Miles and Ruby - Spring 2008!

The guilt is too much...I must write about my babies, or else I won't remember this stuff. So, regardless of the busy-ness, the pink-eye, the house on the market, the violent coughs and neon yellow snot, I will forge through and record some highlights from the last few months...

*Miles is completely entranced, enthralled and entertained by his big sis Ruby. She can always make him smile (maybe not always, but most always)

*Lots of pretend playing on Ruby's part- ex. "going on a journey, a quest"  She built the setting from playcloths. I asked her what time of the year it was and she replied," it is easternox time!" (1 week prior to Easter/Spring Equinox)

*Ruby has enjoyed watercolors lately when choosing an art medium. She teaches as she goes (don't know where she gets it): "I don't plan before I watercolor. I build or I just build on...First, you take the paintbrush, then you..., next, you..." Read in high-pitched Ruby voice for full effect.

*March 16, 2008- MILES KAHLO rolled over (two times!) And I missed both of them! Next time...

*Spring Break 2008- Easter weekend kicked off Spring Break. We stayed at a hotel in Eugene one night with my parents. Miles swam for the first time! He really enjoyed the water. Ruby keeps getting braver and braver in H20. Ruby was already sick and it just kept getting worse. Miles got it too. Then me. Bummer, but at least we could all be sick at home together.

*"He is a grabby little guy!"- Daddy. Miles has a perma-grip like no other as of late. Watch out! Perhaps this might entice Jacob to shave (Miles loves to hold on to the beard)! If there's no beard, he will settle for neck skin, hair, noses, lips and the gentlest, hands. 

*4/3/08- Ruby played with a new friend Clyde today. Clyde is 4 and he is hilarious. He lives on the street behind us and we knew his Dad when we lived in Eugene. We were walking back from the park at Clyde was outside, so we stopped and hung out. This will definitely happen more frequently; they had a blast. Some highlights: "So here's the problem..." Clyde said this a lot and Ruby, a born problem-solver, kept attempting to help. They solved digging problems, playing baseball problems and then went for a journey (full of problems) in a car that Clyde's dad is rebuilding. 

* More examples of RUBY genius- (this girl is so close to reading it's ridiculous) "I wonder what foxes eat. So, I want a book about foxes." She really understands the gift of literacy-the ability to gain knowledge and research passions...keep it up smarty! 4/7/08 (if you are wondering, I jot happenings on the calendar until I have time to write about it-Jacob can't stand it because I mark all over the calendar. I thought that's what calendars are for...)

*Ruby is a BALLERINA! Ruby began her first dance class today. It is a creative dance/ballet class and she loved it. The teachers are stellar- They call all the 3,4, and 5 year olds "dancers!" and worked into the fun, a lesson on general space and self space. They leapt, they twirled with scarves, they brought songs to life through movement. Ruby stared in amazement for the first 10 minutes and then got into the action! When we were leaving, she told the teacher, "I can't wait to see you next time!" 4-10-08

*Jacob went to record in P-town and my parents visited. We had a blast at the Science Factory, it was all about color and light.... physics really! Miles enjoyed the color tornado that Ruby made with this awesome machine and the colored lights that mixed on the walls! Ruby played and learned and learned and play-I love places like that! 

*Miles has been sitting up a bunch lately (with just a wee bit of assistance. He's making a lot more noise these days as well. We'll make a recording! Still full of smiles...

 

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