energies

our wonderful friends and family visited us this weekend and ryker was in heaven. he spent saturday and sunday running at full speed, and laughing and shouting at full volume. i'm glad the weather was cooperative so he had a chance to get all of 'energies' out. after playing and eating ice cream sandwiches with braxen on sunday, ryker came over to me at 8:00 pm and asked to go to bed. the kid was exhausted from his busy weekend! when i was putting ryker to bed, i told him we could read two books. as i finished the second book, ryker jumped out of bed, grabbed more books off the shelf, held up four fingers (his version of two), and said "two more books." i couldn't resist those negotiation skills!


(i promise graham and i try to do ryker's hair but whenever it gets even a little long, it becomes impossible to manage. it grows in so many directions and takes on a life of its own! after several attempts throughout the day, i usually give up.)

kate is doing great! she spends most of her time in people's arms. i love my cuddle time with her and am often surprised when a couple hours pass by as i sit on the couch cuddling her and doing brain teaser puzzle. this is such a wonderful time!