"Singing"

The post title refers to Iris's new-found ability to "sing". Her favorite song at the moment is Baa Baa Black Sheep, as you can watch below. In fact, as I was typing up this blog, we were both singing along with the video. You can only imagine how that sounded. :D



Iris has become a little monster at times. It's like she woke up on her 2nd birthday and decided that since she was now 2, she had to act like it. Lots of tantrums, lots of "no!", lots of fun, as you can imagine. Most of the time she's good, but there are many new challenges. She is asserting her independence which can be interesting and frustrating at times. She and Felix have also very much gotten into Jake and the Never Land Pirates. Oh, the earworms.

She wore my tank top as a dress
for her birthday party. 

Felix is now a Kindergartner! He's having fun in his class (except for the second day of school, when he was stung on the cheek by a bee - poor kid!), eats the school lunch, has made friends, and brings home lots of work indicating that he was certainly ready for Kindergarten. Color only the circles? Check! Write his name? Check! I hope that it starts challenging him a bit soon (though it is only Kindergarten).






We recently got back from a (mostly) lovely trip to Minneapolis, where we got to visit friends, the Lego store, and watch another one of Nick's cousins get married. It was the longest drive the kids had ever taken. They handled it well, and I thought I was pretty well-prepared with my bag of goodies to keep them occupied. Iris almost let her tantrums get the better of us, but we prevailed. Though a 45 minute tantrum because she didn't want to get dressed is a bit excessive in any case. :P I was happy that this time, I did NOT forget anything!

Felix: 5 yrs & Iris: 2 yrs