Bowling With You

So Marcy and I both wrote posts this week. I had not realized that she had written, so I wrote this ...

A quiet week here as we got back into the groove from our time away.

Lily was back at school on Monday and had a good time in her ballet class. Her semester end performance, her last at this school, is right around the corner! Kindergarten is coming up and she seems to be excited about heading off into the great big world, even if we are not ready for her to go just yet.

Jack was glad to be back with Beatrice and to his routine of visiting the library and the community center. In June he will be starting at his new school so he is enjoying his last few months with 100% of Beatrice's attention. His vocabulary continues to explode and he knows all sorts or words. His favorites this week appear to be "Stop it!" which he shouts whenever anyone other than him attempts to sing,

Not much else to report this week ... On Friday, Marcy took the kids swimming and they had a great time. On Saturday we ran some errands and relaxed. Marcy and Lily made some great home made chocolate chip cookies. Sunday started with swim lessons, then we went duck pin bowling with friends and finished off the day with dinner at Grandma Phyllis and Grandpa Maurice's house.

That is all for now. Onto the pictures ... and video ...

And she wrote this:

After getting back into the swing of things with school, Beatrice, and work, we had a fun, low key weekend. On Friday, Lily, Jack, and Mom went swimming, followed by a long nap by Jack, and Lily got to play with some of her holiday presents. On Saturday, we ran errands and hung around at home playing with toys and Mom and Lily made chocolate chip cookies - Jack got in another good nap. On Sunday, Lily had swimming lessons in which she worked on freestyle and floating on her back, then we went duckpin bowling with friends Donna, Dave, Sean, James, and Charlotte - both Lily and Jack had a blast, definitely a good winter activity! We finished out the day with a visit with Grandpa Maurice and Grandma Phyllis.

Lily is really working hard on spelling and sounding out words and is constantly reading books with her leapfrog pen. She has also mastered the days of the week, and after making a real clock at school is now working on telling time. Jack is a talking machine - he forms sentences "Come back here Elmo" (that was in the tub) and "Where Lily go?" are just a few examples. He can identify shapes, and is doing pretty well with colors. He essentially likes to give a running commentary as to anything that is going on around him, and will continue telling you it is dark outside or that he sees the moon until you acknowledge him. Beatrice has been working with him on a large alphabet floor puzzle that she got him for Christmas in which he jumps from one letter to the next. He also continues to be a troublemaker and always wants to play with whatever Lily has, and when he goes to timeout he generally thinks it is funny and tries to be cute. He has zero interest in potty training so we will give it another few months. We have received confirmation that he will start at Lily's school in mid to late June so we would love to start potty training before then but fortunately it is not a necessity for him to go to school. Lily and Jack are getting along reasonably well. and I often find them in the bathroom, Lily on the toilet reading a book to Jack who is sitting on the stool.

We didn't have the camera this weekend, only got some shots of duckpin bowling, will try to do better next week!

All the news that's fit to print ... twice! Only one post next week ...

Jack found the baby toys hidden in the shower and was having fun checking them out.


Jack bowling. He kept wanting to watch the screen on the camera!


Lily's turn.


This is the weekly news feed at school:  Lily is a bit excited about the upcoming visit by her cousin Alli.  The word "house" should obviously be inserted after "my."