Over the last 2 months, we've had an interesting spring in Florida. When I lived in Michigan growing up, spring was my favorite season. I loved seeing all the birds coming back north, the trees starting to bud and having all the slushy snow disappear. Now that I am a Floridian, I really miss spring - since Florida doesn't have that season! If spring came to Florida this year, it must have been the week that we were in Montana! I've included some pictures for this week's post to help illustrate the season change from winter to summer!
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| Elin needing hats & mitten on a morning walk |
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| Both kids need hats & coats for a family walk |
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| Erik daring to dress for summer, but he looks cold. Elin's wearing her coat! |
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| Our super cute kids on the one day of spring that we may have been present for! |
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| Hot enough on March 17 to have inaugural opening of pool! |
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| Elin on pool-opening day - she loves pointing out airplanes! |
Erik had another program at school this week; his class got up front during a special assembly and sang a few songs. Erik did pretty good keeping up with the actions this time, but there were, of course, some times when he was just being a 3-year-old, running his hands over the floor or swinging his arms back & forth. In the past few weeks, Erik has begun covering his eyes when he enters his classroom at school. He will stand in the doorway or walk a few steps into the room with his hands over his eyes until his teachers comment that Erik is missing and that they haven't seen him! Thankfully, they think it's cute!
A recent incident with Erik still makes me laugh. When we were in Montana, I was in my room & Erik was in the next room (connected by a Jack & Jill bathroom). I like to sing at random times throughout the day (and, ha ha, I've got both kids doing it now, too!!), so I started singing a song to the Arky, Arky tune. After a verse or two, I stopped and asked Erik if he liked my song. His response? "I do like that song, Mommy, but I really want you to stop singing it now"!!!!!!! I could hear Erik messing around with the window blinds, so my lyrics were something like "Oh, Erik, Oh Erik, What are you doing doing? Erik, Oh Erik, you better not be playing with the window blinds or you're in trouble, trouble. Erik, what are you doing?" Ha, Ha. I just loved his response!
This week, Elin began "stuttering" with certain words like Mama-ma, wa-babababo (water bottle), baby-bee-bee, dada daddy. Not sure what caused that, but thankfully I can decipher most of her words with extra syllables. The water bottle was the hardest to figure out. Thankfully, she is also really good at pointing and saying "Dat, Dat. No, Dis" to help me determine what item in the room she is asking for! Elin has also rediscovered her love of the game of Peek-a-Boo; she especially loves to play this at the table when we are all essentially a captive audience!
Some fun new words that Elin has started saying this week is "Ee-ah" for Elin and "Gee-geek" for Erik. Not sure how she came up with that rendition of Erik's name, but Kent & I latched onto it, of course, and have been perpetuating it. Erik's not too sure about it and will most often insist that he is NOT Gee-Geek!!
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