Pronoun Puzzle.

Larson has always loved his Aunt Yuriko. He loves to play with her when she visits, and he loves the shark video that she made for him! But, he has never been able to say her name quite right. He has always just referred to her as "Riko". So recently, I tried to get him to say YURriko. Our conversation went like this:

Karin: "Larson, who made you your shark movie?"
Larson: "Riko"
Karin: "YURriko"
Larson: "MY Riko"

Karin: "Larson who made you your shark movie?"
Larson: "My Riko"

Here is Larson, "his Riko", and Uncle Erik.

Picture Catch-up

I have finally uploaded my pictures, so here is a brief recap of the past few weeks.

Here are the kids on Easter Sunday. I could not get them both to look at the camera at the same time - the Easter eggs were far too interesting.



Larson loved collecting eggs.



Larson has recently discovered the skateboard. He loves trying to ride it, and can stand up on it. I'm sure he is making his uncles very proud, but I am not sure that I am totally excited about it - I can just see teeth flying everywhere......



We - Ryan & I - have been to Houston the past 2 weekends to attend showers & parties for Preston and Katherine. (My wonderful brothers & sister-in-law's have kept the kids for us so we could go...they are seriously the best!) I am so disappointed with myself that I did not take more pictures, I am going to do a better job at the wedding next month. This is the one that I did take.



Secily has been crawling everywhere, and is starting to pull up on things, but she doesn't usually make it all the way up, so she winds up being more of
"Sneaky Spy Secily"

New Camera!

We got a new camera, and I am so excited about it! I now have pictures to post :)

Here is Secily on her 9 month birthday.

And here is Larson, enjoying the sprinklers.

Ohio - revisited.

One of our trips last month was to see Ryan's parents in Ohio. We had a great time, and Linda just sent me a CD of all of her pictures...so I have pictures to post - yeah!

We got to see Alan's apartment, which is the epitome of a college's guy's place.
Notice first of all the police tape....a nice, warm, welcoming touch...

then notice the sleeping bag....that's right...no need for a bed really, when a sleeping bag and carpet box will do...right?

We also went to the zoo. On our last trip to Ohio, we also went to the zoo - we went in the rain and had the whole place to ourselves. In keeping with tradition, we had the place to ourselves when we went in the snow! :)










We went to a very fun science center


Larson tried "horseback riding"


Here is Secily with her Aunt Lesley. I think they look so much alike.
Lesley was trying to get a nice picture with Secily,


and kept trying,

and finally thought, well, if you can't beat her, join her!

The One Toothed Wonder

Secily got her first tooth today!

Who's Line Is It Anyways?

Larson is still talking. A lot. (I can't believe that I was ever worried about his language development!) His latest thing is that he will ask me questions, and then supply the answer for me. For example:
Today he asked: "Watch Elmo Mom? Watch Elmo?"
He then gave me my line: "Sure, sure."
It was more run together, of course - "WatchElmoMom,watchelmo?Sure,sure."
You get the idea.

Secily has started moving forward.....literally. After a month of scooting backwards, she is now crawling forwards!! She is still slow - thankfully - I know it won't be long until I am running in all directions!

My camera is en-route back to me, so I am still without pictures. You will just have to imagine how the kids are growing. :)