A Beauty and A Beast!

Maren:

Mommy's time off is coming to an end but it has been a wonderful month having her home.  Unfortunately she caught a really bad cold but managed to venture out to take me to the new Beauty and The Beast movie.  I got all dressed up in my Belle costume and mommy did my hair so that it looked just like Belle's.  We picked up Nonna and had a very nice time at the movie.... it was so magical and beautiful!  I love a good princess movie!  

My good buddy Jace just had a really special birthday.  He is finally 5 just like me!  I am so excited that we are the same age now!  Our mommies have been telling us that we would be starting kindergarten when Jace turned 5... I can't quite understand why it doesn't start next week!  He is 5 afterall!! Oh well.  That just puts us one step closer!  Mommy and I actually dropped off my registration paperwork the other day.  I was very excited to visit my new school but a little intimidated by all of the kids running around.  I'm officially a Rogue River Elementary River Hawk now!  

When Jace turned 5 his mommy and daddy threw a great party for him.  He wanted a Robin Hood themed party which was a lot of fun.  Miss Heather and Mr. Marc made us each a bow and arrow and we shot at a target they had set up for us.  Then, a few of the daddy's stepped up to be our moving targets!  My arrow doesn't go very far but I'm having lots of fun practicing.  Then, they set up an awesome obstacle course for us to play in/on.  It was a bit rainy and cold that day so all of us kiddos ended up pretty muddy, but we didn't care.  We had a blast!  

Maddox: 

This last week has been a lot of fun.  Mommy is starting to talk about going back to work which is a bummer but that means I can go back to school and play with friends.  I am in underwear all of the time now, even at nap (mommy is still a bit scared to not put me in a diaper at night, even though I have been waking up dry for a month now).and mommy is gonna send me to school in underwear too!  I'm such a big boy!  

I like to be naked at home a lot, or at least just take my pants off.  I now officially refer to my little pee-pee as my "snake" which is pretty funny!  The other day when I was wearing my Spider Man costume I had a bit of a malfunction and my "snake" made a guest appearance at dinner.  Mommy and sissy laughed pretty hard.  I thought it was funny too! 

Sissy told you all about Jace's fun birthday party.  I had a blast too and even tried my hand at the obstacle course.  I didn't really want to climb through the tunnel but I did all of the rest with a little help from mommy and daddy.  I spent the majority of the day on the tractor... its my favorite thing at their house and mommy had to tear me off of it kicking and screaming to get me to go home.  

I am getting to be so big and am learning lots of manners.  I am really polite and will say "excuse me" when I want to get by and when I toot (though I have to laugh a bit first)!