Kids These Days

Nils is a man about town. Geeze, that little guy is fast. You know, you would think that someone in the 80something percentile for weight and 40something percentile for height would be slow. Nope, not this guy.

He is a man on the go. Watch out cats! Nils is coming for you... and your scrumptious delicacy called catfood.

Nils, what a delightful little guy. He knows two words: Dadda and cat. So, the essentials really. At first we thought we were being the overly proud parents, but nope, he consistently calls Chris Dadda and squeals out his own version of "cat" each time he sees one of those furry little devils passes by. Sometimes it's heavy on the "c" sound and sometimes heavy on the "t" - but he knows the word nonetheless.

And then there's this little gal...

These days Carolena spends most of her time working on crafts, coloring, or reading. She is her mother's gal in that sense. She "takes it easy" instead of napping. She loves puzzles and is disturbingly good at them... like... call Oprah good at them. She will talk and talk and talk to you until you are exhausted. And then she'll talk some more. She almost always has a small stuffed animal with her (doesn't matter which one as long as it's small) and likes to open the fridge or pantry and declare that she is "just looking for a little something." She loves "nilk" and "yogret" and coloring with "markros."

Dear God, thank you for these two beautiful children. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.