Eye Eye

Koh: "Abe - why is your eyeball striped like that?"

Abe: "Doctor says that's OK, so what? Why are you wearing underwear on your head at dinner?"

We love slides

...and swings and merry-go-rounds and see-saws and kicking balls and Frisbee and running bases and... and.... and...

We just plain love playgrounds. Thanks Mom and Dad and Grandma for taking us there ...again today?

Look Nana Jo: Gym Class!

Dear Nana Jo: We know you were a gym teacher so we think of you every Thursday when we go to Little Gym Class.

The program lasts 20 weeks and we have more than one teacher and music and lots of coloprful padded gear to romp on and fun team games and bare feet and a different theme each week. Today our theme was "Finishing" and we learned to say TA DAAAAA and stand tall after each performance.

Are you proud of us?? We're only 3 but look at the stuff we do:

KOH = Potassium Hydroxide

Koh: Today we learned what my name means. Daddy and Mommy thought they were naming me after the Thailand island of Koh Samui where they honeymooned, but nope. I'm a chemical compound. KOH stands for potassium hydroxide and watch out cuz I'm corrosive.

What's wrong with this picture?

Answers:
1. I'm half-naked in public
2. No pee is coming out
3. The nearest toilet is miles away
4. My pee coach is Mom, when Dad is right over there

Koh: By brother Abe pees better than me, and has since the day we were born when he pee-ed all over the delivery room. For me I want to go, but the pee is "not ready yet."

Mom and Dad say we are gonna pee outside in nature a lot in our lives, so we need to learn. They say it's fun and they keep droppin' trou to show us how.

I'm gonna get this right, Mom!

"Grandma, my shoes are tired!"

Abe: We go on a walk just about every day, so we like it and we're good at it. Plus we know our 'hood and all the secret spots better than anyone.

Grandma takes us on the longest walks of all ...to fun places like the community corner that has an accordion. And she never takes a "Plan B" rescue device like Dad does ...the stroller or a backpack so we can hitch a ride when we're tired. Not Grandma, she makes us walk it all.

Sometimes she just goes too far, like the other day. So this time I just put my foot down, stopped the party and proclaimed: "Grandma, my shoes are tired!"

How come she laughed so hard?

Do bad things always come in 3s?

Koh: Daddy wasn't real happy today. We learned that when he's busy with home fixit contractors that we can do our own home fixits, too. We get away with lots if we stay in other rooms and make "just playing with the trains" noises.

To get ready, we found the bottle of kids Motrin on the counter and drank it all the way dry. That made Dad call Mom. We didn't feel sick all day. Dad wasn't happy.

Then we found the kids play shaving cream and emptied that all the way dry. Wow what fun covering every surface in two rooms with bright green easy to spread fluff. We painted ourselves first, then the walls, the bedspread, the oriental rug, the doors, the computer, the wall art, the desks, the lamp ...we just covered every surface we could reach. Dad wasn't happy.

For lunch we had our favorite: grilled cheese. Daddy cut fresh bread and cut off part of his finger, too. It was bleeding lots and we felt bad. Dad wasn't happy.

Whoopie, and the day is only half over!

My first buzz cut

Abe: Daddy did his first haircut on me today. I like it but Mommy doesn't.

How about you ...do you like it?

MY toilet

Koh: We spend a lot of time around toilets these days. Boy was I excited today when I spotted my name printed on this one in our home - WOW, it's my very own toilet! LOOK MOM!

I'll definitely use this thing more now.

I'm 3 today, but what I want to be is....

Koh: Daddy asked us today on our 3rd birthday what we want to be when we grow up:

We had a nice day doing stuff we really like, like the playground and Costco for lunch. Then Grandma came over and we decorated the cake then ate it. Sally and Uncle Jeff came over too and we opened birthday cards and danced naked. Click here for pics and flicks of our day.

Here's our music video.

Christmas 2009: Party at Greg + Gayle's

They invite us every 2 years, so off we went for a week in Baltimore with Dad's side of the family. We stayed for 6 days with Uncle Greg and Aunt Gayle and got to sleep in one room together, which we like. Even Jillian slept with us sometimes. That Jillian is fun - can she come visit us?

Here are pics + movies of stuff we did last week.

Thanks Greg and Gayle! We can't wait to come over again.

Christmas 2009: Portland family

Abe: Seems like lots of people visiting this time of year. Sometimes we even exchange gifts ...we like that part best.

Click here to see 18 pics of our family gift exchange ...well mostly it's me and Koh making noise with our new drilldrivers, hammers, cars and motorcycles.

Merry Christmas from Koh and Abe

Click here for our 60-sec Christmas card music video we made special for you.

I like to sing (LOUDLY mostly)

Abe: I like to sing and usually just bust out in song by myself at random times. My favorite songs include the "ABC Song" the school and mom taught me to sing during hand washing.

My other favorite is the "5 Monkees Jumpin'" song, which I will sing for you right now (Dad secretly recorded this). TURN UP the volume so you can enjoy it like my mom and dad do.

Wild Christmas Tree Day

Koh: Grandma and everyone went to the mountain to get our Christmas tree today from the wild forest.

We got to play in the snow and sled and throw snowballs at Grandma, then we climbed up to find the best tree of all.

Then Grandma used a saw and helped us KNOCK IT DOWN so we could bring it home on top of our car. We counted the 12 rings. Watch me and Abe PUSH THE TREE OVER!

Check out our Animoto music video here.