Currently Zachary is counting down the days until the end of the school year. He's making lots of art, including a Happy Earth Day sign he was very proud of, and we are discussing ways to conserve the Earth's resources. He is working on some stitching projects I got for him (I got tired of turning him down on teaching him how to sew). He is excelling at math, reading, and writing at school. He is learning how to play marbles in gym class and was able to buy his own bag/marbles/shooters to practice at home, which was the highlight of his week.
Currently Charlotte is learning how to get those yummy puffs from the tray to her mouth, with varying success. She still loves her butternut squash, though she's up to eating a whole banana in one sitting so that's possibly her favorite now. She still rejects green beans, peas, and carrots, but we are trying. She is going to bed much more easily now, but we are still struggling to get her to go back to sleep and not expect to be fed when she wakes up every few hours. Some days she is content to sit on the floor or in the saucer and play for quite awhile, even alone in the living room...she likes having the whole bin of Little People in reach. She doesn't have any teeth yet.
Currently Gabriel is getting harder and harder to keep up with, though he still naps for 2-3 hours every afternoon and doesn't fight it at all. He is probably making more art than Zach at this point, especially loving the washable markers and my paper punches. He is excited to walk up to the bus stop to get Zach, and point out the really big dandelions. He has made a rule of no singing in the house (we've never known why but it really bugs him), and if you sing, which we like to do to Charlotte, he says "You're fired!" It has happened a few times that he's been humming the Star Wars theme and I point out that he's doing it, he says "I'm fired!" I'm guessing the "firing" is referring to something on Spongebob, as everything seems to be these days. Ah, Gabe is our little comedian.
