What Cupcake is doing..

Cupcake is on the goooo. This week she was moved out of her regular nursery school room and moved up with the "older" 8 months + babies. Her teachers decided she would have more freedom to move about and fit in better with that group developmentaly. When we picked her up everyone said she is so sweet and fit in great with her new friends. We were worried she may become the speed bump in the group, however that didn't happen. We defenetly have a climber. It is offcial, she climbed all the way up the small fort slide and sat at the top all by her little self! I did not have a camera at the time but she was extremly proud of her little self. We have to keep telling ourselves...she is only 6 months...well now 6.5 months old!

Pre School

Sweet Pea started faith based preschool a few weeks ago. This semester he will go once a week and possibly twice a week next semester. He is learning how to incorporate God into his daily routine. They start the day with praise and worship, Bible time and have time for individual prayer requests. I imagine those are some interesting prayer requests from the 2 year olds! Then they teach the alphabet, colors, shapes, nursery rhymes and crafts. Sweet Pea is also learning about red, circles and letters. Although with just us he is not shy to tell us the correct colors and shapes, count and do his letters, we are so happy that he will start to gain the confidence in what he knows and share with others. We are always so amazed by the wealth of knowledge in his little head, but he tends to hide that around others. This month his nursery Rhymes are Humpty Dumpty and Bo Peep. He learned that Humpty dumpty fell off the wall and God put him together again and Bo Peep lost her sheep, but God helped her find them. We are just so grateful for our church outreach that our children are really learning how to apply the truths and love of God to their lives at an early age. Sweet Pea's teacher said he is the most helpful little boy. He helps with great energy and is ready to move on to the next thing as quick as possible. He does not like to dilly dally or other to slow the process down. I arrived early to pick him up and loved watching him shine his flashlight all over the room to this little light of mine. He loves flashlights and "measure tape" so it was such a joy to watch him. When I did finally leave the room with him he was so full of light and Joy like none I have ever seen before! We don't have any problems with him getting upset to go to Church and he is always extremely happy and the life of the party...everyone knows Sweet Pea. But today there was a difference in him he had more Joy than anyone I have ever seen. So much so that when he fell asleep and I carried him to bed he was laughing in his sleep! I started laughing; trying not to wake him up, then he would laugh harder in his sleep. By the time I reached his room I was cracking up and didn't care if I woke him up. It was that funny. Then I placed him in bed he opened his eyes and just laughed and laughed and was still half asleep. I left the room laughing and he continued to sleep laugh! His new favorite word is "Awesome"!

What we are doing....

Sweet Pea is talking in more complete sentences. Today on our walk he said, "Look Mommy there's a bird!" He can now recite 2 Bible verses: Matthew 22:37 and Deuteronomy 5:27. He enjoys doing his chores: unloading the dryer, handing mommy the clean dishes from the dishwasher, bringing his dirty clothes to the laundry room and helping mommy vacuum the stairs...but I still can't get him to keep his room clean before nap time. He is such a ball of energy!
Cupcake is developing so quickly. She is pulling up on everything. She is starting to brave holding on with one hand and then no hands...but quickly falls to the ground. Today she was so upset when she could not climb up the slide like Sweet Pea. We are trying to keep his Fort a safe place for him to play and be two, however that is getting harder and harder to do. She loves to climb through all the openings and hide out inside with him. At 6 months she is already following her big brother everywhere!