Nothing new to report on Emy, she just continues to cruise, climb, crawl, and be cute. Oh, she did devour some solids last night. We’ve been holding off, after reading a book that said food should be fun and don’t force it on kids. We’re in charge of what food is in the house (healthy) and offering consistent snack & meal times, and setting boundaries on where the food is consumed (at table, not in front of tv, etc) but that’s it - we’re in charge of what, where, when. They are in charge of what they want (within our guidelines) and how much. Offer it, but let them decide how much to eat and don’t attach value to food - don’t use dessert as a bribe if they finish their veggies because then veggies are “bad” and dessert is “good” and food shouldn’t be about punishment and reward. Still sorting out that whole food theory thing, not sure exactly what I think - but anyway, we kept offering and this time Emy was ready and went at it with gusto!

Bennett is watching a Baby Einstein movie and just signed ball (and said ‘ball’) and signed swing. Kit says, “Let’s hear it for too much tv!” Ben has also begun to resemble a cat, in the sense that he wants to be IN my lap at all times. Especially if something else is in my lap, like a baby or a laptop. Or if I’m doing something, like eating. Then he MUST BE IN MY LAP RIGHT NOW or the world will end. He’s never been this clingy, so I admit I’m enjoying it in a twisted way. This afternoon he fell asleep cuddled up in my lap and when I went to lay him down I tried to remove his glasses. He woke up, yelled at me and pulled the glasses back on then napped. Two hours, with his glasses on his cute little face.

This afternoon he was coloring at the table when a song came on tv - Bennett stood up, leapt into my arms then pointed to the tv. I brought him in and he jumped from my arms, grabbed my hand and started frantically dancing in place. It’s his new ritual with Kit, they dance together and it’s adorable to behold.

Moira has been begging us to get her hair cut. At first I thought it was because she gets a lollipop from the place, but she said she wanted short hair so I took her to a friend to do it. It’s ridiculously cute, I’ll post a picture later. Moira HATES getting her hair washed, brushed, pulled up, anything. This should make her life easier (and ours.) This evening she was sitting in my lap playing with my hair and said, “I like your hair. Your hair long, mine short. I want long hair like yours.” Deep sigh… Then she asked if she goes to bed if her hair will be long in the morning. A very happy side note is that she said that sentence so clearly!

Christopher and I were working on lessons and he read something he didn’t think he could do - but with a bit of prompting and some sounding out, he read it! He was so proud of himself and I told him I was proud of his hard work and he asks, “Did it give you goosebumps??” Apparently at church when the children sing, one of their leaders told them it was so beautiful it gave her goosebumps.

Then, by way of deep random questions from Christopher - over lunch he asked who made Heavenly Father. I remember being five years old, I don’t remember asking questions like that.

Good day. I sure love my family.

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