Family Visitors Part I

We had a great time with Justin and Tiffany and family when they came to visit us over the Thanksigiving holiday. Here are a few pics from their trip:

Griffith Park Observatory

The cousins getting reacquainted at the Observatory

Justin and Tiffany before launch of California Screamin'

Justin & Tiffany 2 seconds into a 4 second 0 to 60 launch

Will's Disneyland blues

A quick family photo on Mickey's Fun Wheel

Anna riding a pony at Griffith Park

Kieran and Will riding ponies

In other news, Kieran is moving on from Spiderman and Batman and now wants to be Venom, Spiderman's nemesis. He tells me how, when we buy him the Venom costume, he'll wear it and go "like this" (he wags his tongue back and forth), and how people will say, "Oh my gosh! That's a scary Spiderman!" He actually thinks Venom is really just a black Spiderman. Ryan and I have never seen the new Spiderman trilogy, but we're coming up to speed quickly on the comic book world.

Though he doesn't particular enjoy the lesson part of pre-school, he's made major strides in writing and coloring over the past couple of months. He's coloring in the lines and can almost write his name legibly. He also doesn't like to sing very much, but I'll hear him singing "Here Comes Santa Claus" or "I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee" when he doesn't think I'm listening.

Haven had her belated 18-month check up at 20 months of age and we found out she's the size of an average 3 year old. We already knew that since she towers over the two-year olds at her school and in nursery. In the past couple of weeks she has begun speaking in phrases and sentences. Her first words to me this morning were "Kieran's mean to me." The funny thing is that she had not even seen Kieran at that point in the morning.

As you can see from the photo, she loves to wear necklaces. She also loves sunglasses and purses. She's broken at least two pair of sunglasses over the past month. Unlike Kieran, she loves to sing and hear us sing. Her medley of songs usually includes the Barney theme song, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and "I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee."