A few days ago I planned to write about how nice it has been around the house lately. The kids seem to have turned a corner in development and are back to being relatively nice, polite and fun little people.
Ethan has amazing patience with everything he touches and can sit down and work on a puzzle for an hour without batting an eyelash. He also puts together some amazing railroad setups. He especially loves taking his puzzles and trains apart so he can start all over again. His favorite pastime though is playing Wii MarioKart or "playing driving" as he calls it. He is so cuddly and lovable and deals with the girls (who tend to be the bosses around here) very well. My heart melts around him. Especially when he comes up to me and picks up my hand and kisses it. He's so sweet!
Kaitlyn is still the Alpha dog- so long as she is the first to do anything it's smooth sailing. Of course, she's not always the first as we are desperately trying to teach her that we all take turns being first. This usually results in a complete breakdown with a flashflood of tears but she recovers quick and moves on soon enough. Kaitlyn loves to play on the computer and play MarioKart as well. She's also been spending a lot of time lately with all her babies and settling them into their doll cribs for naps. It's rare for Kaitlyn to just plop down and watch a whole movie because she loves to move around. We are now recording Olivia episodes everyday and she loves to watch those after dinner at night.
Kylie is Kylie. Still a tough cookie but much easier to reason with lately. We've had some issues at school with her disobeying and acting out but at home she's been great. She loves to help out in the kitchen- getting dinner ready, setting the table, feeding the dogs. She's a snuggle bug and loves to curl up on the couch with us to watch movies. She has zero interest in Wii- she prefers to play with her princesses and play dress up. Definitely a girlie- girl!
It's amazing the things that they can do now that they couldn't do own their own a year ago:
- Getting dressed (Ethan loves to do his own buttons)
- Brushing their teeth
- Making their beds (as well as can be expected anyway....)
- Using scissors (Kaitlyn is especially amazing!)
- Getting coats and shoes on (we just need to zip the girls up)
- Going to time out when asked (usually without arguing)
- Playing nicely with eachother (for short amounts of time anyway)
- Playing card games- Memory & Go Fish are favorites
- Still eating great dinners- very little fussing at dinnertime- favorites are steak and salad, spaghetti and meatballs, and salmon.
Less arguing, fighting, and bickering is so nice. All in all, we've been having a lot more fun around here lately!
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