Kai's 3rd Birthday parties!!!!

Kai was lucky enough to have two birthday parties for his birthday. The first one was a family party and mommy made an extra special Mickey Mouse cake for the special boy


Mommy did pretty good, huh?
Oh yeah, and Kai got his first shiner and visit to the emergency room that week as well. He pulled a bookshelf down on top of himself in the coffee store with mommy and Leila. Good times for mommy as you can imagine.
"Ooooooh, another piece."

Birthday party #2 that Kai had with his friends, which as you can see he was very happy about. He didn't mind being the center of attention and LOVED having "Happy Birthday" sung to him.

Kai's friend birthday party was outside at a local park, where it was about 98 degrees that day. Here is Leila sucking on some ice to cool off.
Kai with his friend Julia and Dylan
Here's some pics of our little eater. Baby girl loves to eat!!!!!

The Philly Zoo

Here are some pics of our most recent trip to the Philly zoo. Hope all is well with everyone!

"Smile for the camera, bubba!"
"Hey Daddy, I don't see the tiger...
...I still don't see him Daddy...
...me either daddy...
...I see him now, Daddy!"
"Whoa, he doesn't want my juice does he?"
Kai wanted to ride the train, so I told him I would buy him a ticket, but that he would have to go on by himself (thinking inside this might deter his desire to ride the train, I guess). Here he is before the train started, second guessing the decision he made.
He's the little boy in the giraffe car looking for his daddy
At the end he was soooooo proud of himself that he rode the train all by himself! And I'm not just saying that to make myself feel better!!!!!
Snack time!!!! Leila's favorite time of the day!!!!
Look at those eyelashes!
She's so cute...
...and a bit of a bruiser as well! I guess that is what a big brother will do to you. You can see the mark on her forehead, where she fell down a few concrete steps. That was fun!

Springtime!!!!

With springtime comes... MUD!!!! And Kai sure knows how to find the mud puddles. And loves to play in them too. Here he is jumping around out back

Cool action shot!
"You have a little mud on your butt, buddy!"
Kai, Circa "Before the mud"
Kai looking mischievous, but still cute
Here's our little climber. Leila loves to climb up on any and every chair in the house, and out of the house too, as you can see.
Kai and Leila pretending to be asleep on the kitchen floor, one of their favorite games
On one of our trips to the zoo, Kai as a baboon
What a handsome little boy
Hanging out in a cave in the birdhouse at the zoo
As you can see, Leila loves to feed herself. She even gets some in her mouth!
Watching "Dora" in their chairs.
Leila pretending she is mommy on the computer

Kai and Leila wearing one of their Christmas presents. Torie got them sweatshirts with their pictures on it. Their very cute, and say, "Big brother" and "Little sister" on them
Kai, wearing Kai
Leila, wearing Leila
Here are some pictures of gym class. It was their last class of the semester so they received ribbons and even Mi-Mi had a chance to come see them show off their skills
Leila working the rings with Mi-Mi's help
And walking the balance beam with their awesome instructor Miss Taron
"This is how you do it, Leila!"

Happy February!

Hi everyone!
I wanted to upload some pictures we've taken after the new year. Grampa Schultz came down for a visit and we all had a great time and had a chance to have a family photo taken. I should have told uncle Mike to put down the light saber. Oh well. Love to everyone and enjoy the pics.

Rusty came down to visit as well and the kids loved chasing her around. She sure is a great dog and was amazing with the kids.
This picture is a bit out of order, but Kai is giving Casey the homemade treats he baked for her that came all the way from Hawaii from Auntie Julie and Auntie Susan.
Here is the craziness of our kitchen while baking the doggie treats. Leila helped too!
Baking with mommy!
"Oooh, Casey, you're going to love your treats!"
As you can imagine he loved throwing the flour around!
"Uh, Kai, that is not what I meant when I asked if you wanted some juice."
"Daddy, is the snow ever going to melt?"
Oh, yeah, Mommy and Daddy are fine, too!
The kid is just cute. And now as he gets older he is getting funny too. He gives us looks that he knows are funny.
This is a fort that Kai asked Mommy to build for him. Leila waddled into the other room and when I followed her in she was sitting in the fort checking it out and loving every minute of it as you can see!
Spending time with Pa
They are doing pretty much everything together lately, it's so cute.

Playing with his hoola-hoop