Little eating machines

Saturday, April 5, 2008
posted by kris @ 1:55 am
Filed under: daily life

Elijah’s GQ face

So grown up, yeah?

So of course right after I write that post about how Spring is here, it gets cold again. Not super cold, but enough for me to be mad! And it was rainy. That’s the worst!

The boys haven’t been growing much the past 4 months or so (or my measuring methods aren’t very good). But lately, they have been eating a LOT. And I mean A LOT! So I’m thinking that a growth spurt is about to happen. We just got a shipment of Cheerios in (the supplier has been out since last year), and they ate a whole big box of it in 2 days. Seriously. The first day Rowan ate 5 bowls, 3 of them with milk. And Elijah ate 3. They really did miss their Cheerios. I bought 3 boxes, we got it 4 days ago, and already I only have a box and a half. Geez, I’ll have to put another order in soon. I’m always shocked at how much they can eat!

Elijah has this really funny thing that he does sometimes. If we’re all sharing something - like cake or whatever - and someone takes a bite, he’ll point at them accusingly and say “TOO MUCH!” or “ENOUGH!” It is hilarious! He has this very serious/worried face on and is really concerned that he won’t have enough for himself. It’s kind of funny watching Michael eating something with this little person pointing and saying “TOO MUCH EAT DADDY!” Rowan likes to quietly put his hand over his food so that you don’t take it.


Spring is HERE!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008
posted by kris @ 4:48 pm
Filed under: daily life

The last few days have been just gorgeous - t-shirt weather without being too hot. I love spring!!! I think winter has finally gone to sleep. Last week it was really cold and it even snowed! Spring/Summer/Fall is such a great time to live in Munich, so many things to do outside. And the gelato!!! Mmmmm…

As for us, we’re doing good. The boys are talking more and more every day. They are up to 5-6 word sentences now, not quite grammatically correct, but close. They say things like “We’re going on the red train”. It is also cute because now, without asking, they will say “school fun, good nap”. Speech therapy has been much more effective because Michael now comes with us. We should’ve done that much earlier.

They are also getting to be easier to handle and more self sufficient. They can dress (mostly) and undress themselves. Still not potty trained but we’re not pushing it right now. They sometimes sit on the toilet and every once in awhile they will pee, but mostly they just sit and pretend. I think we will really push it when my parents are here and it is warmer.

This last week we had a special visitor from Hawaii stay with us - Flat Lexi. We’ve been taking her all around with us and showing her Munich. If you want to see pictures - click here. We have to write up a report about what we did and send her back.

During Easter, we did a mini-egg hunt at home. We had 2 chocolate eggs that Michael hid and they found it and were so happy. Now they always look in that place to see if there are any more chocolate and are always sad that there’s not!

Other than that, nothing really new is happening. We have to do taxes - ugh!