he is almost five months old now. he can sit up by himself for a few minutes at a time. he is so close to rolling over, every day I think that today will be the day.
he likes to grab his toes and stroke his legs with his fingers.
he sucks on his hands and has to wear a bib because of all the drool.
he can grab my face when I lean over him.
he likes to grab his sister’s hair.
he loves it when his dad wrestles with him.
doc mcstuffins. wild kratts. my 10-foot-long caterpillar. mandarin oranges. her christmas tree blanket. princess moana. sesame street. her abby, elmo, and grover figures. her bathtime squirties. going to the park. her rainbow glitter shoes. her troll “buddies.” vienna sausages. painting. bathtime. her cousins. going to nana’s house. reading books. “olivia and the missing toy.” going on bear hunts. fox girl. peter pan. being naked. playing in the backyard. jumping on the trampoline. the sugar-cat.
“I can’t like it, mama,” instead of “I don’t like it.”
When she wakes up in the morning and I walk into her room she shows me her biceps: “I strong!!”
When daddy tries to take a photo: “No cheezing!!”
We found this easel in someone’s trash and it’s the best thing ever.
She climbed on a chair and jumped off shouting, “Superhero!!”
She put on granddaddy s boating hat and proclaimed, “I granddaddy, let’s go on a boat ride!”
She hugged me hard last night and said I love you mommy.
She brought me a toy and sobbed that Leppie touched it!….her cousin wasn’t even here.
She wanted me to watch Peter Pan and she told me to Sit your booty RIGHT DOWN.
he is four months old.
his eyes make crescent moons when he is sleepy and blinking up at me.
the boy has discovered his toes!!! he is very interested in getting ahold of these things. he leans over to look at them when he’s sitting up and he grabs them with his fingers when he’s lying on his back.
he is trying so hard to roll over. he can flip over halfway on to his side but hasn’t gone the distance yet.
he got sick for the first time last thursday. he woke up from a nap with a 102 fever. it was gone in a day but he was so unhappy. ever since he’s been hard to lay down at night. I end up having to hold him for hours in the crook of my arm and try to set him down two or three times before he’ll go down for the night.
he adores his sister and it is the highlight of his day when she deigns to notice him. he tries to grab her arm or her shirt if she’s in reach.
he sat in his bouncy exersaucer for the first time and loved it.
he can hold his weight on his legs now! he wants to practice this skill all the time now.
he can wiggle out of my lap by arching his back and scooting with his legs.
he is full-on teething. he was miserable about it today and kept gnawing on my fingers, hard. he makes so much drool.
the other day he puked on me and thought my yelp of dismay was so funny. he laughed and laughed.
when he is fussy and crying he makes a sound that sounds like MMMMMMMMMAMA.
his favorite word is ABOO and I keep calling him ABOO the boy.
he loves his toys. he loves to wrestle with his tamed lion and he loves to shake around a ball and he loves the crinklely fabric on his sister’s baby doll.
he must sleep on me for all his naps.
what a boy!!!
playing with my childhood barbies.
1. her favorite lunch – Vienna sausages.
2. her latest favorite fruit – blueberries.
3. her first baby doll – she doesn’t usually play with dolls but today she woke up asking for her babies. she fed them and undressed them and took them for a stroller ride on the back porch.
4. she found her basket of Easter eggs in the garage waiting to be put up in the attic and for the past few days we’ve been having egg hunts every morning.
my sweet sunshiney two-year-old can drive me crazy sometimes. she is so full of energy. she is into everything. vaulting on the couch, painting with her own poop. putting anything she sees into her mouth: rocks and earplugs and crayons and small plastic things.
I get so tired. and sometimes I forget to be patient. and I react in the moment, without stopping to think. so here I am, thinking ahead. this is what I can do when I feel like the bastion of my patience is about to be breached:
fox girl.
his lion.
her room.
constellations.
rainbows.
this old moon 