Abby:
- is becoming a great artist. She drew a self-portrait today and, for the first time, made her hair yellow and curly. Usually her pictures of people are all one color, but today she did different colors for different features. I love to watch as she goes through the stages of art development and more closely observes the world around her to find what shapes make up what she wants to draw.
- comforts Sam when he gets crazy during bedtime. And when Lydia kicks a whole bunch where Abby is trying to cuddle, she very rationally and calmly explains that she should calm down. Abby is a great big sister.
- cannot wait for her sister to be born. She wrote a song about how happy she is to have a sister, talks about how she wants to give Lydia her first bath (she remembers doing that at the hospital when Sam was born...a perk to being in a small town hospital), and already has plans to have a bunk bed in the room so all three kids can share a bedroom.
- knows more about dinosaurs than me. She picks out tons of dinosaur books each time we go to the library and quickly memorizes the facts about the dinosaurs in each book.
- seems practically ready to be a babysitter. We had a sitter yesterday and last weekend and both times Abby helped her find things, plan activities, and gave us a full report when we got home. Sometimes she seems so much older than 4.
- absolutely loves her family. We talk about birthdays, interests, and activities of extended family members every day. She wants to know how many more days until we see them, what they are doing at this very second, and then follows with how much she loves them.
Sam:
- has recently acquired a great love of monster trucks. I need to record his fabulous way of growling, "Monster truck!" because his voice is so great and he scrunches up his whole face to say it.
- also loves to growl the names of various family members and turn it into a game where we answer back with his name. It never gets old for any of us.
- loves when Abby throws snowballs at the sliding glass door (you know, the little tiny snowballs that come from our slight dusting of snow this winter). He cracks up laughing as they explode and melt down the window.
- counted to 10 the other day with prompting with only two numbers. Even with a sister who persistently makes him try to say various words and the frequency of time-outs he has to sit through, I was still shocked at my genius boy. :)
- now goes into nursery at church without crying and usually runs into the room without turning back to wave to Roy.
- learned how to ride a scooter. We take the scooters out to the neighborhood basketball court and he picked it right up. The handles are about eye-level on him so it's adorable to watch as he tries to steer, see, and push, but heaven forbid he not participate in something so fun!
- now sleeps in a big boy bed! As long as he has his pillow, blanket, and two stuffed turtles, he does great. Roy went up the other night to check on him and he was reading "Blue Hat, Green Hat" by the night light. I remember making great use of my night light to finish up books so I can appreciate the pleasure of sneaky nighttime reading.
Lydia:
- will join us in about 6 weeks! We are so excited to meet her!
- kicks pretty much all the time when a sibling is around. If they are cuddling on my stomach, she nuzzles right into them (and usually kicks them in the process, which they find funny).
- has 2 siblings who talk about her all the time and who cannot wait to cuddle her, give her a bath, and talk to her all about our family.
1 comment:
Wonderful post. No pictures, but the words have painted a thousand pictures for me! Can't wait to see those two adorable kids (and the "big kids", too) when we all welcome Lydia to the world!
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