I’ve been posting a lot about Eve lately
(she’s so adorable!) so I thought Lex was about due. He is, of
course, as fun as ever.

Getting Bigger
I was able to get out two days in a row! We
can’t play in the yard because I can’t get the stroller through
the snow, but fortunately the kids are happy to play in the
driveway. Lex has worn his same winter outfit (blue coat, black
snow pants, Tims, and blue summer hat) for two years now and I
think they’re getting a bit small. Hopefully I’ll be able to
get him into new gear next winter. He’s pretty opposed to
change sometimes :) I’m thinking about buying him mud boots
this spring, but they may end up sitting in the closet next to
his snow boots, both dissed in favor of his beloved Tims.

Sorting & Grouping
Lex has always done interesting things with his
toys and his new thing is sorting and grouping. He finds all
the books from one series and puts them together or lines them
up, matches up his cars and trucks by color, lines up the
rings, etc. On a regular basis I find little groupings of
something here and there. He matches the Word Whammer letters
by color or case.

So
Smart!
I think I’ve posted this before, but Lex is
really reading now. He can sound out words and read short
sentences. Alan makes him read full books :) Yesterday Lex
decided to put his water in the fridge (“The refrigerator makes
the water a little bit colder,” he says) and I asked him if he
could spell water. He frequently decides to spell words and
runs over to the letters on the fridge. He’s spelled “box,”
“cat,” “dog,” “fox,” and others that I can’t think of at the
moment. I thought “water” would be a bit more challenging. He
sounded it out “w” “ahh” “t” “r” and spelled it as best he
could. Not perfect, but I give him an A+ for effort! Today I
was trying to get him to pronounce “finger” correctly (he kept
putting an L in it :/ ) so I spelled it on the fridge and he
read it and immediately started saying it correctly. He’s so
smart!

I think we’re going to have trouble in school
though. My friend came to visit with her son who is in 1st
grade. He is also really smart and gets in trouble a lot at
school. He tries to help the teacher, tries to explain things
to the other kids, and just has a lot of energy. Lex is the
same way. I’m frequently telling him to slow down and let Eve
or one of the daycare kids figure things out on their own. He
always wants to jump in and help them do puzzles or spelling
things or whatever. I’m trying to teach him that he already
learned how to do this puzzle (or whatever) and now the other
person has to learn as well. I’m sure he will figure it out. :)
Like I said, he’s smart!

And so funny!
Lex is also getting quite a silly streak. I wish I had a
camera (or I guess a free hand) this evening. I had some
friends over and towards the end of the night my friend and I
sat down to nurse and Lex said “And you can nurse too! You have
the nursing pillow!” and he climbed up onto the couch, sat down
next to my friend, and put the Boppy pillow around his waist.
Then he looked at her with a baby in her lap, looked at me with
Eve in my lap, and jumped down, ran to the toy box, grabbed a
stuffed animal and settled himself back on the couch :) I guess
I wish there had been someone else there to get a picture of
the 3 of us “nursing” our babies.

Another silly thing, he groups his letters on the fridge
and when he needs one to spell a word he says “excuse me, may I
have the B please?” :) Talking to the group of letters, I
suppose.

There was something else I was
thinking of (blog posts sometimes percolate in my head for
awhile before I can get to the computer), but I can’t remember
it now. I’m sure you get the point though; he’s smart, funny,
and oh so adorable!