But, it's the times when you struggle that make you grateful for what you've got. And we certainly have a lot. We've got our health (well, what's left of it after this winter), each other, incredible children, supportive families and friends, and lots of opportunities. We just hope they pan out soon.
We've thankfully had plenty of distractions lately, like three kids' birthday parties to attend. Those have been lots of fun for everybody, and it's so interesting to watch friends' kids grow up as well. We've gotten into homebrewing, and currently have two brews fermenting merrily in our basement. We've also taken the opportunity to rid of house of unwanted clutter. It's nice to have some storage space again. We have semi-nightly dance parties to Disney songs in our living room. Both kids very much like to "Move It".
The kids are doing well. Felix is really becoming an artist, making detailed pictures that have an equally detailed storyline. Here's a couple examples of recent artwork. I wish I had the story verbatim behind each one to share with you.
Iris is talking up a storm. She says more than 225 words (about half of them you don't need an Iris-to-English translation guide), is starting to use two-word phrases, and knows the numbers from 1-12 (even a few by sight), plus some letters. I'm really impressed with her language skills. She does have some funny pronunciations that we've struggled to translate. "Pyot" is spider. "Mugeet" is music. "Painah" is peanut butter. Context is everything...We are confident things will work out for us, and soon. They did before, right? Right. And it could always be worse.
Felix: 4.5 yrs & Iris: 18 mos
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