Dear Hannah and Nathan,
This week has been packed full of activities and trips. Hannah's vocabulary is slowly expanding to include "Ready?" "Ha-B-Boodie to You," and my personal favorite, "Hey You!" for when you know that you are doing something that you are not supposed to be doing...which is pretty much all day because you are just a walking vessel of destruction these days. If there's a tower, you will knock it down. If there's a bag, the contents will be splattered across the floor, and if there's a water bottle, you will find a way to sprinkle all the water on yourself. Yay for toddlers!
Nathan participated in the annual rodeo at your school this year. Your teacher, Ms. Kim, helped you guys make these adorable rodeo horses!
This is the best cowboy we could come up with. Maybe next year, we can do rodeo clown....
Hannah wanted to dress up that morning and found a pair of my heels. You were actually able to walk in them pretty well...almost better than me!
On Friday after MOPS, we had a giant Easter egg hunt for you guys. Nathan, you were so proud and told me that you were going to help Hannah pick up some eggs.
Hannah took awhile to get going, but you managed to pick up 3-4 eggs before the hunt was over.
The next day, we went to a real rodeo for you two to participate in the rodeo rumble, a 1 k race for kids. It was a lot of fun so I think this will become a regular tradition for us. You two just loved soaking in the excitement in the air.
Nathan, you even got to talk to a real cowgirl.
Here's Nathan getting ready at the start line.
Hannah is a bit unsure about everything, but during the race, you really enjoyed yourself, squealing as you ran as fast as you could over the bumpy dirt ground.
Nathan ended up finishing 4th in the 0-3 age group and Hannah, with some help, didn't finish last.
Afterwards, we went to a petting zoo and then got a chance to watch a cow milking demonstration.
Before we left, we got a chance to look at different breeds of animals on exhibit. Hannah is really into birds right now, so will say "ji ji" when you see a bird, or chicken. You really liked looking at the chicks.
I'm going to skip to Monday and come back to Sunday in a bit...
On Monday, we celebrated my birthday. We started the day by going to the zoo with some friends and Nathan was brave enough to feed the animals. Hannah watched carefully, but didn't care to feed anyone except for yourself.
In the evening, we sang the Happy Birthday song and all enjoyed some cake.
And later that night, Hannah was singing the birthday song all by yourself.
I'm pretty proud at the pronunciation and the melody. You can actually recognize the song!
Today, we had a few friends come over and you both got to see a friend whom you have not seen for a long time: baby Lucas. While Hannah and Lucas were a bit shy at first, by the end of the day, you two were climbing over sofas together and causing all sorts of ruckus! Hannah even cried when Lucas drove away.
Hannah was also very interested in the little 2 month old baby who also joined our Chinese storytime.
Hannah is sleeping from about 7:30 - 8ish at night to about 7:15 in the morning and then taking an hour and a half nap in the afternoon. Nathan has been pretty good about staying quiet during this time. One of the activities that we've been working on are scissor skills. You are now able to cut curves and straight lines.
Sometimes Hannah wakes up a bit earlier and so she gets to do what you are doing.
Ok, back to Sunday. On Sunday, after church and naps, we decided to go downtown to Austin's SXSW Create festival. It's pretty much a convention where people come and show off their technological hacks and inventions. A lot of it is very interactive and we all had a lot of fun.
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| Playing the piano with bananas. |
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| Making an LED circuit. |
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| Meeting R2D2...Hannah was a bit reluctant. |
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| Playing in the cardboard castle. |
Both of you love sitting anywhere but your carseats these days. Whenever I am unloading things like groceries from the car, Nathan will unbuckle yourself and Hannah, and both of you will make a mad dash to the front seats to push all sorts of buttons, but mainly to pretend to drive. Sometimes Hannah also likes to just climb and sit in Nathan's car seat. When I try to take you out, you fuss and so I just leave you for a little bit and you have been happy just sitting in Nathan's seat for about 5 minutes, which I then came to take you back inside. You kids are just crazy!
But I love you two so much!
We have a few more crazy fun days ahead. Tomorrow: SXSW gaming convention!
Love,
Mommy
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