Christopher's Bedroom Signage

Since Christopher and Will share a room, Christopher has his afternoon rest time in our room. He loves to play his Leapster, read and draw (mostly draw). Sometimes he writes me notes and leaves them on the living room floor. This afternoon, I found this (click on photos to make them bigger so you can read them better):


This was on the bedroom door:


These two were on one wall of our room:


This was on another wall:


And these two were next to each other above our bed:



That kid cracks me up!

Silly Willly

As Will becomes more and more verbal, he also becomes more and more hilarious. He often has witty comebacks and comments, and his mischievous side knows just how to get Christopher upset. When Christopher is reading, Will is very skilled at jabbering on about nothing and peppering Christopher with mundane questions. They also had a conversation recently about how old Robin Hood is. Will was convinced that Robin Hood is 7 years old. Christopher condescendingly informed him that Robin Hood is a grown up. Will conceded: "I guess he's 7 and a half."

Will has such funny ways of saying things. His favorite restaurant is "Miss Callister's" and today he told me that his lips felt "spicy" (chapped). He doesn't have much sense of time, so every time-related question is about if it is happening until Christmas or not. "Christopher, when is it going to be my turn for the toy? Are you going to keep it until Christmas?" Lately his favorite excuse is that he is getting a "little bit sick": "Mom, if I clean up any more toys it is going to make me a little bit sick."

For a few weeks now, Will has been a cat quite a bit. He literally starts meowing as he opens his eyes in the morning. And he refers to himself as "this cat" and builds himself a cat house of pillows and blankets on the sofa. It is definitely an entertaining phase!

Sarah Kate--5 months old

Technically, Sarah Kate is closer to 6 months at this point than 5 months, but let's turn back the clock and pretend . . . Sarah Kate is so much fun at 5 months! She still loves to smile, laugh and coo. She also says fun words like "glaaahh!" She loves to lay on her back and play with her feet. She loves having a bath. She is starting to notice when I leave the room and often protests. She loves playing with her new baby doll and other toys in her crib when she wakes up from her nap.

We recently started a new adventure--rice cereal. The boys were so excited, and Christopher can't wait for her to really get the hang of it so he can feed her. She did great the first night, finishing the whole bowl. But most of it has ended up on her bib since then. We're not giving up . . . if she only knew that once she masters this, she gets to move on to sweet potatoes, I think she'd be a little more motivated!





And just because she looked so cute last Sunday in her dress and her boots . . .