...BUSY! Sorry for the recent quiet on the blog. We've been working to keep up with a house and a dog and two kids (who both walk) and the general pace of life which did not slow down one bit despite our being on vacation. We are reaching a bit of equilibrium now that we have been home for a week. Almost caught up on housework, if you don't count the playroom, which looks rather like a hurricane has hit there. Twice. In the last three days.
We've been busy soaking up summer, which looks like trips to the pool, trips to the park, street fairs and playdates and walks around the block, and most recently several impromptu dinner parties in the backyard.
It's been good. Just, busy.
The kids are great, funny and engaging and utterly time consuming. Jack continues to act on his desire to control his universe, which often takes the form of yelling at his sister and ripping a toy or other object out of her hands. At these moments, as Ivy screams at her brother and Jack loudly tries to justify his actions ("but, but, but....!") I think to myself, oh my, it is going to be a long 15 years.
Then, Jack will proudly call our attention to something Ivy is doing, or walk her around the restaurant, or get her attention and make funny noises to calm her down in the car. Or Ivy will hear his voice and look up and say "Dack-yee!!" with such excitement in her voice. And at those moments I think that maybe it won't be so bad...
Ivy has 4 new teeth coming in, and is walking more and more. She can cruise around while holding objects now, though crashing down and catching herself on hands holding Hotwheels-- well, things have gotten a bit louder around here. But not much is cuter than seeing her toddling along, holding a bucket of sidewalk chalk out to one side, the proudest grin on her face. Oh, she is irresistable. This morning she held court at Firstwatch while we were eating breakfast, grooming the crowd with coy smiles and coos to prepare them for the parade she put on before we left, making the rounds of the restaurant over and over, perfect "beauty queen wave" going as she approached each table in turn with a lean-in, full-on smile "Haaaaeeee!" Nothing beats watching every face in a crowded restaurant light up at the sight of one's daughter.
This is how Ivy secures her survival, you know. Because when she is not busy charming every person in sight, she is alternately climbing up onto any high/dangerous surface in the vicinity or demanding something by whining, pointing and fussing when we don't guess correctly on the first try. Good thing she's so stinking cute.
Last night Jack and Greg had a marvelous evening of play, beginning with a rousing game of squirt guns with their daddies and culminating in climbing the ladder to rescue imaginary cats. At one point Greg came and complained that Jack was taking all of his cats. This evening, Jack was very enthusiastic about learning to identify arachnids and crustaceans. It is simply amazing to watch his mind expanding before our eyes. He dawdles at bedtime and finds excuses to leave the table at meals and does a thousand other things to frustrate us (no, not TO frustrate us, things WHICH frustrate us, because he's three...) but really, he's an awesome little kid. A long-legged, scabby-kneed KID. All grown up.
It's nearly time to plan a 4th birthday party.
How does time go so fast? Oh, I know... because we are keeping up with a house and a dog and two kids (who both walk) and......
Picture hiatus due to premature death of point and shoot camera. Will rectify soon.
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