David and Sarah had their last days of school earlier this week. David has grown tremendously this year, growing a passion in reading and especially math where he knows squares and square roots. Before school ended, he said, “I wish there was no summer because I love school better than camp and this is the […]
We’re now a family of six! After a pregnancy that transitioned from the BEST EVER to one that was the WORST EVER (yay for trimesters that have fluctuated widely), I’m happy to say we have added a cute little dude to our brood, making us gender-even with 2 boys and 2 girls. This was the childbirth
A funny thing happened before school on Friday. Sarah had a little argument with her big brother because she thought it was Riverdale’s birthday and not Israel’s birthday. She was walking around the room saying “It’s Riverdale’s birthday!” and David was correcting her, “No, it’s Israel’s birthday” but Sarah would have none of it. She
Okay, now here’s another funny Sarah thing. She is drawing on one of those magnetic boards with the attached magnetic pen (identical one is below): The pen isn’t working so well on some of the magnetic areas, so she showed it to me and said “the pen is running out of color.” Yeah, I guess
Sarah and I were watching a video about a horse and she randomly said, “Mommy, I really really want to ride on a unicorn.” As I looked at her and laughed, she looked back at me and quite simply said “Unicorns are so special.” Indeed they are.
Alana’s first sentence: “I don’t want it.” For some reason, that’s her thing. When we give her food that she doesn’t want, she says “I don’t want it.” When I try to kiss her and she’s not in the mood, she says “I don’t want it.” I also ask her what her name is, and