3 years 3 months and 1.5 years old

Its been way too long since an update! I guess life is way busier than I think.

EVELYN

My baby girl turned 3 back in November! How is she already 3?? She is learning so much these days. She can write most of the letters in the alphabet and numbers. She can almost write her name without assistance. She is starting to "read" a bit, she is recognizing some letters that go together.  She eats alphabet chicken nuggets and said "E-V-A spells eva!" her friend at school!

She can ride a bicycle, scooter, and getting better at climbing up the playground (albeit cautiously of course... just like mama). She is starting to do puzzles. she can do 24 piece puzzles by herself. 48 seems too daunting for her though or she just has a short attention span because she always gives up before she finishes!

On most days she does well. Shes pretty easy to reason with and talk to. When shes tired or sick though, oh the whining and the tantrums! threenager alert! Luckily it isn't super often... hopefully it stays that way!

MICAH

Micah is TROUBLE. ;-) thats the only word i can use to describe him. Just kidding. He's a very sweet boy, but loves to get into everything he's not supposed to be in. We have to watch him super closely or else he's in the trash can, in the dog food, playing with the dog water, messing up his sisters stuff, running into the street. all of that. maybe we had it easy with evelyn because she is so cautious. we never had to baby proof for her but now, everything is baby proofed bc of this trouble maker.

Right now hes starting to say some 2-3 word phrases. His favorites are "Let it go" (his sister is rubbing off on him!", "mama up please", "one more". he loves dancing. he found evies old elmo doll a week or so ago and has been attached to it ever since! "mo-mo" is what he calls elmo! so cute. he's getting good at his animals and their sounds. he's getting better at using a plate/fork/spoon. we're working on him not dumping it on the ground when hes done... we're making progress!

Another new thing i've experience with him is a real live tantrum! evelyn never tantrumed in that she never really rolled on the ground screaming. she will cry/scream uncontrollably but that is her version of a tantrum. Micah started having some tantrums where he'll get on the ground and roll around! omg its actually pretty entertaining. luckily he's easily distracted and i can snap him out of it pretty fast.

but wow, hopefully we don't see that escalating anytime soon.

I love seeing the two of them play together. He loves copying his big sis and i love when I see them laughing and playing together. But Micah loves taking whatever shes playing with so we are working on sharing and not messing each others things.