At some point Chloe was given a Barbie and Ken. She misunderstood his name to be Kevin and so it is. Well, it's actually Beach Barbie and Kevin so of course they must join Chloe in the bath tub. So, last night Jake's getting ready to get in the shower when he yells out, "I can't get in the shower, something creepy is in my way." I know just what he's talking about because is is intensly creeped out by dolls of all kinds. So, I say, "Oh, Chloe. Your barbies are in there." Chloe imediatelty starts scampering after him and yelling, "That's my Barbie and Kevin." As you know, she is sure everyone is out to play with her stuff. She yells, "I'll get them, Jake. Not you." Jake replies, "Like would even touch those things."
Here's Jake's spring school picture.
He is finally smiling a normal smile for pictures. Wyatt on the other hand is in "fake smile" mode and also very sensitive to the "encouragement" that people give him to smile. So, the day they had the spring pictures taken, his whole class said, "Smile Wyatt, come one, smiiiiiiiiiile." So the picture they got is the exact moment before he burst into tears. I wish I had saved it (if you weren''t buying, you had to send them back.) It would have been perfect for some kind of grief counseling book. It was easily the saddest picture I have ever seen.
Another funny Jake story... the other day Jake helped Chloe up onto the potty for me while I was doing dishes. I heard Jake say, "No, Chloe. You don't need toilet paper. You didn't even poop." When I told him that girls wipe everytime, he cracked up which made Chloe laugh." He learns a lot from having a little sister.
I just love this picture of Justin and Jake
Two Jakes
He had a great birthday. Here's jake opening his present with his brother and sister:
We're having a combined birthday for jake and Chloe in June. So, today after school I took Jake a a few boys to Laser tag. It was Jake, Wyatt, Jake best friend, Jaritt, Jaritt's little brother Dayven, Jake's Buddy Ellis and Jake and Wyatt's cousin, Tony.
We had sub sandwiches and ice cream cake.
They also have a 4 year old who plays with Jake. Jake really looks out for Jack (who can be a bit anxious. Jake becomes very mad if anyone makes Jack cry. At first we thought he was just being protective of a younger child. Slowly we have realized that he finds the crying very annoying. But, he completely does not blame Jack. Here's a conversation we had recently:
Here is a video of the two. You have to watch it. It is hilarious!
She probably caught at the ER when we went for that darn toe. Her fever started Thursday. By Friday morning she was much better but that afternoon she started to seem even sicker than before. Then she got a rash. My friend Julie diagnosed her over the phone. That woman really deserves an honorary medical degree. 
The other day he was taking forever to eat and I said (jokingly of course) "Eat or I'm going to start beating you." He looked at me and then said,
Once she turns 3, she'll be able to take it by herself, but I thought she might be more comfortable if she started with me. Most of the kids are bigger than her, but a full year younger. This fact combined with how well she does makes her look like genius. It's pretty funny.
Chloe is as interested in doing just what the coach says as the boys were uninterested at that age. 
Since she started gymnastics, I've told them the stories of taking them to gymnastics at that age. They laugh so hard. They love hearing the crazy boy stories.
The Barths' youngest is just 11 months younger than Chloe.
Lots of other neighbors were in attendance. It's fun because my kids all have someone (or a few someones) in the neighborhood who are the same age.
Justin is planning to build a playhouse something like this for Chloe.
We were invited to another neighbors house today, but I'm sick. Just a bad cold. Blech!
