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Well I have done a terrible job keeping up with this blog. I finally am having a little more time to do this and I'm going to try my hardest to do it.

Here's our update:

Ivan:
Ivan is now three and a half years old. I can't believe it. It has really gone by fast. I am loving his personality that is coming out. He's a joker. He loves to make anyone laugh especially Caylin and his mommy. Ivan is an awesome driver. He loves his powerwheel car and his bike. We had to replace his tire on his bike because he has ridden it so much he popped a hole in it.

Everyday mealtime we pray. Our prayer goes something like this;
Caylin: "God is good and we thank him for our food" Ivan: "Bless this food to nourish our bodies so we can do his good deeds. Thank you for Amy who lets up go to her house, thank you for Quinn and Tyler that we go to his house, thank you for Grandma and Grandpa Paris for letting us go to their house, thank you for Grandma and Grandpa Weaver for coming to our house, and thank you for go camping" Caylin: "I'm thankful for hot dog, daddy coming home, and Rachel coming home."

Every mealtime this is what I hear. I love it. By the way Amy is Quinn and Tyler's mommy but Ivan has to thank them twice.

Also every night we ask the kids what their favorite part of the day was, Ivan's answer is always, "Camping" and Caylin's is usually what Ivan has said or "when Daddy came home."

FYI - we have only gone camping once. But I'm pretty sure the kids loved it!

Caylin is now a little over 2 years old now. She is my talker. She just picks everything up and talks away. She has a hard time of listening though. She's also my more physical child. If she is not getting her way she is the one to pinch, hit or bite. We are working on this but I think she is just trying to keep up with Ivan and gets frustrated.
Caylin has such of way of just being plain cute. She has these facial expressions that I've never seen on a two year old. Anders and I will have our hands full as she grows up!

Games they play:
Ivan and Caylin have some pretty big imaginations. The game they are always palying now is Daddy and baby. Of course Ivan is the dad and Caylin is his baby. Caylin walks around looking for her "daddy." If I tell her where Anders is she emphatically says, "NO, my other daddy!"
During the day one of them is a dinosaur and the other one is chasing them.

They make up words now and just repeat them and laugh at each other.

I'm so blessed that they really enjoy each others company. They play all day together and if they aren't playing, they are fighting.

Ivan still plays with his trains everyday. Caylin torments him and takes the trains of the track and runs. She is such an instigator.

Caylin LOVES her baby dolls. She usually has one with her at all times. She feeds them, burps them, swaddles them, and hushes them to sleep. Then Ivan will come by and take it. Paying her back for taking his trains. :)

Well there is our update. I'm hoping to use this as a way to capture the little things that do. More to come later!!!!!