MAY 2009

April showers bring May dandelions

Did you know how colorful dinosaurs were? Yup, these are dinosaurs, and don't try to argue with us!

Mom said three plus five is eight. I better double check

Finally, some peace and quiet in this room... Let me do some math!

Boy, time flies when you're having fun!

Or when you're learning about time...

Or when we have very little time to quickly get the trucks and ourselves muddy from head to toe before Mom realizes what we're about to do!

Let's gooooo!!!

Our new favorite swing (we just don't understand why mom gets dizzy watching us on it -- we sure don't feel dizzy)

Yes, these are cars with a steering wheel and a seat. The author has signed the piece himself.

APRIL 2009

Happy Easter! Teta Zuza and Ujo Pedro sent us an idea for coloring eggs. The boys especially liked cracking the shells before dyeing them.

And on Easter morning, we went off to hunt.

Why did the Bunny hide all eggs is such silly places?

After we found all the eggs, our friends Jennifer and Darien showed us how to open them.
Go figure, some eggs had chocolate inside!

Then we traded them

and compared (must make sure my brother didn't get a better loot!)

Kelvin cleaned up afterwards...

But missed the dust bunnies under the bed :-)

MARCH 2009

And here we go again, the fourth time already: Happy Birthday to us!
First we celebrated at Jody's. Moby didn't quite enjoy it (I forgot why, but I am sure he had a good 4-year-old reason for it)

And then we celebrated at home. Moby is fully recovered (maybe the glass of wine helped?)

And the gifts, we can't forget the gifts! Teta Zuza and Ujo Pedro sent us an awesome US states puzzle. Super important: now we know where is Wyoming, and how we get there from Michigan, and that Texas is the biggest state, and that Georgia is the peanut state.

Yum, lots of candy from Grandma Margie's friend Linda -- thanks!

And Marisa came to visit us from Chicago. In case you don't remember, look below:

Yup, Marisa, remember now? She knew us already when we barely knew us...

Just before the winter went away, we got out last gift: wet snow, perfect for royal snowmen!

Off with the king, long live... the felt-hat snowman!

FEBRUARY 2009

It was too cold to go outside. No problem, there's lots of climbing places at home too!

Ooooh, finger paint!

Or 'hand' paint?

This is what I would look like in glasses. These are Dad's, and I can't see a thing through them!

We caught up on reading...

No paparazzi, please!!!

Thomas, our friend from daycare, had a birthday party -- can you find us here?

Amira and I got to be royalty for three minutes (at least mom thought this looked like a throne...)

JANUARY 2009

Happy new year!!!

This was our winter paradise: snow, more snow, and some blue water for squirting

Hey, and green, too -- that's my favorite color.

and we're off!

Sometimes I just want some peace...

Huh, now guess who is me and who is my brother?

Well, last time I dressed like this I got a bucket full of candy. (doesn't seem to work today..)

If Kelvin dressed up, I will too!

December 2008

We prepped for Santa by getting new haircuts. (Usually Dad does it, and we get a bunch of chocolate afterwards...)

I didn't like it any better in the salon.

Well, they sure made me look snazzy!

And then Dad and I got treats out of the ... whaterver that was.

Santa came! Santa came! And brought just the toys we admired in the toy store! How did he know???

Let's see what's in here.

And what did I get? (for anyone wondering, the puppy by Kelvin's feet is not the real deal)

And after Christmas, we went to Colorado to visit Grandma Margie and Grandpa Larry. I fastened my own seat belt!

FALL 2008

Hey there! We're playing with colors today -- mix-n-match, and spill and pour, etc.

What do I get if I mix red water with a really dirty-looking water?

Slowly, carefully... I am improving my fine motor skills here, right?

Moby's blue period...

And more art projects, this time on dry land

It's a build-a-monster project, see?

This is the fingerpaint ogre project -- quicky, take the picture so I can see what I look like (given Mom's horrified face, it will be fun!)

One rainy afternoon, we had an awesome playdate with David and Ellie.

We started our dinosaur week in daycare with a trip to the dinosaur museum. Here are all our friends and two of our bestest teachers, Amanda and Catie.

OK, now, I really want to know: who is bigger, me or this dinosaur?

What can be more fun than a couple of empty lego containers???

um, maybe the lego blocks...

Preparations for candy day --pardon me-- Halloween. Moby tried the Thomas costume first.

Kelvin figured he'd get most candy in his fireman costume.

Then, of course, Moby had to be a fireman too.

And here we go: the last day of fall (12/20), the first day of snow!

August 2008

Laundry day!

Off to work, just like Dada

the joys of late summer...

great packaging -- or who needs legos?

No snakeophobia here :-)

Now guess, who looks like who?

Moby's disappearing pancake magic

We are into all kinds of art projects -- gluing pompoms, for instance

concentrate, focus, the glue must be poured juuust right

I think this is how dinosaur babies were born

Or like this?

Let's pretend we're babies

Me too! (don't ask me why but this is how I pretend I am a baby)

OK, now let's play teachers!

Yeah, me too!

July 2008

Aaaah, summer, hot days, fast cars...

Mom and Dad attempted another vacation. I thought putting stickers on my tummy was a natural part of being on vacation.

Mom thought a ride on a carousel was a natural part of being on vacation...

