A COUPLE MORE CUTIES

I find it hard to believe that Andrea is four going on five.  She is a little sweetie, waking up in the morning to come snuggle my leg as I get lunches ready in the morning.  She has a great imagination and loves playing during rest time lately with her barbies.  She has a little high voice I hear a lot when she is playing in her room-almost the same high voice that she sings with.  Andrea still loves to sing, I always think that the kids need fast and loud songs to get their attention but Andrea loves the lullaby and quiet songs-she calls them mommy songs.  I so badly wanted to fix her tooth in this picture but this is how she looks tooth and all.  I try not to notice but it still sticks out like a sore thumb to me. She plays hard but for some reason doesn't have the reflex to catch herself with her hands, choosing by default to use her face.  Andrea has finally learned to write her name but doesn't show a whole lot of interest in learning.  She is a great book reader and listener-about the only time she sits still.  She is still in her twice a week speech class and is finally showing some improvement outside of class.

Last but not least, James.  He thinks he is one of the big kids and would be a whole lot easier to deal with if his vocabulary was able to keep up with them.  James knows what he wants and is great and yelling "NO" then hitting whatever is close followed closely by flinging himself on the ground.  He loves to eat, although fruit and yogurt make up most of his diet.  Sleeping is sporadic, the moment I think he has found a routine of sleeping through the night he decides he would much rather be up or in our bed.  He knows what he wants but understands a ton.  He hates to hold my hand in the parking lot and doesn't want any help doing anything from anyone.  If someone tries to help he just flat out quits what he's doing and throws a fit.  He does have a great laugh and smile and is just one little tickle bug.