Ben's End of PreK

Benjamin had a very busy last month at Preschool. For the last 26 school days they had a different activity for each letter of the alphabet. Career Day:

crazy Hair day:

 

Paint yourself silly day:

  

Graduation!!!

Getting his diploma:

With his teacher - Ms Tina:

Mae in May

One of her favorite past times - coloring (and eating as you can tell by the orange streaks on her face):

 

Throwing a 'fit' :)

 

Meal times are a little bit messy at our house....

Our little girl wants to do everything the boys in our house do :) When Ben decided to go pee on the rocks in the middle of swimming 1 day, she proceeded to go stand beside him, stick her tummy out, and pee straight out too :)

Camping Trip

 

Benjamin and Sam went on their annual daddy's-and-kids camping trip at the end of April. Ben had a wonderful time and came back with a bottle full of caterpillars for me (sigh). I plan to have Mae potty trained by next summer so she can go too and I will have a weekend off!

Water Time!

April the pool started being warm enough for swimming- but mostly just for Ben. The water was still a little too cold for the adults to get in (and therefore Mae) so we did short pool breaks and lots of backyard fun.

 

 

Mae - 18months

 

 

Back in April, Mae had her 18month checkup (I started writing this post shortly after that appointment but my computer crashed and I never returned to finishing it...). The appointment showed that she had gained 0lbs over the past 3 months (still at 22lbs, 10-25%) and grew 2" (33.5", 90%). She also was 1/2 way through getting her 1st 2 year molar (which is now completely in). As she gets older, it's been fun to see her personality develop and to see how some ways she is so like her older brother, and in other ways so different! She is as fearless, outgoing and as loud as he was. We never went through separation anxiety with her - and we never did  with Ben either. If another child has something she wants - she either screams (it's so startling and ear piercing the other child tends to drop it 99% of the time, even if older!) or to just hit the person (often Ben) and grab it and walk off. So yes all playdates (including those at home with her own brother!) have to be closely supervised :)  Unlike Ben at this age, she is a picky eater, naps wonderfully (2hrs every day, doesn't cry 1st) and LOVES to color. If she sees any pen/crayon/marker she will grab the 1st piece of paper she finds and lie down on the floor to color. If no paper can be located.....we get interesting artwork on our walls and floors (we never had that problem with Ben). Although once she is done with coloring....she proceeds to eat the pen/crayon/marker (everything is still chewed by her). And she LOVES shoes. She doesn't like to go without any on her feet, and often we catch her walking around in our shoes just chanting 'shoe, shoe, shoe'.