Growing up

Rachel is a great speller, nearly every week getting 12 or 13/10 on her spelling test. So she gets all the regular words right, and gets the vast majority of the challenge words, which are harder and not on her study list, right. So it was not a huge surprise when Rachel won her class spelling bee and got to compete in the school-wide spelling bee.

 She did well, but nerves got to her and a few rounds in spelled jump g-u-m-p. Spelling in front of 300 people is no easy feat.

 We're proud of her.

In the last week or so Ryan has taken to sleeping on the floor again instead of his crib. A couple days ago I pulled his mattress out for him to sleep on it on the ground. His last stage of sleeping on the ground/mattress ended after a month or so when he decided he still liked the security of his crib. Figuring that Ryan will be turning 3 in March, we kind of figured that it's probably time to get him a real bed, but decided to put it off until our Christmas spending has been reigned in a bit. So January/February. Then yesterday I realized Ryan's crib actually has one of those drop sides that have been banned and was designed to be made into a toddler bed by taking off that side. So we converted it and he is SO excited to have a big boy bed. And since we waited until he was almost 3, the bedtime battle is mostly nonexistent. Way easier than it was with Rachel--she was not even 2 when she got a big kid bed, and Annie was about 26 months. It seems that 3 is the magic age.

Annie was rather excited about the new development, too. She and Ryan played in his room with his bed the rest of the day.

Megan has taken to sticking her tongue out all the time. Especially when she's smiley. It's the cutest thing ever.

Megan also has figured out how to get from point A to point B by rolling and is very happy with her new found mobility. I was talking baby talk to Megan saying how now that she's rolling and won't stay on the blankets we lay her on, we'll have to vacuum and sweep 10 times a day. Annie piped up with: "Yeah! And now she's going to eat our socks and underwear!" Um... I hope not.
Annie had another pearl of wisdom this week that made me laugh out loud. She is learning how to read and every day before she is allowed to watch a show during Ryan's nap she reads a Bob book and go through her set of sight words, including "but." She must have had an epiphany because she said to me, "There are two butts! Butt is something you poop out of and it's something else, too: a word!"

Ryan is up to his regular shenanigans. Markers are great for faces, bodies and walls. In his world.