Noelle started preschool a few weeks ago. She goes to the elementary school across the street 2 days a week in the morning. On the first day she scraped her hand on the playground and reported that she didn't get to play with the doll she wanted.
Two weeks in and Noelle's school reports are slightly more substantial. She talks about Gabriella's curly hair and ladybug barrettes and she sings us songs about blackbirds and bunnies. It seems like she is having a good time and we know the structure and social learning are great!
Isaac is growing like a weed. He hasn't been weighed in awhile, but I know he's feeling heavy. It gives new respect to Alisa and Jessica who have had to carry around much heavier babies. He rolled over for the first time on August 15th, I've seen it once since then and now...nothing! You can try to bribe and encourage him, but he just doesn't care enough about anything to bother rolling over. He's incredibly active for being so immobile. He kicks constantly and has perfected the spitty raspberry (with way too much drool). We're still mastering solid foods - some days he eats great and others not so much.
He's a total gigglebox and I think he's even happier than Noelle was as a baby (if that's possible). He loves his sister and laughs at everything she does. Tonight she decided she wanted to snap up his pajamas. If you've done this on a 5 month old baby, you know that finding the correct snaps on a wiggling body is a huge challenge. She did pretty well and wanted to fix the mistakes she had made. She just kept telling him "hold still" and "stop kicking, Isaac - I can't do this if you're wiggly".
On Saturday Noelle, Tony and I went to see the pre-Broadway theatrical release of The Little Mermaid. They did a fantastic job. There's nothing like live theater! The sound of the orchestra, incredible costuming and applause from an audience - very thrilling. Noelle loved the costumes and the dancing. Now she want to see "3 more princess concerts".
Two weeks in and Noelle's school reports are slightly more substantial. She talks about Gabriella's curly hair and ladybug barrettes and she sings us songs about blackbirds and bunnies. It seems like she is having a good time and we know the structure and social learning are great!
Isaac is growing like a weed. He hasn't been weighed in awhile, but I know he's feeling heavy. It gives new respect to Alisa and Jessica who have had to carry around much heavier babies. He rolled over for the first time on August 15th, I've seen it once since then and now...nothing! You can try to bribe and encourage him, but he just doesn't care enough about anything to bother rolling over. He's incredibly active for being so immobile. He kicks constantly and has perfected the spitty raspberry (with way too much drool). We're still mastering solid foods - some days he eats great and others not so much.
He's a total gigglebox and I think he's even happier than Noelle was as a baby (if that's possible). He loves his sister and laughs at everything she does. Tonight she decided she wanted to snap up his pajamas. If you've done this on a 5 month old baby, you know that finding the correct snaps on a wiggling body is a huge challenge. She did pretty well and wanted to fix the mistakes she had made. She just kept telling him "hold still" and "stop kicking, Isaac - I can't do this if you're wiggly".
On Saturday Noelle, Tony and I went to see the pre-Broadway theatrical release of The Little Mermaid. They did a fantastic job. There's nothing like live theater! The sound of the orchestra, incredible costuming and applause from an audience - very thrilling. Noelle loved the costumes and the dancing. Now she want to see "3 more princess concerts".
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Thanks for doing this so your Illinois relatives can watch the kids grow from afar. Jenni has been doing this for awhile and it's fun to read--but she's not posting photos which are a nice touch. We'll need to work on that.
I'll keep on eye on this for future postings--keep it up!
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