Nicolaas trying to be brave... he is getting more used to the water... one day he won't think he is "going to sink and die!" even with his life jacket on!
Noel waiting for Matthew to get on board the ship.
Danielle keeping Dylan happy...
Hey I am "Tee-ah" aren't I? I love it in this cage!!
Nicolaas has been growing up into such a responsible, kind young man. I am so proud of his strong leadership qualities. He really wants to do what's right.
Nicolaas has really taken up reading.. he tries to read all the words, but the English language is tricky. There are so many silent rules. Often he will read the word how it should sound (by the phonetic law) but I always have to explain that word is an exception too.
Nicolaas helping Noel with his shoes.
Noel didn't want to get dressed when I offered to help him. So Nicolaas sweetly dressed him. So precious to watch.
Nicolaas catching Dylan on the slide. Such a great big brother.
Noel my sweet, sensitive boy. Always making sure no one is hurt.
Captain Nicolaas.
The boys biked almost every day this summer. Dylan would get a ride in the car, while I pulled him with the dog leash.
Dylan enjoying Dawn's 'gaa-gaks'. He has an eye for beauty, and loves flowers!
Okay.. now that there are new pictures.. I will do some flash backs of the past half year.. thank you for being patient with me.
Corn Flakes anyone? Dennis' Dad grew up in a family of 10 siblings. Dennis' youngest Aunt Sue remembers how every Sunday, cornflakes was a treat. If you didn't make it down for breakfast in time.. the cornflakes were gone! For Dylan's baby gift she gave three old fashioned cornflake bowls... (hard to see them very well in the picture) So Aunt Sue, this picture is for you! The boys had a hoot throwing cornflakes all over the living room floor. (I had meant for them to throw them on the blanket.) They were too busy eating all the cornflakes to get very many smiles...
Wow! Nicolaas is 4 already! The construction kids had a dump-truck load full of fun. Dirt cake was served with worms from the back of Nicolaas' new dump-truck.
Bean Bag toss into the back of a 'dump truck' that Nicolaas and Noel painted..
Couldn't resist putting in these pictures of the boys painting the bean-bag toss game.. They had a blast and by the end, Noel could have joined the Blue Man Group.
So many fun new games and gifts.... Nicolaas wants to say thank you to everyone, Oma, Matthew & Logan, Haylie & Logan, and Tyler & Jayella who came to help make his birthday fun.
Dylan loves his food.. even when served by his brothers... a little too much.. or not any.... Dylan is eating a huge variety of foods already... he likes the chunkier stuff and finger foods. He is completely done nursing already.. The other boys were almost a year, but they weaned themselves too. He was only in the morning for a while, but when I had my surgery, we were done. He loves his cup, and does so well with it. He is by far my biggest boy. Has a few extra rolls than the other boys had.
I love Noel's way of feeding Dylan. "Open your mouth Di-din. Here comes 'Queen Cachow, cachow.. here comes Charlie Checka, get show back on de road! Open your mouth Dillie!" Then he gently rubs Dylan's check.. oh what a sweet kid! So cute!
There is a picture of Nicolaas in the midst.. can you find it?
