12/9 - 12/20/13

Lily bits

- Lily is so observant of her older brother.  Today she surprised me in the way she mimicked him.  She has seen him pine over new Lego sets advertised in the instruction manuals of those he already has, talking about how much he wants them.  Today she pointed at a little picture of a book advertised on the cover of a book she was looking at and said, "I want that set.  I want to build it.  It would be so cool!"  So funny how she used his exact language!

- Lily's favorite toys right now are her "pets" - her kitty and puppy.  She carries them around all day and sleeps with them.

- Lily frequently bursts into song and dance.  I love how she freely expresses her joy.  Her favorites are "Heart Makes" (A dream is a wish your heart makes), ""Sweet Nightingale", and "Jesus Loves Me."

Nathaniel nuggets

-Nathaniel's reading is really coming along well.  He's read through most of the second Bob book set, and today he read through most of a scholastic Lego reader.

- Nathaniel's "jokes":  "hot dogs and peanut butter".  "A cat crossed the street at the same time a rocket was going by."

- He caught this lizard in the living room the other day for me.  He was so proud that he was fast enough to get it!

- Nathaniel and Lily play pretty well together most of the time.  Some of there favorite activities to share are pushing around the shopping carts (or chasing one another with them!), building forts with pillows and blankets around the sofa and ottoman or upstairs, and playing outside in the sandbox.