One year ago...

Sion and Hana were born. It is so hard to believe that they are already a year old but, here we are. They have graduated to their bigger car seats, they have a bunch of teeth, the bottles are all put away. They are walking (or trying to). They have developed into beautiful little girls who are completely different. We love them very much and are blessed to have them with us.

We had a few friends over for dinner and cake on their birthday and had a great time.

Hana and Sion in their "princess" headgear (which I thought we did pretty good to keep on them for over 5 seconds)
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The girls got a babydoll stroller and a shopping cart. They love to push things around and LOVE to fight over them, so we had to get two so they could alternate.



Sion and Hana with their cake...

BEFORE:



and AFTER: Want to share?



As much as we laughed at the girls eating their cake, Tate wasn't much better.

Tate's Birthday

Well, Tate turned four on the 12th. His "party" is next week but we had cake (from our home teachers) and presents on his birthday. Thank you Grandpa for the Red Ryder BB gun. Mom and dad got him some Lego's.




Sion (pink) and Hana (green) had a good time at the party, too. We just couldn't get them to smile at the same time. We even tried the "one good one for your mother" line, too. It didn't work.



On Saturday, we went to see UP, in 3-D. Tate had already seen it, thanks to his great babysitters, but Sachiyo and I needed an excuse to go see it. It was a great movie. If you haven't seen it, GO. The parts about traveling with kids and the talking dogs had Sachiyo and I laughing hysterically, even if Tate didn't get it.

Then we went to the lake to let Tate and Cashus swim. Tate is doing really well in the water. He didn't want any help. He just wanted to kick around with his water noodle. Cashus was also having a great time in the water, chasing his tennis ball.



Cashus was really tired by the end of the day, and we had to pull Tate out of the water before he got hypothermic.





Tate woke up early on Sunday and finished his Lego car. All in all, it was a good birthday weekend. We'll update on the party next week.