As Ben likes to remind everyone, he is 5 now and he is a big kid. He has really matured a lot in the last 6 months and is usually very cooperative. He's doing great at preschool and I am so glad he has another year before kindergarten. He is the friendliest kid and makes friends wherever we go.
He is very interested in Star Wars these days. He hasn't seen any of the movies but he knows all the characters and whether they are good guys or bad guys. He has a set of Star Wars figurines and he spends hours making up stories about them. He's also really interested in Thomas trains. He is a chatterbox and generally talks non-stop. He makes me laugh with the crazy things he says. Yesterday he told me his battery was wearing out and he couldn't answer any of my questions about school anymore. When I went out of town recently he told Josh "Congratulations on being in charge Daddy".
He is a really good big brother and tries to help with Becca whenever she will let him. When she's upset he likes to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to her which sadly doesn't calm her down like it used to. He successfully put Becca in timeout recently for opening and spilling my spices everywhere while I ran to get the vacuum
I think I say this every year, but 5 is my favorite age so far. He can be reasoned with which makes life so much easier and he does some big kid things but he still loves to cuddle and asks us to sing a lullabye before bed.
Becca is 19 months old and is generally a sweet little girl but she can definitely throw some serious temper tantrums. She will do something so sweet like hold the hands of her Winnie the Pooh doll and sing Ring Around the Rosie, but dinner is a nightly battle lately. She is talking quite a bit and says new words everyday. She has a few phrases that she uses too like "here you go". She also sticks her hand out and says "stop" or "wait". She loves to do pretend play with her baby dolls and also loves to color with crayons and markers. She is very coordinated and likes to ride Ben's scooter. And of course she loves anything Frozen. As soon as we get in the car she starts saying "let it go, let it go!".
She is definitely more shy though and will never talk or smile to strangers. She also loves to hold the phone but refuses to talk. She takes her toy phone and says "hello?".
The last 4 months have been really rough sleep-wise with her getting up extremely early (4ish). It all started when she got Hand Foot & Mouth and then her molars came in and it just became a habit. I think (hope!) we are starting to make some progress though.
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