Visual update

I have been a very delinquent blogger — I can’t believe it’s been five weeks since I last posted an update. In my defense, life has been very busy. But then again, it has been since the twins arrived. I guess I’ve just been lazy. 

So here, in a pictorial nutshell, is what we’ve been up to since late October.

We’ve discovered playing dress up …

And wearing dresses.

We fell in love with Elmo … 

And Halloween turned us into little monkeys (who spent a lot of time jumping on the bed).

We hunted for the perfect pumpkin …

And got our hair cut at the salon for the first time.

Showing off the new 'doos.
Notice the hairband and the bow in Roni's hair 

We became obsessed with camping and day camping (hiking) …

At the North Park Nature Center.

And all got new boots so we could keep doing it throughout the fall. 

We love attacking big brother (who generally enjoys being attacked) …

And goofing around with Mom for the camera. 

We continue to struggle with sleeping — especially Veronica — and to grow. Colin is now up to the 10th percentile for both height and weight, and Veronica is in the 50th percentile for height (I haven't tracked her weight on the charts) and is now even wearing some 3T clothes. 

Veronica is a fashionista, who often now insists that we photograph her outfit of the day to share with Grandma and Grandpa. But she is also quite the athlete, and has been seen imitating the warmups of the college basketball players while watching them on TV. She’s also very interested in soccer and playing catch, and has a good arm and a good leg. These interests join her obsession with biking (it really is an obsession), her constant desire to go running (she wants to do a race with Mommy in the spring), her love of swimming (still a little fish, most days) and her daily requests to go camping or day camping (what we call hiking). 

Colin still likes to tackle and hit his way out of frustration, but is starting to do a better job of using his growing vocabulary. If he is in the right mood, he can identify most of his letters and numbers correctly, and continues to show a strong engineering inclination. He is also the child with the most cat-like curiosity (as in “curiosity killed the cat”), and we constantly have to remember how tall he is getting and find new places to stash potentially dangerous items.