Jack is 3 1/2. Unbelievable. He says and does the funniest things, wish I could think of some right now! We just got back from a vacation in Avalon and Ocean City and he was happy to play by himself in the sand for hours! He can throw the occasional fit when he's over-tired but overall he's an absolutely amazing kid. As we speak, he wants Annabelle to come over and get an invitation to his pretend birthday party - "Mommy, get her over here because it rocks! I'm talking with all my buddies playing rock and roll songs!"
We're still working on the whole potty training ordeal, and also struggle with brushing teeth. Poor thing was traumatized when he was barely a year old with all the tooth treatments and probably hasn't gotten over it yet. Dr. Behlen said his bonding was really thin and may not last too much longer, but that we were lucky it's lasted as long as it has. We're keeping our fingers crossed that we don't have to go through another difficult dental visit anytime soon.
As for potty training, Jack still has occasional accidents because he won't stop what he's doing to go pee. We had a nighttime trial and just decided it wasn't worth it to fight that losing battle at this point. So we'll try again in a couple of months.
Annabelle is 18 months and has really started communicating the past couple of weeks. She likes to tell us stories that really do sound very interesting ;) She loves to 'read' books, especially with animals. She names the animals and occasionally makes the sounds too. She likes Donald Duck and cracks us up 'talking' like him. She is obsessed (literally) with shoes, and loves walking around in them regardless of who they belong too. We're able to keep track of her and all of her exploring/climbing by listening for her squeaky shoes! She spent most of our vacation looking for boats, pointing to them and getting so excited she'd say "boat, boat, boat" over and over again :)
This week she's been saying/doing "nice doggie max", "Dora", "Boots", "book", "eat", "down", "airplane", "mama", "daddy" and "Jack". She especially loves seeing Jack and calling him by his name. On that note, they've been SO funny together lately. This morning they were chasing each other around laughing, then playing peek a boo around the kitchen island.
As for me, the new school year starts tomorrow. I'm feeling a bit out of sorts and a bit unprepared even though I was in my classroom all of last week. Not sure what's causing the uneasy feeling, maybe because I really don't know any of the kids or parents (with the exception of the Lapati's and Martins). We'll see. I'm really hoping to have another great year in third grade.
