I know it’s been awhile. Life goes on.
\n Just wanted to make a note about the new personalities my kids
\n are growing in to. It’s pretty amazing to watch. Lex is growing
\n in to a calm (usually), responsible, helpful kid. He dresses
\n himself, feeds himself (obviously) and will even make his own
\n meals if I let him. He plays happily by himself and with Eve
\n (usually) and with others. He builds long tracks with the
\n train, colors, reads, clears his place after dinner (still
\n doesn’t eat dinner) and helps clean up at the end of the day.
\n He’s polite and potty-trained and generally a real pleasure to
\n be around. Eve, on the other hand, while still a perfect little
\n girl, is entering her toddler years and becoming much more of a
\n handful than she used to be. She’s very social and therefore
\n always under foot. Wherever I am, she is, and talking to me!
\n (my mom is thinking “payback!” right about now) She fights
\n about getting dressed, refuses diapers, kicks me on the
\n changing table, won’t wear a bib, and is generally much more
\n difficult to deal with. What happened to my sweet baby girl??
\n Oh yes, she comes out at night when we sit in the chair to sing
\n songs and Eve snuggles into me and falls asleep. Then she’s a
\n sweet baby girl again. Like I said, she’s still perfect. She is
\n super funny and social. She likes to wear silly hats (monkey
\n hat the grocery store) and play hide-n-seek (usually hiding at
\n my feet) and tackle Lex to the floor (oh, yes, she takes him
\n down!) She’s very into the idea of potty training and spends
\n lots of time with no diaper on, however she doesn’t really know
\n when she has to go, so we spend lots of time sitting in the
\n bathroom with her and we do lots of laundry these days! She
\n loves reading (“self! read self!”) and having tea parties with
\n baby in the high chair. <\/p>\n
It feels like
\n they have recently both entered new phases of their childhood
\n development and it’s neat to see Eve going through the same
\n stages that Lex went through, and seeing Lex gives me hope that
\n Eve too will make it through the stubborn phase. I have to say
\n I did not missing the “kicking on the changing table” phase. I
\n would have been happy if Eve skipped that one, but alas, she
\n has not. Maybe we’ll just potty train her now and be done with
\n the changing table altogether! <\/p>\n
(I tried to add a few photos, I know it’s been awhile. Life goes on. Just wanted to make a note about the new personalities my kids are growing in to. It’s pretty amazing to watch. Lex is growing in to a calm (usually), responsible, helpful kid. … Continue reading
\n but Blogger is giving me errors, so I’ll try again some other
\n time. <\/span>And
\n Lex is on my lap now so I’m not even going to proof-read. :)
\n <\/span>For now,
\n happy reading!)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"