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| The kids' new favorite place to eat...the front porch |
The kids are both doing great. They are in the 4 (Chickadees) and 2 (Cubs) classrooms at school, and continue to enjoy their class. They are practicing for the "Spring Fling," the annual school singing show the Friday of Mother's Day weekend.
Joey is still not talking a ton, but will repeat ANYTHING his sister says. He's started focusing on names lately, and is especially obsessed with yelling "PAULA!!" at the top of his lungs from our front porch. He has shown a lot of interest in potty training, although I'm not pushing it at all (for my own sake). Every time he says he needs to go, he actually does go. So I'm contemplating having them focus more on it at daycare. He still loves cottonballs, can be soothed by watching Elmo, and is a good cuddler, unlike when he was a baby. He throws frequent tantrums, but the aforementioned cotton balls (he pronounces it "nyanya") and a good Elmo episode calms him down. He also loves to dance.
Melanie has really been practicing writing her letters. She writes her name unassisted, and loves activities where she can practice writing. Melanie's biggest personality trait is her "fashion sense." She chooses her own clothes, and loves to layer. She changes clothes MULTIPLE times a day, and always has a specific idea about what she's going for. Sometimes that involves polka-dots with stripes, sometimes that involves wearing 18-month shorts.
Sad to say, nearly a month after the time change, both of the kids still have a bed time about an hour later than previously (we went from 7:30/8:30 to 8:30/9:30). That part would be manageable - but when it's Mel's bedtime, she screams and cries after we leave. Last night (Monday) was the first time she didn't, and incidentally, I wasn't home. So we're going to try a few nights of my being gone during her bedtime.
Melanie has gotten more outgoing in certain situations. She went to dinner with my friends and me last Saturday night, and made a friend at the restaurant, running around and being independent with her. She's been talking more to our friends, and seems to be gaining that independence. This is counteracted with her behavior a couple of weeks ago when we tried to drop the kids off at Parents' Night Out at ZHS, and she threw such a fit we just decided to take the kids home. Joey, too, doesn't do a good job being left. When I have church daycare or Sunday School duty, I take the respective kid with me. Neither is good with me just co-existing with them and other children. They are allllways with me in those classrooms.
The kids are becoming little partners-in-crime, and it's fun to see the things they come up with. Of course there are always fights; but it's interesting to see them work things out and learn when to pick their battles and when to give into one another. It's also interesting to see them watch out for each other around other kids, or even in the house. If Melanie has two of something, she'll immediately offer the second to Joe. While driving tonight, I looked in my rearview mirror, and saw Melanie looking at Joey, grinning from ear to ear. I had to turn around to see Joey - his expression was mirrored by hers.
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