I called Eve a “wild woman” in the tub
tonight (which was an understatement, btw!!) and Lex said, “No
Mommy, I think Eve is a wild baby, she is not a wild woman.”
:)

I signed up another 3yr old girl who
starts full-time next week, so today is my last quiet day.
Funny that these days I consider 3 kids to be a quiet day, but
it very much is. For example, they are all napping now! :)
Yesterday I had 6 kids, which will be typical for Thursdays.
Believe it or not, it actually went ok. It will be interesting
to see how Lex handles having a toddler here every day. He
needs a lot of downtime and I think our current M/W/F with just
the baby gives him that time. Hopefully he’ll adjust to the
constant demands of another toddler – an extrovert at that
:)

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!

Today was a beautiful day, sunny and not
too cold. Lex and I went out this morning and did some
shovelling. The snow is incredibly deep. We may never see lawn
again, and if we get one more big storm we may not be able to
see out our windows!! (ok, just a little exaggeration)

A bit later Eve was playing by the window and
the sun was shining in on her. I grabbed the camera. Here are a
few shots:

The view
from our front window.

Please
disregard the snotty nose :) I’m too tired (lazy) to edit the
photos.

Eve has
the weird new crinkled up nose face that I think is a bit
disturbing but Alan thinks it’s hysterical. We were trying to
get her to do it for the camera, but could only get a bit of
it. Sometimes her nose gets even more crinkled up. It’s hard to
explain. I always find myself wanting to smooth out her face
and make it all better :)

I had a daycare kid here Thursday who was
coughing and sneezing all over everything, including one big
sneeze right on Eve’s head! Every time he sneezed I winced,
knowing full well that this was the beginning of the end of
healthy. Now we’re all sniffling and Eve is outright sick :(
Lots and lots of snot! Yucky!! Wish me luck in containing it. I
dread becoming a daycare where everyone is sick all of the
time.

And speaking of learning, Eve has been
trying out one of Lex’s tantrum moves lately. When he has a
half-hearted tantrum he’ll drop to the floor and put his head
down (butt up, head down, sob, etc.) The past few days when Eve
doesn’t get what she wants she’ll slap the floor and put her
head down :) Cracks me up really. She doesn’t really cry, just
puts her head down for a bit then looks up to see if she’s
getting a reaction. So funny. Probably not the reaction she’s
hoping for.

We got a bit of snow last night. The
newspaper says its going to snow another 6-8″, but I’m not sure
I fully believe them. It’s snowing now though, so we’ll
see.

Do you
see our upside down plastic deck table?