Our library has a lego night for the big kids and it has been so much fun for the boys to attend. They arrive, are given a theme or goal for the week, spend 45 minutes or so on construction and finally present, to the group, their creation. This week they had to make a car to race down the ramp. Noah and James both did so well with both assembly as well as explaining what was "cool" about their car. About an hour after this lego night Noah started with a GI bug (which Gabe had already had) to begin a challenging week with lots of laundry.
Ben and Audrey have been having a ball while Noah and James are in school. They spend most of their days playing dress up in the basement, chasing each other around or playing hide and seek. Audrey's personality has really started to show itself in the past month or so. She has a much larger vocabulary than the boys did at 2.5 years and is very opinionated about what she wants. At the same time she is starting to figure out how to get things done for herself from watching her brothers. The picture of her eating the yogurt- she waited patiently for Ben to get out of his seat, then she stealthily climbed up and finished the yogurt... he wasn't impressed:) The next picture is after "helping" me fold the laundry. She insisted on wearing James's shirt and Noah's underwear. It was a battle all day as she refused to take them off until bath time. Also, this is the new face she makes when you ask her to smile for a picture. The bottom picture- she has found that she can get almost anything she wants on the first floor if she just pushes the chair around. Here, she is getting herself a cup of water from the bathroom sink... She is also become obsessed with washing her hands so this is actually fairly convenient;)
Ben is also having a developmental explosion in the direction of progress and I am happy to report that he is fully potty trained, nap time included, about a month before 3.5 years! He has been insisting on doing everything himself, which is not as much of a hardship for us as it would be for most 3 year olds because he can actually do it all himself with relative ease. He can now fully dress himself, make his bed, use the bathroom independently, brush his teeth and almost anything else he sees his brothers doing for themselves. Having only 1 in diapers is amazing... it has been almost 6 years!
Gabe had MLK Day off this year because he worked the weekend before, so we took the kids for a day trip to Portland. We have some snow here to ski, but other than that this month has left us with frigid cold air and spots of bare grass showing through. Great skating though! We visited LLBean and the children's museum in the morning. It has been a little over a year since we were in the Portland Children's Museum and lots of things have changed and I thought that the kids may never leave!
Ben and Audrey have been having a ball while Noah and James are in school. They spend most of their days playing dress up in the basement, chasing each other around or playing hide and seek. Audrey's personality has really started to show itself in the past month or so. She has a much larger vocabulary than the boys did at 2.5 years and is very opinionated about what she wants. At the same time she is starting to figure out how to get things done for herself from watching her brothers. The picture of her eating the yogurt- she waited patiently for Ben to get out of his seat, then she stealthily climbed up and finished the yogurt... he wasn't impressed:) The next picture is after "helping" me fold the laundry. She insisted on wearing James's shirt and Noah's underwear. It was a battle all day as she refused to take them off until bath time. Also, this is the new face she makes when you ask her to smile for a picture. The bottom picture- she has found that she can get almost anything she wants on the first floor if she just pushes the chair around. Here, she is getting herself a cup of water from the bathroom sink... She is also become obsessed with washing her hands so this is actually fairly convenient;)
Ben is also having a developmental explosion in the direction of progress and I am happy to report that he is fully potty trained, nap time included, about a month before 3.5 years! He has been insisting on doing everything himself, which is not as much of a hardship for us as it would be for most 3 year olds because he can actually do it all himself with relative ease. He can now fully dress himself, make his bed, use the bathroom independently, brush his teeth and almost anything else he sees his brothers doing for themselves. Having only 1 in diapers is amazing... it has been almost 6 years!
Gabe had MLK Day off this year because he worked the weekend before, so we took the kids for a day trip to Portland. We have some snow here to ski, but other than that this month has left us with frigid cold air and spots of bare grass showing through. Great skating though! We visited LLBean and the children's museum in the morning. It has been a little over a year since we were in the Portland Children's Museum and lots of things have changed and I thought that the kids may never leave!
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