Accomplishments

So, my kids are pretty talented these days. Among their accomplishments are these:

Andrew is learning his letters and now knows how to spell his full name. I attribute this mostly to pbs.org, sadly, and I hate to admit it, but I'm sure it's true. He has also become an awesome stunt rider on his power wheels Harley.
His repertoire of growing independence n includes pouring his own cereal, dishing his own applesauce, and cutting his own pancakes. Andrew even cleaned his room all by himself yesterday when I threatened to put some toys in storage. Here he is pictured with his first fort built entirely by himself! Pretty impressive...

Evie can sneak pretty well and loves to steal my gum from my purse and my mascara from my drawer (and put it on all by herself) then run to her room and hide under a blanket until I catch her. She also is an amazing dancer and trampoline-jumper. Evie is into naming her dolls and animals lately. Among them are her favorite baby, LouAnna, her bear, Heat, her lamb, Herv, and her babies, Superman and Junk. That's right, Junk. Did I mention Evie laughs like a crazy chipmunk? It's pretty funny.


Truman is our little sweetie. There is nothing better than holding that snuggly little guy. I'm holding him right now, in fact! Here is a really cute picture of Truman crying-- it's very sad. Truman is just as slow as my other kids as far as motivation to move-- he is pretty good at standing and sitting and rolling into awkward positions in the crib, but could really care less about reaching and crawling right now. I'm pretty sure he's okay. Here's a picture of him standing, and, on a side note, he's wearing my favorite outfit for him-- the shirt used to be Michael's! Truman is also growing his two top front teeth (which will make four teeth) and he loves to jump, rip paper, and play with his family.