A Week Full of Spring

 Adrian

He has now started wiggle dancing when some of his toys give him the music, and I caught it once this week. There is barely any crawling, and he seems to want to tell me things all the time when he wants things, still not great at copying the signs I'm teaching because his own signs work too, apparently. I had a Relief Society lunch, and he had fun with the bubbles and toys that were there while I visited and ate; he played and explored. It is nice that he is a happy, friendly boy when he is rested and fed. He has his own sense of adventure and plays by himself sometimes, too, although sometimes he is purposefully exploring to see if there are things he can mess up. He is also working on his tools while eating, and usually gets jealous if I have a fork and forget to give him one. Now we find them in the toys and around the house since he doesn't like to drop them after the meal.

Claire 

She has been taking her end-of-year testing this week, and when she comes home, she tells us that she is trying hard. I hope she is able to focus, but knowing how crazy she is at home, I have my doubts, but she says her teacher lets the kids get wiggles out if they need to. We went to a donation swap yesterday and they got a few new clothes, a fun book, some toys, and jewelry too. They were super excited to go because they remembered the yard sale we went to last year, and this place was all free because it was donations. We have had some fun afternoons in the grass and got to play in the water this week because it was really sunny and warm yesterday. We even tried to fly a kite earlier today, but the wind wasn't constant enough, and we only stayed in the backyard, so there wasn't enough of a running track. 

Shay

She had a field trip to the library this week to practice for the zoo field trip that will be coming up in two weeks. I wish I was able to volunteer to the zoo like I did for Claire a few years back, but they spots got filled up really quickly so if I went it would just be tagging along and I wouldn't want to be a distraction since last time I 'helped' the kids were fauning over Adrian. She has homework that we have been working on that she will do as a presentation for her class, and it is making her excited. We have been researching Snow Leopards and finding pictures and adding them to a slide show so she can tell her class all that she has been learning. Shay had a crazy idea to put her socks on Buttercup, and had a blast playing dress up and making her act funny with socks on.