Sibling Love

Sibling update:

Rowan has Camille sleeping over tonight. Oscar is so sad and crying in his bed.  He misses her, even with her upstairs in the attic.  Through his quiet sobs he says "Rowan gave me half of her BFF necklace...and I LOST IT!!!!  And if she gets another one...now she'll give it to her girlfriends"  - my heart broke seeing how sad he was and how much he loves her.

My question : why do they fight like a cat and dog right now!!!??

Wally is CHALLENGING!  3 is such a tough age around here.  I look at pictures of when he was two and just wish I could go back in time.  To be reminded of the sweet little boy that is now disguised as a screaming, demanding, and STUBBORN 3 year old.  He refused to open his mouth at the dentist.  He won't paint or do other activities at The teachers at ECFE.  It makes me sad.

But then he'll lean into my lap at lunchtime and say "You're my best friend." -all better.

Oscar is a smarty-pants - does math facts faster than me and is reading.  He has a really good friend named Rory, and is sports crazy.

Rowan has a new-found love for reading!  Walking into dance class, I had to lead the way because she had her head in a Judy Moody book.  She has a boy who has a crush on her and she likes him too.  Andrew Sailstad.  They were in preschool together as 3 year olds.  Andrew only lives a block down the street from the yellow house. It's so fun to hear the girls talk about who likes who, and what they play on the playground and who wants to kiss who.  KISS!? Oh my.  They girls broke into dance while the pizzas cooked.  They started to sing LMFAO's "Sexy an I know it".  Camille says, "do you know what sexy means?"  Rowan, "yeah, one of a kind"  Camille "yeah, and attractive!"  Yikes

5 months!

Autumn is not slowing down and I really wish she would.  Right now she is on my chest, on hands and knees, rocking up and down vigorously.  She grabs for every thing. ie: the phone, a carrot, my plate.  She especially loves this toy>  (she's probably 3 months here)

Autumn has a nickname that is sticking.  Auttie-Girl. When she wakes up and Wally hears her, he runs upstairs saying "I'm coming Auttie-Girl!  I hear you!  Coming Auttie-Girl!"  Then on the monitor I hear him slam open the door, flip on the light and coo "Here I am Auttie-Girl." Today, when I got up the room he was sitting on the bed in front of her, holding a book in his lap like a teacher or librarian would do - "reading" to her.

A few days ago I heard this crazy squeaking coming from the living room.  I assumed it was Wally with Auttie's giraffe, Sophie.  I walked in to find Autumn on her belly with her face down, chewing the giraffe like a chewed crazed puppy.  Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!  Hilarious!

Still an extremely laid-back, happy baby.  Smiles at everyone, hangs out in my lap just looking around and cooing, lays calmly while her diaper is changed, just hangs out when it's story time for the big kids, watches me make dinner for an hour from her "swing".  She only cries a bit at night.  Usually when I just can't get her in bed fast enough because of everything else going on.  Man, life is busy right now with Tim at the yellow house every night and all weekend long.

The kids are still so in love with her.   They get sad when we talk about her getting older and bigger.  Lots of talk of the "next baby".  Ha!

Got Milk?

Oscar is snuggled next to me on the couch while I nurse Autumn.

Oscar: What kind of milk does autumn drink?
Me: um... milk milk.  Momma milk.
Oscar:  The kind that you drink?...almond?