Casey is 5 (May 1). She is 42 1/4" tall (47%) and weighs 37 lbs (34%). No shots at her 5 year old appt, though she was ready to be brave for them this time. She had her annual bday party at Abasin with her friend Rowan who shares her May 1st bday. There was plenty of snow this year and the girls learned how to get on and ride the bunny hill lift up all by themselves. A little scary for us parents watching, but they had a blast.
Casey graduated from Ms. Lauren's preschool class, though her last day is actually tomorrow. What did she learn in preschool? She can write her name legibly. She knows all her letters and numbers up to 100 (though sometimes needs help). She is writing 3 letter words on her own and constantly asking how to spell other words. She is adding small numbers.
Casey started TBall this month. Dad is the head coach. They have had 2 practices so far and the teams seems to work well together. Basically working on how to throw, catch and hit...the basics. First game is this Saturday. Casey is also riding her 2 wheel bike. She is starting to get the hang of starting on her own. Getting ready for the Frisco bike park!
Garrett is a bundle of energy. He is now 18 months and wants to be one of the big kids. He loves watching Casey and her friends and tries so hard to do what they are doing. Though he is also completely fine playing by himself. It's like DisneyWorld when he plays upstairs with all the toys while Casey is gone at school. He has started making noises for animals...ERRRR...and he gets them to walk and tackle other animals. He is still very snugly. He leans his head in for hugs, he blows kisses and he loves to crawl all over us.
Garrett is 33" tall (75%) and weighs 23lb 8oz (45%). He had a shot and was not happy about it, though he recovered quickly. He is still mostly on 2 naps, still trying to get him down to 1. Some days he can fight through the morning if we are busy and take one 2 1/2 - 3 hour nap. But most of the time, he is ready for nap at 10:00. He wakes in the morning around 7:30, goes to bed around 7:30, so he is a good sleeper like his sister. He goes to school every Wednesday and seems to enjoy it, even though he cries when I drop him off. He immediately stops when I leave the room. His words are "ball, cookie, mommy, mommy, mommy, daddy, bubble, gurt (yogurt), mowha (more), hi, bye." He is trying to say Casey (Cay-he) and Marcy (Mar-ee) and other words or names that we repeat over and over to him.
He is very different than Casey. He is a climber. He likes to hit and throw things. We have been working on the hitting and he has definitely gotten better, but when he doesn't get his way, his arms start swinging. Casey learned "No" quickly. We believe Garrett understands "No" but really enjoys testing us. He will keep going for something over and over, even if we are right there telling him "No" or when we try and remove him from the situation. He thinks it's a game.
So what has been going on since our last blog...Aunt Kel was Casey's roommate for a month and a half and is now back in DC buying a house; I had a bday; Casey's bday party at Abasin; Casey had her last ski days at Abasin with her preschool class; went back East to MD for Marcy's 40th bday bash, then celebrated Casey's bday at Chuck E Cheese, then celebrated Grandma Gail's bday, then headed down to Roanoke to visit Gramma Lois before heading back home.
Enjoy pix and hopefully we will get back on schedule with this blog!
skiing at Casey's bday party
the birthday girls
taking time out of building snow castles to "cheese" with Connor and Dillon
hurry up...gotta play
cute
riding the Roanoke Zoo train with Gramma Lois
"where did she go?"
hehe
playing with Grandma Gail and Grampa Tom's new puppy, Rimsky
this has been our morning ritual...playing on the deck with sand and water table and bubbles
