Monday, July 30, 2007

The Army Crawl


She's been on all fours and rocking since we cheated and put her there. But now, she's doing the army crawl - pulling herself along the floor after transformer keys and lego peices.

Tiger Face


TImes have been a little tough for D lately. I worried tonight it was "middle child" syndrome -laughing along the way. He's been cranky, moody and maybe just typical for a 3 year old.

We went to Sesame place with Caleb's family and mom and Josh. Our first ride was the roller coaster which we assumed would be no big deal since you only needed ot be 3 to ride. Wow. I thought Daron might not speak again. Fortunately I've taken to holding him more, hugging and just bringing on the affection. It is sweet. And came in handy when he clung to me like a baby monkey with his eyes popping out like a fly's.

He had several breakdowns during the trip- usually a result of not understanding something fully - a complicated explanation or something that doesnt seem fair. But what did he want to do? What interested him to the point where he wanted to do it even though Ian did not?

Face painting. Sweet Daron who enjoys beautiful things and pretty colors had his face painted not just one day but two. First day he was a green monster and the second day - the most adorable tiger I've ever seen.

No texture concerns here. Just to fully support him - I had mine painted on Day 2. Maybe he did get some of my genes after all.

Toothless

We have a missing tooth! A few days ago Ian was brushing his teeth when I asked if I could wiggle the loose one. And there... behind the loose tooth was a wide, bumpy-ridged real tooth.

Last night Ian went to sleep talking about hose wiggly the loose tooth was. In the morning we woke up hearing Ian and Daron talking in the hallway. I heard Daron saying "its backing up - it looks like its backing up" in a concerned tone. Turned out the tooth was gone. It was truly a case of the lost tooth. We turned his room upside down but couldnt find it. I told him to check the toilet for a week.

But we did keep the fantasy alive. I have a really hard time with the tooth fairy story - I am not so comfortable lying to my smart kid. But imagine if I told him - and then asked him to lie to his friends. Or if I told him and he ruined this fantasy for his friends? In carpool today, Donny said she is tiny, someone said she is an angel. I am 90% sure Ian has significant doubt but he sees the rest of us going along. I dont really know how to deal with it but we have a hot wheels car sitting right here. What to do if he asks. I think I'll say I dont know.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

And she sleeps..

We have had a few all night sleeps and last night was one of them. Cheers to that!

Loose Tooth!

Ian officially has a loose tooth. HIs slightly older friend Donny is already showing as much gums as Dorothy. I can't believe we are at that stage already.

And she's up....

For a week or so now, Rory has been rocking back and forth on all fours. Crawling is not far behind. The girl does. not. stop. moving. So we will surely be in trouble!

Josh and Hairy....

Josh and Harry - according to Daron are really Josh and Hairy.