School days...

Life has been busy, and it's not always easy for me to find time to keep up this blog! But, I'm doing my best. First of all, Samantha loves pre-school. I had my first parent/teacher conference and I got to hear how well she's doing. Samantha has made lots of friends and the teacher even gave our number out to some of the other families whose children are having a harder time socializing. I could tell that her teacher has really picked up on her strengths and weaknesses in such a short period of time. Every day she comes home with school papers and artwork. It's a lot of fun for her and for us.

The big news in Kyle's life is that he is potty trained! Truth be told - it's also the big news in MY life. He's talking in sentences now and it's a lot of fun hearing what he'll come up with next. He likes playgroup, which consists of general play, an art activity and circle time where we sing songs. He loves the general play, but he refuses to participate in the group activities. He'll color or paint and sing and dance at home, but not at playgroup. Bubble time is the only activity that brings him to his feet. He can't keep up his "too cool for this, James Dean" act when the bubbles come out.

Now that we're in the throes of winter, the kids have been loving the snow. They whine to go out and play every day. Kyle will come in when he gets cold, but Samantha has to be bribed to get her to come in. Here they are in their old ratty coats, enjoying the first "snow" of the year. As you can see from the grass in the background, it wasn't much of a snow, but they insisted on getting out there to play in it.