Operation

I was playing Operation and AJ tooked it from me. And I took it from him first. I wanted it first. I said, "Daddy, AJ won't share!"

Daddy was playing with me and Tristan. Tristan was trying to get a pieces. I tried to stop him but he got one. I took it back.

I like playing with daddy. It's fun.

Alll about me

My name is Talia and I am six years old. I am a girl. I like playing outside. I like being six 'cause six is my favorite number. Every time when my birthday changes numbers, the birthday that I am is my new favorite number. The reason I keep changing numbers is 'cause I want to get to one hundred and one ninety.

I like my friend Natalia 'cause she has almost the same name like me.

I want to figure out what number comes after one hundred and one ninety. If I can't figure it out, I'll count to one hundred and one ninety. And then I'll think harder. I am still learning to count by fives. I know how to do some of them.

I like my mom's hot chocolate that she makes. It's so good! I even want to have it every time for my breakfast drink.

Hot chocolate on a cold day

Hot chocolate is good on a cold day, especially when it is snowing. Especially when you went outside and got bonked on the head by some snow. So that's why we asked mommy can we get some hot chocolate and she said yeah. So we got some marshmallows to go in it. We got two kinds of marshmallows. One was regular and the other was colorful. They were very good. So then my sister had two cups of chocolate. On our second cup, Joria ate all our favorite marshmallows. We said, "Joria, stop hogging down all our favorite marshmallows!" So Daddy gave us some more of our favorite marshmallows. And then we watched the inauguration on TV. Me and my sister, when we were watching we said, "Barack O! Barack O! Barack O!"

Tristan:See what I can do!

This walking thing is pretty cool. It has helped me hone my climbing skills. Now I can do all sorts of awesome things. My favorite thing to do is to climb up on the couch, over the cushions and onto my high chair's tray. I like climbing in the fridge and going up the stairs, too.

Changing the game up

Okay, I have been giving this some thought and I think I am going to change this blog up. Instead of me blogging, this will be the kids personal blog. You will here it straight from their mouths as opposed to what I have to say. I'll also let them take their own pics. This'll be my last blog entry. From here on out, it's all kids all the time. Except for Tris. I'll have to interpret him for you. So, enjoy the change.

Zoo Trip

The kids by the elephant sculpture.

Aaron and Talia touching an ostrich egg, while asking about rabbit and gorilla interaction.

We went to the zoo today. It was quite eventful. First, one grizzly bear was asleep. The other grizzly bites his ears to wake him up. In the words of Michelle, "How rude!" The animals were very active. The sea lion was eating a fish. Even the gorillas were busy..

At first, all we saw were bunnies. Yes, bunnies. Apperantly, they live in the gorilla enclosure. Neat, huh? We wondered if they were pets to help the gorillas feel better (like Coco the gorilla, who had a kitten) As it turns out, they are "wild" bunnies that come as they please. I guess they don't bother the gorillas or pose any sort of threat so they just hang out. Then the gorillas came out. There are three, but only two made an apperance initially. One took a whiz right in front of everyone, to all the children's delight.

We also saw the tamarins and their new babies. There were golden lion and golden-faced lion tamarins. The babies were so cute. My favorite animals today were the meerkats. They were so tiny yet to fierce looking. The elephants stucnk as usual. They were particularly ripe, which is strange because it was pretty cool today. Tris got excited when we saw the giraffe. He started waving and babbling. It was adorable. The ostrich was really close to us; he almost seemed like a sentinal guarding his mate and the zebras.

Meet the Owlets

Aaron is 7 years old. He is second grader and wants to be an astronaut.

Talia is 5 years old. She is a kindergartner. She is super smart and beautiful. She wants to be an astronaut.

Joria is 2 years old. She doesn't go to school yet. She hangs out with mommy.

Tristan is 6 months old. He's not in school yet either. He likes to blow spit bubbles and is learning to crawl.