my sweet!

As i write this you are sleeping. another night you cried and just wanted mama and who was i to turn you away? we might be an unconventional family but who made the rule that we always have to sleep in our own beds? sometimes mommy and daddy sleep in other rooms with each of the littles and thats okay!

You are getting more and more into technology. You love the game Braid, and you want to play it, or watch videos of people playing it, all the time. You still love angry birds, and also now Portal. We play together and its great bonding time.

Youre such a sensitive boy, my julian, and i love it. you hear a lyric on the radio and you then change it for me. we were listening to a song hte other day and you said "mommy, ill never stop loving you." it melts my heart that you are learning to schmooz. i love you boy. you are getting very tender with daddy and i, and very in touch with your emotions. sometimes these emotions explode from that little boy and i have to remember its very hard to be 4. im glad you have another year before school; you deserve that extra time to be you.

speaking of school, you are SO smart! you can read really well and you have drawn amazing pictures and you can think out so many problems in life and in your games.
you are sneaky and are learning about fibbing and such. its learning and im okay with teaching.

you are very kidn and caring. You love your sister SO much. even when she hits and kicks and tussles with you. you wrestle with her and you are so gentle. i am even more in love with you after learnign about the great big brother you are. God gave her to you and you to her and i love seeing that love being fostered.

You still hate clothes. you always seem to manage to get them off as soon as we get in the door, but at least now you are open to putting them on when company comes. :)

you LOVE to dance and will break out in dance at ANY place we are at if you like the song, and you LOVE hip hop. its bananas!

You sing, and it melts me every time. I love how you love music. while in the car sometimes you will ask me to stop talking and turn the song up and i can absolutely oblige.

You are also learning preferences and i love learning your preferences. Ive learned you hate meat loaf (even though daddys is AMAZING) and you dont like olives unless you get to put them on your fingers. :)

as we walk through this life im getting to see this tender loving and giving side of you and its the most amazing thing. youre closer to 5 than you are to 4 and as you grow im just wanting time to stand still for a minute. ill never know when the last cuddle or sleepover is before you grow out of it and i dont want to miss a thing.


thank you for choosing me love.
youre the most amazing boy!

You schmooz

vacation!

So in JUne we took a ten day vacation to California! We drove 7 hours on day 1 and spent the night in a small condo, and then resumed our trip the next dy another 6 hours. you guys did AMAZING! Daddy and I set you up with movies and games to play on the tablets while on the drive and you guys did great. matter o fact, even though we drove straight through on the way back, took a 2 hour detour as well, you were better behaved than even your cranky mama!:) 

here are some highlights!

  this was taken in Brookings OR right before the Cali border.

This was in the hippy Haight Ashbury distrcit in Sn Fran!

Maya Narae with her acessories. she left them the whole time!

On treasure island with my boy!

Mama, Tia Jess and Narae!

I love all of your faces Dear Narae!

YOURE JUST THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN ANY ROOM!

Windy hair makes mma look silly.

my new fave picture. you love riding on dad.

at lunch with Narae!

my babies enjoying a soft pretzel while dad and mom try a sushi burrito. 

EEK!

mama likes sushi...but this was rough! 

 COFFEE DATE!

 this was at an amazing place called the exploratorium! These lockers served two purposes...holding items and the handles were musical handles!even touchign them was musical!

awesome!

 my sweet boy learning.

when you hit the drum the ground vibrated beneath you!

 hot and cold coils together make your hands confused!

different colors mask the scent and tricks your brain!

 more science and music :) the music changes where the tiles lay.

learning our skeleton :)

this was cool. you got to put what you always wished yuour name would be. 

julian chose Judith. Underneath it asks why. Julian then wrote because "my momy calls me that."

 mind illusion...feels like velvet!

What jude would look like with 2 left and 2right sides.

a real brain eeek!

this was crazy, one of the many perspective exhibits...this is a wall of words people have learned after 2011. empathy...terrorism...sadness :( but i loved how there were things to teach human perspective. there was an exhibit of just a video of people laughing...you couldnt help but smile...then one of them sad...you couldnt smile :( it was weird but cool. then another to help see each other the way others see us...it was wonderful!

 shadow rooms!

listening domes. sitting in them you could hear exactly what your partner across the room was saying...even at normal talking levels.

teaching teamwork! it was a 5 person pac man game!

 learning about tornadoes.

37 years and a LOT of toothpicks.

 yellow light room!

more shadow dancing

 fun with mirrors!

 loved this!

chocolate steam :)

 handsome daddy walking his babies.

man youre handsome sonshine.

my baby girl!

trolley cars!

right before the boat ride with dad under the bridge.

pier 39!

shopping with Tia

 my pier girl!

you went all around. so adventurous. your fearsome nature will keep me on my toes for life.

you both loved Jessica so much. Id not seen you take to someone so quick and i loved it!

Family.

Beautiful little flowery princess of a girl. i love you!

baba wasnt in the mood but i took it anyway.

family.

Daddy's girls!

not ours but someone wrote it and i love that we got to see it!

sand family! with carly too! Julian HAD to draw happy faces...

i loved our family vacation, my first ever in fdact! We had a great time and we are just smitten with you both!

We also got to see Auntie Jorden, Grandma June and Autnie Kayla too. it was wonderful for the most part and a blast and im so thankful for the memories.

Ill tell you the rest when youre older. but know this, no one loves their littles like daddy and i :)

kisses!