wavywards: Butterflies

Garrett loves school. He cries the minute I drop him off at Kids Korner at the Rec Center until I leave the room and then plays the rest of the time. However, when I drop him off at school, no tears, he just starts playing. I had to drop something off at lunchtime at the school this past week, so I peeked in at him and he and another little girl were sitting right across from each other (almost on top of each other) throwing a block back and forth. So he will get a check next to, "makes friends easily."

He doesn't eat or sleep much there, but he's happy all day. He takes 2 half hour naps, has been refusing his lunchtime bottle and food, and then will drink about 2 oz at 4 and eat his food. This past Wed we went out to dinner after we picked them up from school and he ended up eating 1 1/2 bottles during dinner!

He had turkey and mango this week and seems to like them. We think he is starting to do the sign language for "all done" and he is sort of starting to wave a little too. He is very into throwing balls and playing with cars. He even knows to make the "vroom" noise when playing with a car.

Casey is doing great. I think we finally have her completely potty trained during the day. I still remind her to go (even though she NEVER has to go when I tell her to go), but she is now going on her own and not peeing her pants at all. I know I'm going to jinx it, but she has not had an accident in a while.

Casey is a very dramatic 4 year old. The other day she was sitting on the floor looking at her toe and where it attaches to the foot she a little cut...she tells me, "mommy, my toe is coming apart!"

She is getting along very well with her brother and keeps him entertained when he gets fussy in the car by playing peek a boo. He LOVES his sister. Casey can now recite my phone number without any help. And now we are working on perfecting the writing of her name. She is also learning to use the computer and can now work the mouse pretty well. Playing on the computer has been a good way to work on her impatience. She has to calm down in order to get the cursor right on something to click.

Since our last post, Casey, Garrett and I hiked Old Dillon Reservoir. Then last Sunday, the whole fam hiked Tenderfoot Mountain, which we can see from our living room, to spread Frisco's ashes. Casey hiked the 3 miles without much complaint. This was twice as long as any hike we have done before. We bring lots of treats!

Yesterday we went to the Butterfly Pavilion in Denver. Casey almost held a tarantula...she got up close and personal, but pulled her hand away just before it was dropped into her hand.

This morning we went to the Silverthorne Pumpkin Fest. Casey was dressed as a witch and Garrett was a skeleton. Casey picked out a free pumpkin for both herself and her brother. After the fest, Casey and I drove to Denver for her friends Lainey's and MaKenna's birthday party at their Gymnastic Center. Casey had a blast on the trampolines, beams, bars and sliding into the foam pit.

Enjoy pix!