We had 6 inches of snow (an trecherous roads) last Saturday. Another several inches on Wednesday and starting last night into today we have had a blizzard. A REAL one with high winds and 20+ inches of snow so far. It is still coming down. Jason and Joshie went for a walk with the dog last night just as the snow was starting. Jason and the kids went out to shovel and play this morning. Mira stuck to the cleared parts and dug with her shovel and pail. Joshua climbed snow castles and made snow castles with the shovel and pail. We are enjoying it since we have heat and no where to be.
Everyone is napping now. Evelyn has come into a routine of a short morning nap, a long afternoon nap and in bed for the night at 8. She sleeps through the night and is up with the Joshua and Mira around 7. Feeding is coming along. She is moving the food to the back of her mouth and swallowing so I think we are getting in more than is coming out. She has now also tried peaches, in addition to the sweet potatoes. I saved some from this summer since I knew she would be starting to eat in the dead of winter when all that would be available would be someone else's canned fruits and veggies.
Mira is so deliberate these days with her sentences. They may take a few seconds to come out but she carefully chooses each word and we can understand most of what she says. She has been adding at least a word a day now. Her hair is also long enough that it is getting in her eyes so she is letting me pull it up in a whale spout on top of her head or clip it back with a barrette.
Joshua has helped us set a meal time routine and it is working very well. I think he and Mira are both eating more and meals are much more pleasant. He knows the routine and it mimics what he does at school so it is familiar. He is currently on a wait list for the 4 yr old program at the community college for next year preschool. We abandoned the idea of kindergarten for him next year. The cut off is Sept 1 and by all accounts it is not worth pushing him through since his birthday is Oct. The expectations are that of what we learned in first grade and there is little playtime. Preschool has now replaced kindergarten. We are looking into the preschool program at the elementary school but it is unlikely he will be allowed. It is a need based program.
