bonnie & jason

Sisters don’t shake hands… sisters gotta hhhhuug.

Here’s a short series of the girls being all sisterly.

Amanda wants in on the action:

That’s enough, I’m outta here.

Whoa, I said hug, not kiss!

Amanda and Alissa sing the hits

Funniest part is when Amanda tries to say “Thank-you” half way through.

2010 08 21 alissa and amanda singing from Jason Wang on Vimeo.

What if…

…we had another set of twins. I’d have to practice my swaddling.

The girls were more accommodating during this exercise than I would have guessed. That being said, they houdini’d out in a couple seconds after they decided they had had enough.

Random picture:

Alissa has been asking for a doctor set for months. She finally earned it by napping five times. Not in a row mind you… these five naps took her a long time to accumulate. I’ve been teaching her about stethoscopes and otoscopes and such. It also comes with a blood pressure cuff, thermometer, syringe, and bandaid. Plus, a pink carrying case. Did I tell you I live with four girls?

Our life: Birthdays and Parkdays

These days, we are firmly entrenched in the life phase of kid birthdays and parkdays. Case in point, last weekend, we went to one of Alissa’s classmate’s birthday parties… which was, in fact, held at a playground. And in the short week since that party, we have been to a handful of other parks. Point is… get used to seeing more pictures like these:

I was a fairly anal kid. Face painting in particular kinda grossed me out. Alissa, however, is quite the opposite. At Daniel’s birthday party, there were a few face-painters-in-training. Unfazed, Alissa asked to be a cat. Here’s the transformation.

Although in this picture, she looks more like a monkey from the zoo:

Even monkeys like birthday cake.

Here are a few pictures from our local playground. We don’t go nearly as often as we used to when it was just Alissa. But the babies seem to have picked up the ins and outs of slides and such nonetheless.
Amanda:

Ashley:

Strange little people

With every day, the kids’ personalities and interactions become more and more interesting.

First, they’re becoming more and more “hammy” in front of the camera.

Second, they’re fighting more.

Third, they’re imitate us more and more.

Fourth, they’re developing physical skills like Ashley’s “hopping.”

And finally, when they’re not fighting, they occasionally will all play together.

Preschool summer program activities

Alissa’s preschool program does a lot of field trips during the summer months. All of the parents are pretty involved so there’s typically a healthy mix of kids and adults. That plus the fact that two of our friends have kids who go to the same school means that Bonnie has had at least a little help in those instances when she has had to bring all three kids along.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to participate much since I just started the new job, but I have been able to follow along at least through pictures Bonnie sends from her iphone. Here are some of the highlights:

Serra Bowl:

Apparently, the kids were only really interested for the first few frames:

Happiness is The Sticker Factory:

Bay Area Discovery Museum:

Carnival Day:

Also, here are a few other random shots from the last couple weeks.

Amanda with a very mature looking smile:

Not sure why we’re all lying down on the floor:

Amanda’s favorite spot: