Happy Birthday My Dears...

Oh dear, Lorien and Wyatt turned another year older today.

Lorien and Wyatt after finishing a cross country meet.  "Participant" ribbons--yay!

I just cannot wrap my mind around how old they are getting.  Their "turning a year older" every year is driving me bonkers.  Why can't they take two years to get a year older?

I love them both so much!  For my own musings later on, here are some facts about Lorien and Wyatt right now:

Lorien is a fantastic reader, writer and artist.  She loves to make up stories and draw illustrations for them.
She is totally stoked to be participating in the school spelling bee...and practices every day.
She desperately wants a Kindle Fire.
She is best of friends with her siblings one second, and worst enemies the next.
She is confident and outgoing.
Lorien is fantastically oblivious to her maturing frame.


Wyatt is way into Legos and electronic games of all kinds.
He really understands Math.
He likes to play chess.
He improved his soccer skills considerably this season (his team made it into the playoffs!).
He can be painfully shy one second and the class clown the next.
Wyatt can be the best brother a girl could ever ask for.  He always laughs at Lorien's jokes, builds Clare's forts and plays the Prince for Adell.