Video Extravaganzapalooza

These are some long overdue videos from this fall.

One of Rebecca's favorite toys is Kyle's real stethoscope...sometimes she'll condescend to play with the toy version. (FYI: Kyle doesn't wear his stethoscope around his neck so she came up with this on her own). [September]

 

Owen had his first sleep-over back in October. Our friend from church and neighbor, Ben, spent the night with us. SLEEPOVER! The boys had a great time. They play really well together. The video is right before they went to sleep. A little wound up? Needless to say it took them a while to go to sleep. And in the morning they both had a BUNCH of books in their beds with them...even though the room is really really dark when the light is out and neither can reach the switch...interesting.

We have mentioned Rebecca's dancing...this video is subdued but she makes me laugh. It begins with another one of her favorite (quirky!) things to do...she likes to pull out a bunch of the poster boards we draw on and roll around in/on them. Hum. [October]

A couple of other little things:

Owen received a little food treat from a friend at school "G" on his friend's birthday. Owen was so excited about it he decided (all by himself) that we should write him a thank you note! I wrote down EXACTLY what he said and we mailed it to "G". Here is what we wrote:

Dear G, you are the best treat-maker ever. G, I love my pretzel treat. G, I love it so much – I love it and I like it. I love to eat my treat after my dinner. Thank you, your friend Owen Mezger.

*Owen has become quite fond of "reading his magazine" (National Geographic - Kids) while he takes care of business in the bathroom. We've read them so many times to him I can actually hear him "reading" outloud..."Did you know that an ermine's coat changes color in the spring when the snow melts???" "In the winter the liquid water turns into ice water and you can skate on the pond!"

Miss Rebecca has a new tooth on the bottom (as of a few weeks ago) bringing her total to 7.

*She loves using a fork, even if its not necessary for the food.

*Her new favorite past time and misdeed (other than climbing onto the desk if we forget to turn the chair over) is opening the fridge or freezer (she prefers the freezer) to sit in it/on the bottom. Why? We have no idea. But I'll make sure the next fridge we buy (we didn't buy this one) does not have handles that run all the way to the floor. Big design flaw.

*Need to get a video of her running...she's fast folks.

*Both of these kiddos have been waking up SUPER early for weeks (months?) now...Owen usually in between 5-6, and Rebecca shortly after. We've been cutting their naps short but its not seeming to make a difference. If you have any ideas, I'm willing to try just about anything at this point...