8 Months Old - in April
June 3, 2010 (9:24 am) by ErinWell, since we still have “followers” of this blog thought I wouldn’t disappoint any longer. 
Some pics of our precious little lady at 8 months old. She is such a joy in our house. Has a little personality of her own… she loves to tell us stories with her adorable baby babble. She’s feeding herself with Cheerio’s and other little finger foods. She finally rolled over but still doesn’t like to be on her tummy. The boys love her like crazy. Although she “trusts” Ethan more than Lucas … she tends to get a little more nervous when Lucas comes around - maybe because he’s always trying to eat her feet!
All her photo shoots end up the same… with Ethan jumping in the picture.
Fun at the grocery store
Easter 2010
May 29, 2010 (7:46 pm) by ErinSorry no update’s from the Vile’s has happened in a long time. If anyone even checks this blog anymore, here are a few pics from Easter this year. Spent in Michigan with the Vile clan. It was a beautiful day, with an egg hunt outside… which doesn’t happen much around here. And a day spent with family celebrating the Resurrection of our Savior!
Family picture
Daddy’s little girl
This just makes me laugh… could not get anyone to cooperate… our life.
Car Ride Conversation
March 8, 2010 (7:41 pm) by ekvileTraveling home from the pet store after purchasing one small white and orange goldfish (to replace a recently deceased - may he rest in peace - betta fish), our family was trying to decide upon a name for the new little guy. This was the ensuing conversation.
Lucas:
I know, Bluey Blue. (The name of our recently deceased - may he rest in peace - betta fish)
Dad:
But he doesn’t have any blue on him.
Ethan:
Then let’s call him Bluey Orange.
Dad:
But he doesn’t have any blue on him.
Ethan:
I don’t know what to name him.
Dad:
What other animal has white and orange on it?
Ethan:
I know, a cow!!
Dad:
Do cows have orange on them?
Ethan:
No.
Dad:
Then, what kind of animal has white and orange on it?
Ethan:
I know, a cow!!
Dad:
I don’t think a cow has orange on it do you?
Ethan:
No. But it has white.
Lucas:
A cow has black and white.
Dad:
You are right Lucas. Does a tiger have white and orange on it?
Ethan & Lucas:
Yeah!!
We decided to name the fish Tiggy, after Mom suggested Tigger which was modified slightly to differentiate it from the popular Disney character Tigger. Car ride conversations can be very entertaining.
Musical Diarrhea
January 16, 2010 (8:31 pm) by ekvile
Lucas is really getting into playing his guitar. The other day I was playing guitar with him and decided to try and teach him a little about music. He likes to play everything loud, so being the typical father desiring peace and quiet, I tried to teach him the idea of playing quietly, as well as loud. We spent time playing softly and then gradually getting louder building to the loudest we could play, and then quieter and quieter again. Naturally I want him to know the proper vocabulary for what we were doing, I told him that this was the dynamics of music. He had a lot of fun playing guitar with me like this.
This morning, after breakfast, he trucked on up to me, guitar in hand, and asked to play diarrhea. Struggling to remain calm and straight-faced, I came to the conclusion that he meant “dynamic,” but had confused it with the word “diarrhea.” I really don’t know where he got that term, it’s not like that’s something we say around here very often (but as in any young family it has most certainly been fully experienced). I responded that the word was actually “dynamic,” but he repeated that he wanted to play music and specifically he wanted to play diarrhea. Apparently Lucas thinks that music has diarrhea… and for some types of music I’ve heard, he’s not that far off. Somehow in his mind when he says the word “diarrhea” it is really “dynamic” and it was fairly clear that it was going to take some work to correct this misunderstanding. Leaving this job for another day, we walked off to get my guitar and spend some time playing musical diarrhea.
Lovin’ These Kids…
January 7, 2010 (3:26 pm) by ErinJust some sweet pics of the Vile kids over the holidays…. enjoy!
Alayna’s First Snow… we love those cheeks and can’t stop kissing them!!!
No such thing as a perfect picture these days so this will have to do… Alayna was sliding on the wood floor and Lucas was not cooperating (go figure). I love it though!
So big… at 4 months
Christmas Day
Ethan’s always smiling… Lucas could care less and Alayna doesn’t know what’s going on.
This kid’s smile is wide open… too cute!
And she always loves to stand!
Ethan and his new glasses… he is doing great with them and Doc says all is going well!
