Palm Springs

We had a wonderful week in the sun in Palm Springs! The first day we had all of the Kieffer cousins together: Nate- 4 1/2, Riley, Sadie and Cameron all 2 1/2 ish, Ben 9 months and Colin 6 months...it was an amazing day! I flew down with the kids by myself (which was easier than I thought it would be thanks to my great travelers) because Mesh had call so he joined us a few days later. Joey, Sabrina, Cam and Colin were in LA for the week and came to visit before heading back to NYC. Andy, Val and Sadie drove over from Calabasas and stayed for a few days. We had Noni there all week! Every day was pretty much the same mix of going to the pool, napping, playing outside, and going to the pool some more!

We were all so happy when Mesh arrived to join in on the fun!

Ben's first dip in a pool!

Sadie, Nate and Ri at Splashtopia at our resort.

Ben and Colin finally meet!

The kids running away from us - when I realized I wasn't going to catch up with them I stopped to take a picture instead.

Nonistar and her stars, as she calls them!

Top: Sabrina, Joey, Noni, Andy

Middle: Cameron, Colin, Sadie, Nate, Riley

Bottom: Ben, Val, Meg

Chair Parade!

Ben started walking while pushing a chair around today and then his big siblings joined in on the fun. I don't know how Ben even started doing this...I was making lunch and looked up and he was a few feet away. He has pushed a push toy a few steps before but today he was going for nearly an hour up and down the hallway. Go Benny Ben!

Valentine's Day Celebrations

Happy Valentine's Day!

Love, The Iyers

Amandalee took this photo and framed it for us for Valentine's Day - beautiful!

Courtney, Lars, Ben & Meg (Lars and Ben were born just 5 days apart) at the Peps Valentine's Day party at Krispy Kreme.

Riley and Olivia at Krispy Kreme.

Ezra, Nate, and Ryan at the party.

Riley and a napping Ben at Ri's preschool party.

Soccer team photos and Super Ben!

Nate's team!

Riley's team!

It's Superben!

I turned around for a few seconds and this is what Ben did. Sneaky guy on the go!

The Trio

I just downloaded a bunch of videos and found this one from December. This is my life in a nutshell!

Friendship Festival

Nate had his friendship festival at school tonight. He was very serious during the concert - making sure to get each hand motion right. Adorable!

Ben crawled all around the classroom and Nate followed him, protected him from others walking by and introduced him to classmates. We were proud parents to see him watching after his baby brother!

Riley wanted to be pinkalicious for the concert.