Chez Mui Richard

 

I finally gave in and bought Chloe a dress. Yes a dress. I figured since we’re going to visit Laurent’s family in France, she should have something more than the regular tomboy clothes she wears. And she’s kinda cute in it too! And for the record, this dress is an orange-coral color and it is not pink. Just wanted to clarify. And check out Sebi in his topless-cuteness. He got wet in the sprinkler and so we took off his shirt and I quickly snapped this pic.

Chloe is almost 2.5 years old and Sebastien is a little more than 14 months. It’s amazing to see how connected the two kids are. At first, Chloe wasn’t terribly interested in her baby brother, mostly because she was still very much a baby herself. But in the last few months, she’s grown really attached to Sebastien – she can even say his WHOLE name now and she sort of sings it like I do and it’s SO CUTE. I will try to get it on film… but anyway, they’ve become very close. Chloe’s still a little too rough with him but you can tell she really cares about him and you can see how Sebastien watches everything that Chloe says and does. These kids I tell you – they make me laugh. Check out this video:

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And so since the kids are so close, we decided to stop splitting them up. So now Grandma and Grandpa get both kids Sunday and Monday nights which has made for some interesting stories and a few sleepy eyes. I think it’s going to take some getting used to but so far so good!

With Cecile in Colorado and Emilie in upstate New York, it’s tough to get the entire gang together. But on the rare occasions that we do, we like to make sure we take lots of pictures of all the kids together. Over 100+ pictures were taken to get these few but they were well worth the effort!

Everyone loves dim sum, even Sebastien who put on a show for us in his cute hoodie. Check out his many faces and expressions.

Chloe has officially perfected saying “cheese”. If only she would stand still when I take these pictures…and close her mouth…

Getting dressed up for Uncle Ignatius’ 80th birthday party. In all the chaos, we forgot to take a picture with just the kiddies and Uncle Ignatius! But we did get a picture of Chloe sitting very comfortably with Uncle Gabriel who was in town for a visit as well as a group picture.

Here’s a video of what happens when Daddy and Sebastien are home alone. I can only imagine the trouble they get into when I’m really not here.

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Chloe on the big kid swings having a good ol’ time. And Mommy noticing how long her hair is in this picture and how much it looks like a mullet that Mommy decides to give Chloe a hair cut.

Chloe after the hair cut. Note to self. I will not be cutting Chloe’s bangs straight across EVER AGAIN. It’s not cute. At all. What can you do. Now I know. Even Moms make mistakes.

Sebastien on the kiddie swings playing with Daddy.

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Sebastien suddenly got brave and went UP and DOWN all by himself! Yay!

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And on our way back to the house, it’s inevitable that the kids want to climb up and play on the motorcycles. I guess I can’t blame them, they’re going to ride them at some point!

And this video just makes me laugh. Sebastien isn’t going to let Chloe boss him around for very much longer. He’s going to fight back, I can see it already. Oh boy.

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