Kiera's birthday

For Kiera's birthday this year, the one thing she asked for (and received, thanks to her Goo Goo Lianna) was a Belle dress. (We saw Beauty and the Beast musical over the Christmas holidays and has been fascinated by a fancy ball dress ever since. In fact, I think she was most upset during the show when Belle changed out of the ball dress and back into her regular clothes; and only perked up when Belle wore the dress again in the end.)

She wears her new Belle dress whenever she can (even to school) and dances around the house even more than usual. It has also gotten Ian into the dancing mood. Although his dancing usually consists of running around the house with his hands in the air until he hits a wall.

Ian, Scarface

Ian has been going through a bit of a clumsy phase this spring and seems to always land on his face to break his fall. The good thing is that other than a few tears when he first falls, it doesn't seem to bother him. Unfortunately, it always seems to be on the same side of the face. These are pictures from two different falls. Just when the first one healed, he hopped off some stepping stones at school and scraped the same spot. We are thinking of getting him to wear a helmet all the time.