The past few days we have been gifted by a mini-spring of sorts, a burst of sunshine and rather incredible warmth, with temperatures in the 60's. The snow, the unbroken blanket of white over our property, is gone. I don't miss sliding my way to my car over mountains of ice in our driveway, but I do miss the clarity and softness of the white. Muddy dead grass and litter...ah, the signs of spring. Today was cold again, and windy, but the glorious sun was with us still, so it was a good day.
The Spring resale events have started up again, so if anyone needs me on a Saturday morning you'll know where to look. Had a lovely time perusing kids clothes and toys, without the kids (thanks Gram!) and then having coffee with Melinda and her babes. This afternoon, Mike came over to play Magic with Nat and we spent quite a bit of time just, well, sitting around. Jack loves to "help" play magic, and is learning to recognize some of the words on the cards. Turns out the dining room is a decent place to let Ivy wander about, so I was able to play with her and chat a bit with the adults, too. We closed the day with "breakfast for dinner" in front of the TV and now, a few episodes of Lost.
Yep, a good day.
Quick updates:
The girl can now pull up to stand, holding on to something, and this is now her prime goal in life. She particularly enjoyed holding on to the stepstool and Jack's chair. She is also very interested in string. She follows us from room to room with her little quick-step crawl. She claps and waves and is very intentional with her communication these days. She gives hugs now-- most often to the dog, whom she adores. She has slept through the night 3 times this week.
The boy is a talking dynamo and is recognizing more and more letters and words. Making Valentines with him, for his preschool class party on Thursday, he identified the first letter I should write for every kid's name. He also helped to spell out "I love you" each time (which was the message he had me pen, in glitter, on the inside of each Valentine). He is exceedingly articulate and increasingly polite, unless he is pushing our buttons, a twinkle in his eye. Today his favorite game has been to say "I love you more!", "No, I love YOU more" back and forth with me. His hair is way too long and he looks rather like a Q-tip these days with his little string bean self under that big head of hair and I sure do love him.
Jack, "playing Magic" (he and Daddy were sorting a deck of cards) The thing on his face? A Transformer sticker he's worn for almost 2 days. Quality parenting at work!
He "reads" the word "Artifact" on the cards with that name, sounding it out the way Daddy did for him. "Ar, tih, "F", Act"
Still won't feed herself a cheerio, though any small item found on the floor is fair game. As are baby Mum Mum crackers.
The girls, hanging out in the dining room. We have left the table pushed into the corner since our Valentine's Soup Supper. It is refreshing to have a room with some floor space!
Ivy loves Corydon...
This is where she spent about 10 minutes while we made supper...
Making pancakes for dinner with Daddy..
41 week pictures coming soon!
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