Celebrating the Big 2

We spent a good chunk of the week celebrating Kirin's official entree into the terrible twos

First, his friends and teachers sang to him in daycare on his actual birthday

On the same day, we sang to him in the evening and discovered Kirin's joy of blowing candles, or as he described it, "I'm-a blow up cake!"

 Finally, we had a small gathering at home over the weekend

The party started with a flourish when Kirin threw a tantrum that ended with him tossing a full bottle of red wine on the back patio...
 

Do I look like I would do something like that?

Prettying up the yard for our guests

And of course, more cake and candles!

Kirin is 2 Years Old

The stars aligned today for Kirin's 2nd birthday!  We did a photo shoot to celebrate.

The second picture is him answering "two" when you ask him how old he is :)

Fun Sunday at the park

Brothers hugging up in Sausalito this weekend

Milan's First Day of Kindergarten!

Milan attended his first day of school today!

But first - we celebrated his last day as a preschooler yesterday by playing hooky and doing some of his favorite things without being hindered by his little brother...

The days activities included the tech museum, his favorite pizza place, eating donuts for dessert, playing with silly toys, paddle boating, and more dessert (ice cream)

 Milan was very excited to start his new adventure in elementary school

 Kirin tried to take his spot but Milan had the enrollment advantage

 

Looking forward to seeing how Milan grows this year!

Kirin at 23 Months

One month shy of 2 years old

Kirin singing his ABCs (kind of)

 Chillaxin' with some oversized shades

While dad and brother were making a pick up at Home Depot, Kirin and mom were jammin' in the car with some tunes (only Kirin is featured in the video below, so you'll just have to trust me)

Using the flashlight to search for lost treasure

Here is Kirin "learning" how to play one of Milan's games

(mom was pleased to see them nicely playing while dad was traveling for work)

 

With their older cousin, who paid a visit from the east coast!

Milan at 5 Years

Milan is 5 years old!  And will in just about a month be a kindergartener!

We celebrated his birthday with lots of numbers - math expressions that equaled 5 on his cake (that then ran off the cake)

... and a pinata shaped like the number 5!

Kirin took one of the first few swings at the pinata

but it was our baseball-playing neighbors who finally cracked it open.

Feeding frenzy below

Milan sat down for his age 5 interview.  If you actually get through the full thing (it is long!) he will be consistent with his previous interviews, though a bit more timid and hesitant.  His brother also made several entertaining appearances.

Kirin at 22 Months

Here's Kirin playing a game that keeps him busy indefinitely
(we like it too because we can multitask)

Some new luggage for a cross-country trip and seeing the Shrek donkey who lives near us!

Milan graduated from Pre-K! The party had a luau theme.

Here he is with his "diploma" and here's Kirin hijacking his hula skirt

Kirin surprised us by counting to 10 one day - we had no idea he knew his numbers

Father's day present from Kirin

On our trip to DC, Kirin became a little unhinged on the Metro every time we went underground

Visiting the National Zoo and riding a paddle boat while in the DC area

Cousin time!

Milan, the sherpa
(Kirin was not as good at pulling his own weight as his brother was on his inaugural suitcase trip)