It's Been A Bit...Again

Geez! You'd think Mom would let me at the computer more. Her average seems to be once every six months. ;-)

Lots has happened since my last post. The biggest of which is - Mom registered me in preschool! I'm so excited. All the friends I'm going to meet; all the things I'm going to learn.

I've been recognizing letters for awhile now, but just in the last month or so I'm starting to recognize words, like my name and the word cat. Mom's very excited about it and I love pointing out my name to her in books and magazines because she gets so excited and hugs and kisses me and tells me how smart I am. So I do it all the time now. Not a day goes by where my ego doesn't get stroked! ;-)

I started Movement Class last Thursday and it's SO much fun! I learned to row a boat and walk through a cave and skate and carry a backpack and hold a flashlight. It's an hour long and I've met all kinds of new people and the teachers are so nice.

Gavin is walking, running, jumping, climbing and still drooling! Boys are busy - who knew? ;-)

He can say all sorts of things like 'Hi Dad' and 'Wow' and 'Look at this', although you usually need Mom to be around to interpret. And he just started waving 'Hi' and 'Bye', which Mom thinks is great. She hugs and kisses him uncontrollably too. Hmmm? Are you seeing a pattern here? I think I am...

Mom has promised a new craft for Friday (that's craft day around here). It's called Puffed Art. She never heard of it before and just read about it in an old book and she's all excited...apparently we bake it in the oven and it's made of cotton balls. Colour me scared! I'll post photos and directions...IF (notice the large letters) it works...

Emma.

Toilet Training

OK! I'm not too sure about this toilet training stuff...

I know I should go to the bathroom but I don't get there in time.

And now Mom has me on this 25 minutes routine...which is ANNOYING! She interrupts me every twenty five minutes so I can go sit on the toilet. Hello woman, I'm colouring here!!!

I am wearing some snazzy panties though which is kind of fun, a lot lighter than a diaper I tell ya!

I suppose it'll come, with anything new, you have to give it a chance to catch on.

Emma.

Sleeping Through The Night

I'm sleeping through the night and Mama is knocking on wood!

She's ecstatic! From 8pm to 7am - it's amazing! I just all of a sudden started sleeping through the night and last night was the third night, so it can't be a coincidence, or at least she hopes.

And it was perfect timing too, because Mom was sick-o-la since about Wednesday and it really took its toll on Friday. She even asked Dad to stay home from work, which he did until 8:30am. (That might not seem like much to you, but he normally leaves the house between 6:30am and 7:00am, so Mom was thankful!) So when Friday night came along and she was drug-out, coughing and snotting, she was DREADING the 2:30am feeding... But, I slept through the night! Then again on Saturday and again last night. She's ecstatic!

And she's hoping it lasts...

Gavin.

Forgotten Child...Already?!

Ok. I've heard that the second and subsequent children are a bit less 'cared' for, but this is ridiculous!

There is not one photo of me enjoying my first Christmas - how horrible is that?!

There are plenty of Emma, in her 'Princess' costume, etc., but not ONE of me.

All I have to say to that is 'BLAH'!

Gavin.

Mom Is Thirty!

Wow, she's old! That's 28 years older than me! That's really, REALLY old!

Dad and I made her a cake and a card. The cake looks really good! I sprinkled it with chocolate chips and candy sprinkles. I can't wait for Dad to get back from the airport because Mom says we're going to have a piece of it for my afternoon snack! Imagine, cake for an afternoon snack?! That never happens here, my snack always has to be healthy-schmealthy. Blah! I can't wait...we're having cake! Yummmmmm!

Mom says she's going to put pictures up of the cake on our family website (http://thekbfamily.tripod.com) later on tonight - then everyone will be able to witness the masterpiece I created (with a little help from Dad)!

Emma