Some long overdue posts about the kids are in order...! Well, maybe just for me because I like to remember this stuff.
Walker:
-continues to be very type-A
-recently told me that "grandmas and grandpas are the nicest persons in the world..." Ha!
-recently told me that "grandmas and grandpas are the nicest persons in the world..." Ha!
-is obsessed with all sports...right now basketball and football are his favorites
-still doesn't want to play soccer...has admitted that he doesn't totally understand it (ha!)
-says cute things like "not that much" when discussing something he doesn't like and "too much persons" when talking about...well...too many people
-is always doing the "whip and nae nae" (not singing the song, just doing the movements)
-loves to please his teacher at school
-loves to get coins at school...one day he remarked, "I'm on fire getting coins!"
-anxiety about everything
-becomes hysterical when he sees blood (especially on himself)
-once refused to wear a shirt because it had "too much words on it"
-becomes hysterical when he sees blood (especially on himself)
-once refused to wear a shirt because it had "too much words on it"
-more likely to not try something due to fear of failing
-loves to read...but is always concerned about how many pages and how many chapters there are
-continues to love to punch Lainey's bottom...he calls it a "po-tah-toe bottom" which, in Walker's world, means "a bottom that when you punch it, it wiggles around" (this definition cracked me up!)
-determined to do push-ups before bed...and he wants to do them correctly
-sometimes declares that he needs to "sleep on it" when faced with making a decision...and by "sleeping on it" he means that he will close his eyes for about 30 seconds and then open them, ready to announce his decision. However, while this would be a super efficient way of making a decision, it doesn't work. Thirty seconds isn't long enough for him to come to a conclusion. So...we always end up where we started. Needing to "sleep on it." He takes a long time to make a decision.
-sometimes declares that he needs to "sleep on it" when faced with making a decision...and by "sleeping on it" he means that he will close his eyes for about 30 seconds and then open them, ready to announce his decision. However, while this would be a super efficient way of making a decision, it doesn't work. Thirty seconds isn't long enough for him to come to a conclusion. So...we always end up where we started. Needing to "sleep on it." He takes a long time to make a decision.
Lainey:
-continues to be very content and lives in the moment which makes her a very joyful, laid-back child (most of the time)
-is sort of fascinated with blood...she will pick scabs and make herself bleed by squeezing the still-healing wound...YUCK
-is still terrified of dark rooms...like the media room and the playroom at night
-recently confused "St. Thomas and St. Maarten" with "St. Louis"....I explained to her that we didn't visit St. Louis while on the Disney Cruise...there aren't any beaches in St. Louis. ;)
-is likely to walk out the door to school with no shoes on
-When tired, she does tend to melt down about "life"...especially around 8:30 p.m. This is her magic hour...when all the questions come out. Like "how come I look like you, Daddy, when Mommy is the one who had me?" She also will begin to think about the next school day, like how to tell someone that she doesn't want to play with them at recess. Or how all the cafeteria workers are grumpy except Ms. Lillian. And why can't they all just be like Ms. Lillian.
-is sort of fascinated with blood...she will pick scabs and make herself bleed by squeezing the still-healing wound...YUCK
-is still terrified of dark rooms...like the media room and the playroom at night
-recently confused "St. Thomas and St. Maarten" with "St. Louis"....I explained to her that we didn't visit St. Louis while on the Disney Cruise...there aren't any beaches in St. Louis. ;)
-is likely to walk out the door to school with no shoes on
-When tired, she does tend to melt down about "life"...especially around 8:30 p.m. This is her magic hour...when all the questions come out. Like "how come I look like you, Daddy, when Mommy is the one who had me?" She also will begin to think about the next school day, like how to tell someone that she doesn't want to play with them at recess. Or how all the cafeteria workers are grumpy except Ms. Lillian. And why can't they all just be like Ms. Lillian.
-until recently, thought you had to be six years old to be able to go to Six Flags
-can use a cup to perform the "cup song" ...she only does the "cup" part - she doesn't sing the song (referring to Anna Kendrick's "Cup Song" from the movie Pitch Perfect)
-made the comment once that she should be on the show America's Got Toots (Please don't kill me for writing this, future Lainey.)
-doesn't love when things are too long/too big...she is bothered by them
-cannot multitask...she cannot simultaneously do two things (like talk and get dressed, talk and put on shoes...)
-gets very distracted (Me: "Lainey, please go put on your shoes." Two seconds later...I find her in the pantry, scratching her name into the scratch-and-write label on a Solo cup, ignoring the fact that we had to be at school in about 5 minutes...)
-doesn't like wearing socks with her Nike tennis shoes (yuck)
-has asked me about her developing brain (basically my reason for why she can/can't do things)...she recently asked me, "Mom, you know how you tell me that my brain isn't fully developed? Is it like a half circle? Not a whole circle?" I explained that it was a bit more complicated than that...I compared the compartments in her brain to the rubber band compartments in her Rainbow Loom box.
-is really growing up...this has been a big year. All of a sudden she's becoming more aware of things! That's hard for a mom and dad to deal with sometimes!
I love both of these cuties SO much and miss them when we're not together. I hope they know how much they are loved!
-can use a cup to perform the "cup song" ...she only does the "cup" part - she doesn't sing the song (referring to Anna Kendrick's "Cup Song" from the movie Pitch Perfect)
-made the comment once that she should be on the show America's Got Toots (Please don't kill me for writing this, future Lainey.)
-doesn't love when things are too long/too big...she is bothered by them
-cannot multitask...she cannot simultaneously do two things (like talk and get dressed, talk and put on shoes...)
-gets very distracted (Me: "Lainey, please go put on your shoes." Two seconds later...I find her in the pantry, scratching her name into the scratch-and-write label on a Solo cup, ignoring the fact that we had to be at school in about 5 minutes...)
-doesn't like wearing socks with her Nike tennis shoes (yuck)
-has asked me about her developing brain (basically my reason for why she can/can't do things)...she recently asked me, "Mom, you know how you tell me that my brain isn't fully developed? Is it like a half circle? Not a whole circle?" I explained that it was a bit more complicated than that...I compared the compartments in her brain to the rubber band compartments in her Rainbow Loom box.
-is really growing up...this has been a big year. All of a sudden she's becoming more aware of things! That's hard for a mom and dad to deal with sometimes!
I love both of these cuties SO much and miss them when we're not together. I hope they know how much they are loved!
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