Snowzilla!

Abe: Check me out walking on the top of 10" of snow in my yard! Dad says this is the biggest snowstorm in 40 years in Portland, so we don't have to go to the mountain for snow any more. It's been snowing for more than a week and more is coming. We sled, we try to walk in it, and we get cold.

It's gonna be the whitest Christmas ever here says the guy inside the radio.

911, Epipen & a Firetruck... Oh MY!

Abraham: Things were moving a little slow around the house last night, so I spiced them up. While eating dinner, my face got red and hives started popping up around my mouth. Then my lips started swelling. You should have seen Mommy & Daddy running around. First it was for Benedryl and then when that didn't do anything they got out the Epipen. Then I made a few gagging noise and that sent them over the edge. Mommy called 911 and Daddy jabbed the Epipen into my leg - Yaooowww. Then a fire truck and ambulance came. There must have been seven men in the house paying real close attention to me, even putting things on my toes and arms and legs. I told everyone I was fine and made my lips start shrinking and so they left. Maybe things are better when they are a little slow around the house.

Snow Day

Abraham:  It snowed this morning, which it has done before but I don't remember that.  Watch our video to see all the fun we had.  Mommy even made snow ice cream for dessert tonight.  

Today I learned to CATCH

Koh: Dad taught me to CATCH today, something he always does but not me. He gave me the FUN-da-MENTALs... keep my hands together, palms up, watch the ball.... more more, daddy!

I've been able to THROW for a long time, so now I'm an all-purpose baseball player.

Twin toddler tree trimming

I Told You So

Koh: Mommy doesn't say it very often, but I heard it the other day when she was telling Daddy about our afternoon. Abe and me didn't want to take a nap. We were bored and since we can get out of bed whenever we want now, we did. And we thought all of our clothes in the dresser should be able to get out too... all over the room. It was great fun rolling around on them. Mommy didn't think it was great fun folding all the clothes and putting them away with us trying to help.

Big Boy Beds!

Abe: What a great Thanksgiving this year. Ya ya lots of food, Ethan and Aiden's family were here, party lights, grandma and grog. Koh even fell asleep at the table this year while everyone watched.

But the best part was getting to escape from life in the crib jail and sleep in our NEW BIG BOY BEDS! Now this is cool. I think Daddy didn't like us climbing the walls of those baby jails.

No, we're not identical

Koh: Just 'cause we're twins and both 32" tall doesn't mean we're the same. For example, I'm Momma's boy and...

• I have blue eyes, blonde hair, detached earlobes, big toes are my longest
• I'm a picky eater
• I'm 27 pounds and a bit squishier
  
• I'm calm and quieter, and think a lot
• I notice very small bugs
• I like books and cars
• I'm quick to dance
• I walk fast, with purpose, and can keep going a loooooooong way
• Need my blankey more which I carry around in my mouth like a dog, but I don't use a binky

Abe: I hang out more with Daddy ...he's my hero. I love KohKoh but I'm not like him:

• I have hazel eyes, reddish blonde hair, attached earlobes and my second toes are really long
• I eat everything
• I'm a 25 pound hardbody ...lean and ripped
• I'm gonna be a gymnast someday, already practicing
• I'm a spaz and am very noisy when needed, which is often
• I'm quick to smile
• The tattoo
• I like gadgets, tools, digital button things
• I dawdle when I walk, and I get tired faster
• Sleep with a binky
  

National Geo Shuffle

Koh: Daddy loves his 40+ year National Geographic collection and so do we. Today he left us in the library to do some research and we looked and looked but just couldn't find that one map of Chile that we wanted to rip up. It was OK, 'cause it was fun sliding around on the little mountain we made.

He and mom wanted to be mad at us for this mess, but we could see them smilin'.

Postscript: 5 minutes to make, 2 hours to unmake this mess ...grrrr

Dad, stuck in tree

Abe: Mommy - will you please get Daddy down from that tree? He makes me nervous.

Sally showed us how...

... to do our first Columbia Gorge hike ON OUR OWN FEET.

Koh: Sally is one of our favorite neighbors because she comes over all the time and plays plus she likes to be outdoors so we all went on this hike to Angels Rest that Mom & Dad always carried us on before. But today we escaped out of the backpacks and walked A LOT down this LONG TRAIL that kept on going and going and we finally got tired.

We saw a big newt, some dogs and BIG SLUGS and some waterfalls and lots of pretty yellow leaves. Did you know Abe and me can say YELLOW? 28 more pics here.

Boo !

Abe: Today we had our first Halloween since we learned to walk. We all dressed up at school, we played trickertreat around the classrooms and then walked to the store and then some more on our street. It was all day then till dark! Then mom and dad took our bags away but we didn't care 'cause we got some cool new hotwheels to play with.

I was an elephant and Koh was such a dog. See more pics here.

Spokane Road Trip

Abraham: I have a new hero. Sorry Daddy, you're still my favorite, but I met a new boy that really taught me a lot of stuff. He's Tyler Reighard. We visited him during our eastern Washington road trip last weekend. His mommy is my mommy's friend from college. He's older than me but he read books to me, tried to carry me around, showed me how to ride a tractor, had awesome toys and showed me other cool stuff that I'll be imitating with Koh now.

It was real cold there but sunny. We went to the apple farm and ate this sticky caramel apple and played in a real big box of peas!

Koh: That 888-mile road trip was a lot of fun. I liked staying in the motel and playing in the leaves nearby. The Grand Coulee dam was pretty cool. My favorite was our picnic lunch at Mt. Rainier. No my favorite was all the cars that Zack, Tyler's brother, let me play with. He even let me keep one!

Click here for more pictures of our road trip.

Life ...in a Barrel of Monkeys

Abe: I'm the best at monkeying around, just ask my Mom or Dad or Koh. Or check out this movie where Koh keeps chasing me around the barrel:

Pumpkins!

Abe:  We got little pumpkins.  Did you know they talk to you if you listen really closely?