sick and tired

we're not happy.

we're NOT happy.

we're so tired.

so very tired.

so very very tired.

and not happy.

it's so hard to be sick. 

some nice pictures

domestic noah

noah likes to cook and clean.

Watchful eye

Beebah is watching and imitating her brother more. I gave noah some banana and then ate some myself. Suddenly I heard a screech, mmmrrrrrrrraaaaaa, come from Beebah, as she stared at the banana. She would not quiet down until I gave her some. Also, at Nanna and Papa's houses, Noah was playing with the toy trains, as he always does. When he was done Aviva crawled over to play with them. Mind you Aviva normally would only care about a toy if you could eat it. I think she decided the trains were important because noah did.

no beeba today

noah is a little meaner than he was a month ago. he's still intermittently nice and mean, but now it's more often mean. he's been saying "no beeba today." and he likes to push her down and squish her, as i've written before, and we used to say it was okay until she made unhappy noises. but now, he has to ask our permission before pushing her. if she's on carpet or something soft, we say okay. if she's on the tile or wood, we say no. if he does it anyway, he gets moved away from everyone, and sometimes put outside. the other day, he was kissing her arm and it was nice. actually he was kind of sucking on her arm. then she started fussing, and i told him he had to stop. he stopped, and i saw teeth marks on her arm. so that's the kind of mean-ness we're seeing.

his language is great. he gives a lot of commentary or narration about what's going on. what he's saying is peppered with "happened last week" and "just a little bit" and "that's weird." and there's a lot of repetition. "had ice cream last week. had ice cream last week. just a little bit of ice cream last week."

he loves to read books together and there's a little bit of wanting aviva's books, but also he likes books with a lot of text and a few nice pictures. the other night, we read the book about peter and the wolf twice, and then the book of colors. so when i'm reading, i'm going from words like "struggled" and "procession," to the book of "red." (next page) "blue" (next page) "yellow" (next page). and at the end of each book, he says "again!" and wants to read it again, whatever it is.

happy baby

aviva is very smiley and happy. when you look at her, she smiles. when you change her diaper, she smiles. when you bite her feet, she laughs. when you hit her on the head repeatedly with a flipflop, she smiles (unfortunately)(so noah keeps doing it)(and she keeps smiling). when you squish her by laying on her, she smiles. strangers everywhere comment about her happy-ness and smiley-ness.

Spelling

Noah learned to spell today. Or at least he learned that there is a thing called spelling, i.e., that letters make up words. He has been watching an ABC video while we brush his teeth and singing the abc song a lot and I think it all just clicked.

He asked me to write daddy and mama today, which I did.

standing

Yona says if you get her up, Aviva can now stand by steadying herself on our living room table. Josh says if you force her up and drape her arms over the living rooms table, Aviva can cling on for dear life.

clapping

aviva clapped today. Not for any reason, but still, she clapped. We were at meredith's for dinner and Aviva clapped.