Updates

I meant to post this last week:

These weeks have been a big adjustment, but hopefully things are coming together. This week I taught a cohort of pastors, which was fun, but also takes more energy (I have to supply a bit more of the content, and there's a wider range of subjects). I think it will be a good experience, but I'm still finding it a bit of a struggle to get everything done.

I have a backlog of pictures I am putting up. I really like my little camera and have taken it to some fun places. I forget sometimes how far we have come in terms just of getting around and knowing a bigger swath of our little world. The museum trips were fun and I think they'll be even better as the kids get older. Going anywhere still requires two adults, but eventually things will get better.

The babies are both very entertaining lately. They can say more signs, are showing improvement as walkers and climbers, and can do more things. They both do the baby "rocking" dance. Eva has a lyrical squack she does. Eli's sounds are mostly in the "baba" "dada" family (banana, bala, baba, etc.). They are both pretty good eaters and have little tummies. Sam was always hard to feed, but these two seem a little easier.

Sam is coming along also. He's even more into dinosaurs lately. He now knows a half dozen and has seen several dozen different ones. We're using little dinosaur toys as weekly bribes. He's now had his third piano lesson. He can play do-re-mi and is singing a little bit better. I think it will be a while before he can do much, but it's encouraged us to put a little more music into our lives. This is a fun stage, because kids move in leaps and mini-revolutions at this age.