Honestly, the my camera isn't broken. It is however a bit on the big side and since my hands have been pretty full these past weeks, I've not been taking it out even when there are oportune moments. I apologize for my laziness.
Let's see, what have we been up to...lots of coloring and use of the marking pens that Einar got for his birthday (thankfully they are washable). We went with Kathleen and Nathan to pick up their new adopted dog, Si Si (as in Spanish for "yes") at the pound and as Kathleen was filling out the paperwork, Einar and Nathan wrestled in the wet grass. The sun has been out lately so we've been walking to the nearby parks. And of course since it's been so long that I've written I'll get more sympathy from all of you if I mention that Einar and I are also getting over a cold.
Einar has finished his first Good Behavior Chart and I made him another this morning after breakfast. He's doing really well with the mealtimes and has shown progress when it comes time for clean-up. He loves putting up his stickers, I'm just not sure if he understands yet what the X's mean. We haven't had to clean up as much food off of the floor since the chart was posted so in my mind it's been a great success. Jared has been having fun giving out stickers after dinner.
This past weekend, we took care of Nathan and Hailey so that Kathleen and Justin could go to San Diego and celebrate their 9th wedding anniversary. We had a good time taking them to IKEA on Saturday morning and the kids were on their best behavior for me. I did realize though that the jump from one kid to three is HUGE! Thank goodness twins don't run in our family.
Einar has also been talking a lot more than ever before. He repeats most of what we say and also pulls random vocabulary words out and surprises me on a daily business. The other day I gave him a piece of dried mango for a snack and he said "Mango" before I could even tell him what it was! We hadn't had dried mangos in about a month. Last week he even had a real telephone conversation with Grandma and Grandpa.