Good grief, who came up with those things? Gotta hold on for dear life...

When we returned to Ann Arbor, adults deemed us potty-trained and our wonderful teachers threw us a major Potty Party! All the other kids came too.

Look -- we're talking a major achievement here! No more diapers, from now on it's Nascar and Batman undies. And Dora panties for Amira, of course.


Even Georgia came to the party. Georgia is one of our teachers, and I LUW her!

OK, done celebrating, gotta play!

June

Hi again. Remember we showed you our favorite park last December? Well, we've got a new one: it's called the "Park kde maju najvacsie hojdacky na svete" (translated, "the park with the biggest swings in the world"). It's possible the park has a different name but we think this name fits. Don't you?

Other than swings, there are a ton of other great things there -- like this little stream.

Of course, there are awesome playscapes too. With this one, you can rock climb to get to the top

or crawl through the tunnels.

Either way, you get to slide down like sooooo!!!

This is another part of the park -- we think, if we keep going this way, we wind up in Ohio. Or Arizona. We're not sure, we usually just get to the bench to rest and have a snack.

Refueling break.

And off to the slide!

See me? Can YOU climb this high?

I'm literally above the tree line (ok, maybe only metaphorically...)

We're pooped (to be distinguished from poopy, which we are not. Definitely not.)

Time to go home, I guess

Where mom dunks us in the tub to make bubbles. And to get clean.

April and May

Teta Zuza came to visit us!

We rented a minivan and off to a mini-vacation we went!

Yeah, right!

We stopped at a Christmas superstore. So much to see!!! So much to break!!!

The best part about hotel rooms is the jumping!

The tubs are passable, too.

And the towels... nice and soft. Just like us.

And the coffee maker. When was the last time you spend five fascinating minutes watching coffee brew?

The hot tub pictures.

Pure pleasure, no comment necessary.

Ooooh, a drain!

What happens if I toss it into the pool???

At the end of the trip, we stopped for a nice lunch.

Choco... Choco... yum... don't disturb...

Refueling stop at the park.

So we have energy for construction work

Teta Zuza had to take a break from all the running after us at the park

What can be better than a drain?

It's dirty, deep, dark,

mysterious,

and we can drop rocks into it!

Look, see the crocodile???

Si moja kamaratka, teta Zuza, hovori Moby

OK, one more thing we HAVE to mention about Zuzka and Pedro's visit: we got to eat some JUNK food!

Cookies larger than my face!

We went to the lake. It was cold so we weren't supposed to get wet.

In theory. (Mom's theory...)

Yeah!

Teta Zuza and ujo Pedro, you rock! Too bad you had to leave.

April showers bring... great puddles (Or however the saying goes.)

Puddles are FUN.

Definitely.

For us, less so for Mom...

Stomp!

Jump!

Happy.

Too.

Don't disturb. Artist at work.

I heard you have to start your college application essay well in advance.

Let's write about how our parents couldn't tell us apart!

See? "TNow" -- that's short for Tell mom we have to go pee Now! Or something...

This is my pillow! Soft, ideal for pillow fights...

This is us managing a railway system.

OK, guess: only one of these toys was intended as a gift

How did you guess?

OK, we have to apologize for our lame parents who set the camera to some weird setting so this is all they have from our birthday party.

Eh, we had fun anyways!

And got some presents, too! Thanks, Grandma!

This is how big three-year-old boys pose with birthday presents

Last pictures of us as 2 years old

We had fun when we were little

See, this is last Ann Arbor snow from mid-March!

Let's load the trucks and put the snow in the freezer!

Right, mom? So we can play with in in the summer...

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008

Are you wondering what we've been up to these past two months? Here's the update:

Of course, we've been keeping up our building prowess

Sometimes trading size of the project for complexity.

Then, we keep up our ability to drive Mom and Dad crazy. Like loading trucks with legos and running through the house, then pretending to try and not crash into things, while crashing into things.

It makes such a WONDERFUL, loud, bang!

So, Mom decided we needed more arts in our life. So now we get to make parent-approved racket!

Arrrrgh!

And we paint.

It's fun

Hey, look, the water looks like grape juice now -- let's try it!

Bad boys, bad boys, what ya gonna do

Went shopping with Mom and Dad (parental comment inserted: not for guns, for bike pants). Anyways, they had these awesome guns, so we got to practice the 'bad guy' look. How do I do it, Dad?

Oh, like this!

And an even badder guy!

And I am the baddest guy! Like the one from the movie that wanted to shoot Boog the bear and Elliott the deer.

For those of you worried about the guns.

We show you our nurturing side. How do you feed a baby, Kelvin?

Oh, I see now!

Shish, we got all thirsty...

Then we burp and change them.

Here are some toys.

Let me find some other toys for you too.

And some more milk.

Boy, are babies thirsty!

The lesson we learned today is that it's really hard to take care of two little babies. We are wiped and ready for bed. So is Dad (although HE didn't have to take care of two babies, just watch us a bit...)

Then Dad perked up when he realized we will be in bed soon. (Did he mumble something about 'not soon enough'?

Teta Marketka had a birthday. So we got a cupcake, naturally.

Ahooooj teta Marketka in Austin! We will enjoy your birthday cupcake.