Fabulous, Frustrating, Four

Amelia is officially four months old today. Kieran is four years old. In honor of this happenstance, I'm going to list four fun things about each of them.

Amelia
1. She is officially out of my least-favorite stage (Blobby Baby) and smiles a lot. I like this.
2. Loves music. Doesn't matter if you sing off key, she likes it all. Well, maybe not heavy metal....
3. Everyone adores her a daycare. I came in this morning and another parent said "Hi Amelia!" I felt bad, I had no idea who her kid was.
4. Unfortunately, is still waking up twice each night. My mantra is "this too shall pass".

Kieran
1. Has made some friends at his new school, even going so far as to choose a best friend.
2. Still has some issues with listening, but we're working on it.
3. Loves Ben 10, Spiderman, Batman as well as Kai Lan, Blues Clues, and Backyardigans.
4. Adores his sister (thank goodness). He may get frustrated with me or Ken for not paying more attention/time with him, but he doesn't seem to get angry with her.

Mia's 4 month checkup is on Monday, so I'll blog her stats then. Love to all.

Kieran's Day at the Farm

Kieran's first bus field trip was to a local farm. Ken went as well as chaperone. Both had a great time picking veggies. Before I share the cute photos that Ken sent me throughout the trip, I'll do a brief family update.

Amelia is doing well and all the caregivers just love her at daycare. Really happy with them so far. She does fairly well sleeping at night with 1-2 wake ups (after she goes to sleep around 8 or 9). Kieran continues to be one of the best big  brothers in existence. We were walking to the library and he saw a dandelion. He picked it up and wished "for Amelia to grow up happy".

Kieran is having some issues with school. Mostly it's about talking too much (everyone swore to me when he talked late that we'd one day regret working so hard to get him to talk... that day may be here). He did have his worst day ever at his after-care program when he was hitting his friends. He lost a toy, tv rights that night and is not allowed back at Kendo (for a bit).

The photos are (top to bottom) Kieran picking radishes, then cotton. Kieran with his pumpkin and Kieran with Amelia's pumpkin. It was his idea to be sure that Amelia got a pumpkin as well. And we get to keep the veggies that Kieran picked - YUM.