Let's start with Ava.
She is still loving school. In fact, she told me last week when I told her that she was off this week for Fall break that she wanted to go to school. She said "she loves school". Mission accomplished. I have been making Tuesday's and Thursday's as boring as I can, so she would want to go to school, because in the beginning that was not the case.
She has made some good friends that she actually plays with this year. Last year, she would play by herself and now she has a couple of friends that she plays with and that say Hi to her when we come into the playground yard. It is pretty refreshing and nice to see.
She had her first evaluation for this year and she got "G" on everything. (G=Good Job, W=Working on skill). I was impressed. Usually it is the social things she has to work on, but not this year. The teacher always has good things to say about her.
She had her first presentation of the year. Each kid does an "all about me" poster and is in charge of one letter of the alphabet. Ava was the "G" girl and we presented last week.
Her poster!!
In case you can't see it, it says:
I am 4 years old
My favorite animal is a Bunny
My favorite color is Pink
My favorite food is a BLT sandwich
The first oval is a picture of her.
To the right it is a picture of her family (she drew us as well)
The beach is her favorite place. (We put some stickers and a pic of her at the beach)
To the right of that it says I want to be a Veterinarian when I grow up
My favorite thing to do is Play at the park
To the right of that says If I have one wish it would be for baby peeps in my backyard.
Ava has learned to swing on the swings all on her own. Last year, every morning at the school playground she would have me push her and we would practice. I think a week of so before school started this year, she was able to do it on her own. She loves to swing really high!
Ava loves to draw. If we leave the crayons and some paper on the table, she will frequently go up there and draw, write letters or color a picture. The other day she came home from school with a picture she had drawn and I asked her about something on there and she told me it was a picture of Mike. I asked what the red was above his eyes and she said "his eyebrows". Made me laugh.
She is getting really good at drawing people, but she also likes to draw trees and anything around her. I love it. She is really creative.
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Noah... ahh where to begin. He is our strong willed boy who loves to snuggle.
We are definitely in the terrible twos. He is very stubborn and doesn't like to be told no. But then again, what kid does. He will put his head down and walk off to his room if he doesn't get what he wants.
He is still waking up here and there at night time, but it is not every night, like it was in the beginning. But, he is fighting his naps. There have been a couple of times that he didn't go down only to fall asleep later in the day. He has been waking up early lately. That part has been no fun. I am talking 4:45-5:00am. He DOES NOT like waiting for the monkey and will scream at the top of his lungs. I have resorted to turning his light on and telling him he can play until the monkey opens his eyes. It doesn't always work, but I just don't want him waking up Ava.
He is still such a picky eater. He needs to eat because I don't think he has gained a pound yet this year. He would rather snack. I have to make a meal and tell him that is it until the next meal or he won't eat. Usually by the end of the day he likes to snack to make up for what he didn't eat during the day. I am trying to get him a more balanced diet. He would live off of fruit and applesauce if I let him.
We have hit that time of the year that I hate, sandbox weather. Noah LOVES the sandbox. He would live in there if we let him. With the sandbox comes sand EVERYWHERE. It is in the bathtub, the sheets, the floor, everywhere.
I did a half day of potty training Noah last week. We had gone to Target and got him his big boy underwear and all the treats to get started (we were supposed to start today, but he is sick and that is never a good time to do it). So we put a pair of his underwear on and I showed him how it all worked on one of his stuffed animals and then gave him a juice box. 45 mins later he went potty in the potty. All morning he kept going in to go potty, no accidents. I thought, wow, that was easy, but around nap time, he kept asking for his diaper. I did put him in one for nap time and after his nap, I asked if he wanted his big boy underwear and he said No. I didn't want to push it. A couple of days later, I did it again, but didn't really focus on it and it was accident after accident. Oh well, I know he is ready, but he is really going to have to be all or nothing with the diapers. Only problem is that he is not ready for sleep time yet. He just may take a while to get through this. I might try again at the end of the week if he is feeling better or just wait until he is better and then go for it. This is my least favorite part of kids, the dreaded potty training.
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