Spring is Sprunging

Adrian

While the girls are at school, Adrian has been learning to walk here at home! I was trying to catch him practicing, standing on Marco Polo with Chris, and caught his first steps out of nowhere! He was getting mad at not staying up, but kept trying and was able to start. He loves to be outside and will complain about not going if I let Buttercup out there and not him. He will bang on our sliding window and argue even when I tell him it's too cold or rainy, which was only yesterday, luckily. I'm going to have to accept his adventurous side and get used to changing him into clean clothes after he is done having fun. There were a few days early this week that we got the water table out, and he splashed and had a blast. I also finally set up my bike seat for him so we can ride our bike to the bus stop!

Claire

The girls are back at school, and this last stretch we don't have many days off from school until summer, so it will feel long! I can tell when Claire doesn't get enough practice with homework because she comes home with a bad score on her spelling test, so I need to get better at going over her spelling every day. We went a little lax on it because I keep getting myself distracted with projects in the yard now that it is warmer, and now cross-stitching! I've been making her a bookmark for her scriptures to give as a present when she gets baptised. She has a flower that is growing along with all the other bulbs I planted in the fall, and she is excited that it is in its own special spot, so she knows it is hers. I don't even know what flower it is because when she got it, I was told that it was either a tulip or a daffodil, so we have both on either side, so it fits right in. Every time we go to the bus stop and come home, we get to see the progress of our garden.

Shay

Shay had a hard few days and started acting up on the bus, but after talking to her about it, she seems to understand she needs to behave again. She even wrote an apology note to the bus driver and promised to be good after we had a good cuddle and talk in her bed about how to ignore people who are mean to her. Claire was trying to help, and it is wonderful to see how much they love each other, even when they fight in the middle of their games all the time, too. Shay had a birthday party on Saturday, and the weather turned cold and rainy at the last minute, so we were mostly stuck under the structure. I tried to encourage her to go play at the playground while the rain stopped, but she didn't and just enjoyed the crafts, chalk, and snacks.