March

Abigail is still doing amazing in school. No surprise there. She is really into drawing right now and is looking forward to making her own Easter jewelry. She even picked out a beautiful blue dress (yes, a dress folks!) to wear and we are looking high and low for the perfect blue shoes to match. She is growing to be a beautiful young woman and as proud as that makes me, it also breaks my heart. My baby girl is growing up. She loves to help me and is great at calming her baby brother.

Amelia is really impressing me with her acting skills these days. Much to her dismay I have NO interest in taking her to auditions or allowing her to be a "fashion diva". She sings constantly and sashays her hips like a pro. She is also doing really well with word families and reading...but only on her terms. She has the "at" and "ot" families down and even writes words. I love finding notes she has written and signed her name in "cursive" (curly). As much as she loves dressing up, she alos loves to run barefoot and get dirty. She wants to be jsut like Abigail, which of course causes all kinds of problems but I know one day they will look back at all the fights and laugh, and that they will be the best of friends.

Axel is well on his way to walking. He walks along the couch, stands alone for 3-4 seconds at at time, wants to climb and is throwing some great temper tantrums. He will throw himself (face down) on the ground and when that fails to get the desired response, he will sit back up and throw himself backwards. Little stinker! He also loves to do "tricks" like sitting and spinning while clapping. We sure do love this little clown! I will be very surprised if he is not running by summer!