The progression of a laughing fit

Pleased as punch to be modeling his first size 9-month outfit... the babeleh was literally getting too big for his britches!

 

Ascertaining our family roles, per my 3-year old

I'm reading Green Eggs and Ham to Ari, and almost automatically, I take on a different voice for Sam-I-am and the naysayer, who in our family is named Mr. Pickydoo.

Apparently my voice gets a little high-pitched during one of Mr. Pickydoo's monologues, because all of a sudden Ari stops me.


A: "No Mommy, no talk like that!"

Me: "What do you mean, honey?"

A: (stops to think) "No talk like baby.  You not baby.  You is Mommy!"



Huh.  That makes sense.  I love seeing how his mind works.

Just call me Mommy-I-am.

Rocket launching

Edited to add: today Xander said that for the next rocket launch, he's going to put in a Lego woman!

And speaking of records...

I finally hit a milestone.  35 lbs down, 25 to go!

(It is SOOOO much easier to put on the weight than to take it off.)

26.2 mpg

Jonathan hit his personal record today.  Not bad for a minivan!

Witness my and Jonathan's passions in life: respectively, food, and things that go boom

Family-participation dessert: the kids loved chopping the apples, bananas, grapes, oranges, blueberries, and dried cherries and then mixing it all up for fruit salad.  (I hadn't realized the ketchup was in the picture, that was leftover from dinner.)

Putting together the kids' rocket.

They specifically picked one with a cargo hold, to hold a toy of the children's choice.  Here Jonathan is inserting Xander's lego minifigure so it can "go up in space!"

The next night, reading all about rocketry and what to expect.

The intensity deepens as they look at a picture of actual take-off:  oh my goodness, how amazing!

See the next post for our own personal rocket extravaganza... Connor and I stayed in since it was cold, but Jonathan and the older boys came in pink-cheeked and literally hopping with excitement. (Well, the boys were.  Jonathan looked right tuckered out).

Kid updates

- Xander started multiplication and division.  His passion for math honestly amazes me.

- Ari's really starting to communicate.  The other day in the car we were talking about who he wanted to invite to his birthday party, and I asked if he wanted one of his usual playmates to come.  "NO!" he said vehemently.  "[He] push me down in the wood chips."  He'll probably change his mind about that kid tomorrow, but I love that he used (almost) correct grammar to tell me about it!

- Connor's a prime roller, he goes from his back to either side with a vengeance.  We're still working on the tummy to back part.  And his eyes are turning color, they went from blue to a dark gray.  Maybe this will be the child who has brown eyes like me?  I guess we'll find out soon enough.


Lots and lots of pictures to come...