It looks like I'm on a once-a-week blogging schedule these days. I'm okay with that. March is off to a good start. The kids started chore charts on Monday. I know it's long overdue, but even if my kids were ready for them, I wasn't. It's hard work to keep children on task, much harder than just doing everything myself. But we all know that can't last. I love how the kids' rooms and the basement are always vacuumed and tidy nowadays.
I'm participating in the March photo-a-day challenge on Instagram (Are you on Instagram? Can I follow you?). Yesterday's theme was "up":
Not a cloud in the sky, buds on the pear tree, and sixty-something degrees. It was a beautiful day.
Today's theme is "fruit":
Stephen is a fruit lover like his mother. Most recently, he has found joy in eating grapefruit with a spoon (no sugar) and then squeezing the juice into his bowl for drinking. Rachel tells me this is a favorite of Grandpa Z.'s too.
Stephen is doing pretty well with his chore chart. He drags his feet sometimes and sometimes I raise my voice (I hate when I do that), but the kid is four. I think he'll get used to it. It just takes fourteen days to start a habit, right?
Mei Li is doing well with her chore chart. She just goes down the list, checking off each one until she's done. It's pretty remarkable to me because I am not like that at all. I wish I was.
Mei Li told me the other day that she wanted to be a mom, a fabric store lady, an artist, and a musician. Of course, the fabric store lady idea came to her as I was cutting fabric for some bunting. I wonder how her dreams will change.
Mei Li has become quite the little mother. The other day, she gave Mi Na the incentive of a bumpy ride if she would hold still while I got her dressed and did her hair. When Mi Na did hold still, she exclaimed, "Yay, Mi Na! You earned a bumpy ride!" Mi Na knew the drill and toddled over to sit on Mei's tummy for the bumpy ride.
Mi Na is talking up a storm. Her knock-knock jokes have evolved. Blankie, orange, cheese, and others now knock on the door. The punchlines range from silence to a huge cheesy smile to a big, fake "ha ha ha!" said in her deepest voice to sound like her dad.
She asks me probably five times each day, "Where's daddy?" When I respond that he is at work, she just says, "oh" and then smiles. I love the stage she is at. I love her little toddle, smile, voice, and laugh.
Just in the last couple of days, Mi Na started saying "yes." Well, it's more like "yeth," which means we might have yet another lisper in the family! I can't wait. It think lisps are so cute for little kids.
Steve is busy with tax season, but at night we get to be together after the kids are in bed. Top Chef just ended (I'm so glad Paul won), and so now we just have Parenthood. Steve usually comes home earlier on Mondays (for Family Home Evening) and Fridays (just because) and then we have him all day Sunday. So far, it's been very doable, but then again, what choice do we have but to just do it? I don't complain like I used to, so I guess that means I'm growing up a little. Isn't that great?
2 comments:
you have the nicest posts ever. i really love reading about your life and i always leave inspired. i love that our kids are the same ages, so all of it is so familiar and relatable, too. Porter is not talking up a storm, but he does say a few things. Instead of "yeth," like Andrew said, he says "yep," which I find sweet too. i love that the punchlines of mi na's jokes are sometimes silence. i love toddlers! i really like mi na. she is so cute.
i want to figure out instagram better. it wont even let me take photos anymore. it says it is full or something.
It's so fun to feel like I'm in the middle of your family for a moment. Love to each, Grandma Z
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