Thing 1: Growing taller all the time. She celebrates her 100 day at school (their 100th day of actual school) and they all are bringing in projects that some how involve the number 100 to share, and they will be sharing snacks consisting of 10 pieces of each of 10 different kinds of foods, which they all get to count. Princess made a rainbow necklace with 100 beads on it.


Thing 2: Just can't get enough of his tooth hole still. He loves his new class in Sunday School with the new year. He's still really into aliens (he puts anything his head and asks if it makes him look like an alien -- boxes, noodles, shoes, you name it. I'm no help though. I tell him "yes" every time. "Yes, you look like a super-cute alien."), cars, games involving sticks or spinning in the computer chair, and we've recently started having him jump on the trampoline to a count of 100 over and over since it's been too rainy to take them out much.

Thing 3: This is her "cheeeeeeeese!!" pose. She turns 2 in just a couple of weeks but in some ways is going on 12. She's so happy to be an older sister now which means that she plays more with the older kids since she's now their peer. She goes to nursery without complaint now and does most of the actions for the Popcorn song.

Thing 4: She's looking like her own person more and more all the time. She's lost her baby tan and her skin is starting to clear up quite a bit after a bout of eczema. She's starting to give me 6-7 hour stretches at night, has burping down to a science, and is already exhibiting a huge range of vocal expression (as opposed to being either on or off).

Love the photos, people. I unwittingly sacrificed a whole batch of homemade tapioca for them. Oh, well. The kids still like the "bubble pudding" even if it was a little brown in places and had curdled egg white bits. haha!! I love this age of innocence.