty.

Anyhow, I've been trying to enjoy as much time with the kids as possible as they will be gone soon (sniff, sniff). Jon's overtime seems to have stopped, so it's been nice having the whole family together during the weekends again. It's almost a strange feeling as we seem to have gotten used to his not being around on the weekends. 

This weekend we had a lovely playdate with Wendy and her daughter Eliana. Kira and Eliana don't get to see each other nearly often enough, thanks to our chaotic schedules, but they sure know how to make the most of the time that they do have together. They had a blast running around and playing. I look forward to visiting again when Kira's back. 

Today, Jon took Kira up to Mount Seymour because Kira really, really, really wanted to build a snowman. Seeing as we don't get enough snow here we had to take her up the mountain. She had a blast with her friends and came home exhausted and soaked. It's nice that she's old enough to enjoy these things now.

Anyhow, here are some pictures for your "viewing pleasure"

As a fundraiser for his upcoming bike ride, Jon auctioned off the opportunity  for someone to cut his hair to however they wanted it to be. This turned out far worse than I ever could have imagined. It is hideous. He is not allowed out in public without a hat. I cannot wait to shave his head on March 13. 

Pouting cause I took his video game away. Classic. Also, note the "before" for the hairdo.

And the "after" - check out the new 'do! He's working on his new fave thing - buckling up safety belts.

Kira's "report card" from her final gymnastics class. She was super excited to see her own picture

Mellow time before bed. Kai gets jealous when Kira's on my lap and insists on climbing on too. 

We've been pretty busy around here the last month. Jon traveled to Australia for work and then returned only to head off to Vegas. He's back home now for the time being. The kids certainly missed him while he was gone, we managed to skype with him only one time due to the 19 hour time difference.

Kira continues to make us laugh with the innocent comments that come out of her mouth. As I was putting her in the carseat the other day I called her a silly monkey, to which she replied "Yes, I am; and you're a monkey". Hilarious. Today she was telling one of the ladies at daycare that her brother has a penis and so does Daddy. When the daycare lady asked what Kira had, Kira replied "I have a small 'gina - see?" and then whipped down her pants. That's my girl.

Kai has been fighting a few colds this month, but for now he seems to be on the road to recovery. He's starting sliding backwards down the stairs and just today figured out how to do one step down without falling. While it's not consistent, he is starting to learn some words. There have been a few instances where he's said words that we could clearly understand - like swing (while pointing at a baby swing, and this was heard by a friend too so I am not making this up!) and this weekend he said baby - while pointing at baby Enzo. I don't anticipate him talking for a while yet, but it is still exciting to see him develop into a little man.

The kids love playing with water in the sink - easy entertainment.

Kai's trying to learn how to climb up the slide....not too successful thus far

Crossing the "bridge" at the school playground - she is very excited to go to this school when she's 5

Climbing monster

Too cool to smile

Update via pictures (in no particular order...)

Kai's first time in the snow - his suit was a little large but it didn't bother him at all. He was mesmerized by the crunching sound under his feet every time he took a step.

Kai walking aimlessly around the front yard while Kira collects snow (aka "rice") in her "kitchen". Good imagination. 

Climbing up the back stairs

Today she wrote my name all by herself. I didn't even know she could write some letters, let alone write a word, so I was super impressed and proud of her that she could do this. She's posing with her work. 

Kira took this picture of Kai, thought it looked pretty cool.

Her hockey goalie snowman....with a basketball hat.

Grandpa Charlie's birthday, she sang him happy birthday and then helped him blow out the candle on his cake.

Colouring on the counter while Kai practices his climbing 

Kai loved this empty water jug and carried it around the house

posing for pictures for daddy. 

Kai loves walking behind the kitchen chairs all of a sudden. He'll walk all the way down to the corner and then out the other side, squeal with delight, and then do it all again. Hilarious.

And he's discovered his belly and belly button. He'll flash it to anyone that asks. 

Too cute.

Such a little monkey

Kira playing dress-up. She was a princess ballerina I think...Note the clip-on earrings too. Sigh. She's turned into a real girlie-girl.

Tearing apart her gifts on Christmas morning. I think she tore Kai's apart too, the whole thing was a big blur that was over before I could process what was happening. She really loves opening gifts - even if they aren't for her.