Siblings

The past year since the twins were born has been a challenge for all of us in our own way.  Chan had his fair share of struggles as he figured out his place in this family.  But as we round the corner to turning 4 he's just turning into this really cool kid.  His maturity level just took a huge jump along with his height recently.  This past weekend I had to quickly swap out all his 3 year clothes and make way for all the 4 year stuff we had stored away.  And him and Esme have been getting along so well, more often than not.  It's fun to watch them form their sibling relationship :)

One morning before school I caught them in the tv room reading together.  

They both like to help mommy in the kitchen.  

This was one of my faves.  Usually the kids come in our room when they wake up in the morning but this morning was different.  Apparently Chan had a bad dream and so he just went into Mimi's room instead since he saw her light on.  When I got there they were both reading books together in her bed. 

This was another good one.  I had to get fasting labs one morning so the big kids came with me.  When we walked into the waiting room Esme picked a seat and then said "here Chan, you can sit on my lap."

And the twins are forming their own sibling relationship :)  This was their first Easter this past year since they were born just the day after Easter last year.  

Easter egg hunt with the cousins and friends in Volcano.  There were probably a couple hundred eggs in the forest and they had a blast finding them all.  

I just love this shot of Eve.  She's "helping" with the dishes.  

This was the last day he wore 3 year clothes.  Ha ha!

We were so lucky to have Allen's sister Ting (the kids call her Goo-Goo) and cousin Kai visit for their spring break.  It was their first time to see us since we moved and also their first time visiting since the babes were born.  They came just a few weeks after Allen's parents visited too so we've had lots of Shih family fun lately :)  Here the kids are showing off the lovely cows in the pasture by our house.  This is a highlight of any of our morning or afternoon walks around the neighborhood.  

Coloring eggs together.  

This is the best selfie we could get when we went on a day trip to the Volcano National Park.