From what I remember March seemed like a pretty warm month. I know we
went to the park a few times and the boys discovered the fun of swings again.
We
stayed once for two hours and they loved playing on the swings. They
just laid on their stomachs and pushed themselves back and forth and
twisted up the swings and let it swing them around. I could remember it
being warm, because the last two Saturday's I was able to go on a bike
ride. It felt great to get out again and awesome to finally be on a good
bike that I can call my own. Maybe it's the bike or maybe I was just
pumped to be out but it felt like I was faster. (I know, that's not
saying a lot if you have seen what I consider normal speed, but it still felt great.) I've signed up for the SL
Century and Little Red with my sisters and those races are in May and
June, so it is nice to get out and ride. It is so much better to be
outside riding than in a spin class.
Mike has stayed busy with taxes and finished another class for his master's program.
We
also went swimming as a family at the rec center a few Saturday's,
after Mike finished working. The boys love being in the pool and they
are both so brave. They love standing on the edge of the pool and
counting 1-2-3 and then jumping into our arms. Owen is especially daring
and will jump out to us if we move away from the edge or if we aren't even there. They also love
sliding down the slides.
The big news for the month is the boys started pre-school. They
have been in early intervention for their speech and had a six month
'test' in the middle of March. Their speech has improved a ton, but they
were still behind in a few areas and our counselor thought it would be a
good idea to put them in pre-school one day a week. They go on Monday's
and they really seem to like it. Their teacher is Miss Sally and they
have a good time playing and learning.
Some funny stories for
this month: Every time I've opened the oven door I'd tell them it is hot
and not to touch. Well now, they love to say everything is hot. Caleb
loves to say "oh hot" and really drag out the hot part. He tells me
stuff is hot, even when it isn't. He won't even touch his food if it's
been in the microwave even if I tell him it isn't hot.
Another
funny thing, I got a new cell phone and while we were at the store I
asked if they had any cell phones they could give the boys, because
they, like every other child I know, love our cell phones and always want
to carry them around and push all the buttons. Anyway they did and gave
each of the boys one. Around this same time, Mike had a stack of
business cards sitting on his office desk and Caleb grabbed a bunch a
carried it around. For a couple of weeks, he would go to bed each night
with his cell phone and his business cards. It was so cute. Hopefully he
was conducting some good business deals before he went to bed.
Caleb is such a sweet boy and has picked up sharing a lot better
than Owen. The bad thing about it though is that I think Owen hasn't pick
up on it. Anytime Caleb has a toy that Owen wants all Owen has to do is
cry or throw a little fit and Caleb will give it to him. It really is so
sweet and makes me glad to have such a nice boy in Caleb and it makes me
want to paddle Owen for being such a baby and for pulling a fit to get
want he wants. I'm trying to teach Owen to share better and will make
sure to give him stuff to take to Caleb and share with him.
Caleb
knows Owen's name really well. I will point to Owen and ask him, "who
is that?" and he will say Owen and then I will point to him and ask,
"who are you?" and he will say, not Owen. Poor kid, maybe we should have given him an easier name.
