The boys are growing

These two little boys are growing fast!  Having a three year old and 15 month old are fun ages.

 

Language skills are going through the roof for Quinn. He is able to have an impressively long and detailed conversation with us now. He has a knack for story telling, he can remember events in great detail and his interests are becoming apparent. It's great! At three years old he is still a huge reader. He can sit for hour(s) and read. He loves to both listen to someone read to him, and he also loves to camp out in bed with a dozen books nearby and read to himself.  Going to the library is a fun outing for Quinn. He is so excited when he sees all the books, that he doesn't understand why he must whisper and not run!  He is becoming more interested in crafts. Craft time around our house is very unstructured. Basically, I give Quinn a huge bin of 'craft stuff', paper, stickers, glue stick, scissors, stencils, markers, pens and pencils and let him 'create.'  I'm pretty sure he is going to be a 'lefty' (like me!) He knows how his name is spelt (cannot write it yet.) Although, he usually says: Q U I N.  He's doing great with staying dry all day and night, and is such a sweet and tender hearted little guy.  He is very kind and empathetic to Jack. Of course, he loves to take toys from Jack and tease him (Ex. here Jack, have this truck!) (and as Jack reaches for it, swipes it away).  He is learning though.  He is getting more confident when separated from me (ECFE helps in this area. It's his early childhood education class entitled: Practically a Preschooler and the gradual separation helps with the transition to preschool for the upcoming Fall school year. ) Steve and I took Quinn to his first movie in a theatre on Sunday. It was such a fun memory for all of us. We had lunch beforehand and than stopped at the bookstore to kill 15 minutes before arriving to watch The Croads.  Lately his favorite show is 'old school Scooby Doo'.

 

Jack is growing and changing daily as well. I just took him in for his 15 month wellness check, and he is healthy as can be.  He's our little peanut, at the 15% in weight and 47% in height. Tall, skinny and most importantly: healthy. I'm so thankful for the boys health.  

 

Jack loves to jabber. He is very good at saying dada and mama. And let me tell you... he gets on a role and can jabber on and on about mama, dada, dada, mama, so fast and with such enthusiasm. Bless his little heart!  He is sleeping well at night. We usually put him and brother to bed at 7:30 and they sleep until around 7-7:30am.  He is a very good eater!  He can sit in his highchair for a very long time and just graze.... :)  He's like his mom in this way.  He is very affectionate with Tucker. He loves to snuggle with mama, throw balls and wrestle with dada and play beside Quinn.  I can see that he is becoming more interested in us reading to him, but he's not quite as excited about it! He is a climber. Lately he has been reminding me of a little mountain goat.  He will climb up on the toy box or his little toy slide (amongst many other places), and look so gleeful and giddy (and PROUD). He has such a cute smile. I'm not kidding, it melts my heart. I think I might say: 'He is just so cute,' about a hundred times a day. And I am pretty certain that his eyes actually sparkle, from time to time.  I think he's going to be blessed with a super laid back, go with the flow personality. He smiles easily and one doesn't have to work too hard to get him to smile!