Maxwell is excited to now say he's "4 1/2" instead of just "4"
He read his first book with Chapters. He was very excited and did a great job.
Showing off the book
She's all about the accessories
Do you see those curls?!
It's not always smiles and giggles
Not sure if she's ready to potty train but this is a start. We just had her sit on it.
Stickers are always fun to play with
Uh oh - ripped tights. That's the life of a girl, eh?
My cuties holding hands on the way into swim lessons
Maxwell showing me the skills he's working on in this level
Britt took the kids to the library for some fun
REACH for that doorbell
We are trying to teach Maxwell a knock-knock joke
My favorite day of winter - - when I see the first buds of spring!!
Playing at the park in a t-shirt and shorts. I love that we have such mild winters!
The longer her hair gets the curlier it gets
Carlson cousin-in-law Brandon stayed at our house while he was in town. Maxwell loved talking to him.
More of those sweet curls
playing with tops in Kindermusik
Maxwell's last day of soccer class
Video - Maxwell's last day of soccer dance. Think he's excited?
Getting directions from Coach T
He works HARD during class - look how sweaty he is!
Getting his medal
It may not have always been his favorite thing to do but he sure improved over the course of the class. When I look at the videos from the first day to today, there's a lot of improvement. I would force him to keep going if I liked the Coach better and liked how he handled the kids. Oh well, onto the next thing. Max really wants to be able to play on a team again and be able to play a real game instead of just do drills.
I wasn't at home but Peter got Emmalyn to go pee in the potty for real!!!
Playing games with dad
Maxwell had a birthday party at chuck e cheese for a kid in his class. He really loved it this time and was able to do more games.
Big ole Update on the kiddos...
Maxwell at 4 1/2:
Loves math - we are working on "carrying the one" but as long as that isn't necessary for the problem, he likes doing multi-digit addition and asks us math problems all the time.
Loves writing notes and drawing pictures for mom and dad.
Writing words more frequently - sometimes he spells them on his own and sometimes asks how to spell them.
He's having fun with the weather warming up and playing soccer in the backyard.
It seems like he is starting to be a little nicer to his sister.
Has started asking to get his cereal and milk in a bowl some mornings.
He is such a boy - - words like "fart" and "bottom" are very commonly coming out of his mouth.
He thinks it's hilarious to use nonsense words for songs rather than the real words.
He sometimes baby talks and it makes me crazy.
Totally gets himself ready in the morning except getting his breakfast and doing his hair (which he tries to sometimes...usually means there's one small spot on his head that has a lot of gel in it).
Always wants to go out to eat but has been into eating "healthy" so he suggests Chick-fil-a and Subway because you can eat healthy there. (But then he also loves McDonalds.)
At home though, he wants mac n cheese or pizza.
He loves salad lately (lettuce mainly but will sometimes let me add cucumbers, snap peas, or even red pepper) with only Catalina dressing, he likes no other dressings.
He is really excited about being 4 1/2.
He wants to play team soccer again.
Seems to be really learning the simple music concepts he is learning at group piano lessons, which makes me really happy and proud.
Is doing great at swimming lessons, starting to learn how to flip when at the wall and doing the butterfly stroke.
Watches all kinds of cartoons now...not necessarily the same thing all the time when he gets to be on his iPad in the morning or for a few minutes before reading books at night.
Maxwell does a great job reading (Brittany saw him reading to his class the other day when she went to pick him up at school).
He thinks he's smarter than mom and dad. :)
He loves to wear athletic shorts and shirts.
Sometimes, he asks to help with chores
He can get engrossed in stuff like playing with legos or transformers.
He still thinks that if he hides under something that he's invisible. :)
His favorite color changes often.
When you ask him what he wants to do when he grows up, he will still say that he wants to work with mom at crossmark.
He is incredibly loving (will want to sit by you, or kiss you, or hold your hand) and very social around older kids/adults but not so much with kids of his own age.
He's a pro at bowling on the wii.
Looks like a boy - - no toddler or baby left. :(
He is aware of being naked and will cover up after the shower so Emmalyn won't see his private parts (but doesn't seem to think about that when they shower together).
Emmalyn:
Loves pulling up zippers by herself on her jacket or pajamas.
Wants to buckle the chest buckle on her carseat by herself all the time.
Wants cereal with milk in the bowl some mornings.
Loves baths -- she will ask "Bath today?"
She talks a lot!
She has cute, soft curly hair that is thickening up. She wants her hair done (piggytails) but won't let elastics/bows stay in her hair.
She loves her brother so much. in the morning sometimes that's the first thing she will say, "where's "Masswell"? (maxwell)
Emmalyn can count to ten even though she doesn't know what it means all the time.
She still likes her binky, it helps her calm down.
Loves her stuffed turtle and puppy needs both when she goes to sleep.
She wakes up early to nurse in the morning
Her boots are her favorite shoes.
Emmalyn loves yogurt, applesauce, cottage cheese, and would keep eating it and not stop if we didn't limit her portions.
She doesn't always go down for a second nap anymore but we still try.
