Family Portraits

 Since early March the kids have been infatuated with "kiwis." Not the kind you eat though.

 

They talk about Kiwi's to family on the phone, but the family has no idea what my kids are talking about. So I figured it would be best to introduce you all to them. Kiwi's are the last name of their small stuffed animal families.

 

It started when a friend left a little stuffed animal at our house whose name was Kiwi (The orange-ish orangutan). They started playing with him, and somehow they found other stuffed animals that were similar sizes so they decided it needed to be a family. They kept multiplying until Omega and Orion both had their favorite Kiwi families, complete with a Mom, Dad and 6 kids.

 

Here they are with their names. 

 



 

I forgot to write on the picture that "Kiwi" is the Dad and "Fancy" is the Mom. And, "Skinny" is named that, not because he has skinny legs. It's because it is mostly skin color. I don't know why Apricot didn't get "y" at the end. Oh well. As you can see, most of them are named after what color they are.

They bring them to breakfast, lunch, supper, and worship and have to get them "set up" just so. They bring them in the car when we go to the store. They play with them in the bath, and they create little houses for them in the day.

I can't usually sit on the couch because the Kiwi's have to live in their carefully constructed houses.

This was on a separate day.

I wish I had pictures to show you just how extensive this Kiwi attachment goes. Orion hammered out the "glass" on one of his tractors just so he could fit a Kiwi inside to drive it.

For worship they have to fold the Kiwi's hands and knees for prayer too. And at "snuggle time" they want me to "play" Kiwi's with them.

They really love their Kiwi's.

Does anyone else's kids do stuff like this? I imagine so. I just figured this Kiwi thing would be a phase they'd get bored of. But so far, it's still going strong. Doesn't bother me because it keeps them happy.