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We signed Evan up for soccer a few weeks ago. After the second week – Evan could control the ball (reasonably), stop it with his feet, jump over it (two feet together) and more! He likes it and we enjoy watching him!
Evan has been learning the “Pledge of Allegiance” in one of his summer camps. On the way home I was going through it with him where I would say a line and he would repeat – and when we got to “One nation…” Evan said “One Asian” – and made both Amy and me laugh. Good job Evan.
Cora loves her shoes
She also tends to prefer them on opposite of the way you would put them on her feet. Regardless – if there are shoes around the house – there is a good chance Cora will find them and try and put them on…her hands. Early sign of a shoe fetish? We shall see…
Will and Cora have been really enjoying their birthday presents – especially this space ship that they can easily climb on, sit on, ride, and push. Check out pictures of the twins in action on this exciting toy as well as some other random June 2011 photos in the photo section.
It is funny to me to hear/see Evan’s thought process sometimes and this past weekend was one example:
Me: Evan we need to get the pool out of the shed.
Evan: What is a shed?
Me: Really Evan, you don’t know what the shed is?
Him: You mean the barn?
Me: Yes – the barn.
I loved that he thought our little 5×10 shed was a “barn”.
Second to be born, second to crawl, second to get any teeth, but first to walk. Will took his official first few steps in sequence today multiple times. I am sure his sister will not be too far behind but for now he is quite excited to try walking.
Good job Will!
Evan netting the Blue Gill
Yesterday we had their one year doctor’s appointment so I wanted to give an update for those of you who want to know…
Cora
The doctor was happy with her growth, pretty consistently small. 🙂 even though she is tiny she has taken over the role of eating everything. We now dump what Will does not eat onto Cora’s tray and she eats it.
Will
He also is growing well.
Both babies can stand on their own for a minute but no real steps. Will seemed to take a side step the other day but don’t know if we can really call it a step. They are both close.
Well – the first year has come and gone. We had a joint birthday party for the twins this year and had a lot of friends and family come and celebrate with us. Although the weather was not always cooperative – we had a great time eating Portillos and Costco cake as well as playing in the back yard with all kinds of fun toys. Check out the photos so you can see the excitement for yourself!
A big thanks to all that came out and joined us for Cora and Will’s first birthday!
On Saturday we took the kids over to our friend Ginny’s house so the twins could get their first haircuts.
Will stepped up and went first. He was not too sure about the cape but overall did pretty good. He basically just needed some cleaning up with the back of his hair as well as the sides shortened. I used my iPhone to keep him looking in one place without a lot of movement. Thankfully I had an episode of Curious George on there to keep him occupied for a few minutes at a time while Ginny was cutting. Of course we do not have a good after photo – I was lucky to get any photos, but overall he looks less like a baby and more like a little boy. Check out the photos to see more of the haircut experience. A big thanks to Ginny for being patient with Will during his first trim!
Cora went after her little brother so she could first see what this was all about. She was very unsure of it in the beginning but after a few minutes she was ok and got the haircut she desperately needed. Her hair was getting so long it was constantly in her eyes and trying to keep a barrette in her hair while trying to have her and her brother not grab it was too much of challenge for the every day routine. Cora mostly got her “bangs” trimmed and then the side and back evened out a tiny bit so that everything will grow in a bit more even.