Purrball

Ethan still likes to imagine he is a kitten - his name "Little Purrball" to go along with his stuffed dogs who are "Little Furbal".

Willa

At 2 2/3 we may be expecting too much, but man Willa can still throw some fits.  It is often Willa's way or the highway.  The fits are becoming less frequent and we are doing better about laying down the law, but Willa is still a force to be reckoned with.  Mornings are especially challenging.

On the good side, Willa is becoming potty trained.  She pretty much wears underwear during the day and only puts on pull-ups for night and naps.  Occasionally she needs a pull-up so she can stand by the couch (no one can look at her) and squeeze out a poop.  I am thinking by end of January, she may be 100% potty-trained.

Does Willa need a new home

I am probably mis-quoting Ethan from this morning, but we were at breakfast when he asked Karri and I whether we should find a new home for Willa.  It was a particularly Willa morning - up early, rocking and cuddling, not wanting to sit on the potty, not wanting to get dressed, not wanting to eat her breakfast.  You get the picture.  At which point Ethan, mimicking what we say to Daphne, said, "Willa do we need to find you a new home."  Priceless.

Another 2 week delay...

A bunch of quick thoughts in reverse chronological order:
We are off to Kauai - should have seen how excited the kids were when we pulled into Grandma Linda's driveway.

Karri had 2-days of misery with strep. Not a happy situation, but with a trip to Kids Museum and Scinece Center we made it through unscathed.



Halloween was fun - little party att KidsCentre, Ethan as red spiderman, Willa as a pink princess ballerina fairy, Trick-or-Treat on QA Ave, Karri carrying Willa and Michael carrying Ethan, off to the twins for pizza, then Trick-or-treat all the way home.  The Halloween Fairy had a big haul and Ethan got some new legos (3-in-1 creator cars) and Willa got her first Barbie (Cinderella).  Those slippers keep falling off.

Prior Sunday we went to Willa's first play - If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.  Willa liked it, but was a little extra-cuddly.  Ethan was enthralled.  Chocolate milk and chocolate chip cookies are always good at intermission.  Ethan pointed out that this was his third show (Frog and Toad with Steve was his first, and Lion King with Zayde was his second).

Swimming for Ethan and Little Gym for Willa are going well.  Willa is a natural and is really good a tumbling and jumping.

Ethan is signed up for Cascade Ski School - he is "geeked" up to ski.

Prior weekend, we went to the pumpkin patch and got our pumpkins (always seems like it will be more fun than it is), then Willa went to her first storytime with Charles at QA Books.  Ethan was too tired and just wanted some quiet time at home

Willa phrases: Oh no!

Current favorite book and CD: Science Verse for Ethan, Ladybug Girl for Willa.

Willa is still a big fan of being picked up and carried around.  She is also still waking up early (5:30 - 6) and then wanting to hang out, cuddle, and read.  If I wasn't so tired from waking up early, would be super cute.  On Sunday in part due to the time change she fell asleep in the living room chair while watching Blue's Clues while I was making lunch.

Ethan is tired of Ken's Turkey Dinner, is loving riding his bike, and is getting really good at building his legos  Still super sweet.