House of North

Trying to take a step.

Alex took his first steps today!

No pictures, but we're excited!

News of Alex

Poor Alex fell in love today and then got crushed.  Alex was playing with an older girl at the park and he was thrilled.  He had been going down the slide with this beautiful 2 year old and he had stars in his eyes. They were playing in the sandbox when I looked over and his lip was sticking out and he had tears in his eyes.  He also had sand on his face and so I watched to see what was going on.  The little girl was poking him in the face!!  He'd never been treated like this and I could tell his feelings were hurt.  He looked confused, but apparently he had been invading her space and she was setting limits.  Good for her, I guess.  Seconds later they were happily playing again.  But Lilly, pictured below, still loves him!

It was his first time going down the slide alone and he was feeling pretty proud of himself.  He had also been walking all around the basketball court with his new walker.  He fell once and rolled to the ground, he hit his head on the last roll.  But, when I picked him up to comfort him, he fought his way out of my arms, he wiggled down the the ground and began walking with the walker again.  He was so proud and his mom had embarrassed him.

Famous Quotes From Elizabeth

Carolyn:  That will make her day!

ELizabeth:  What does "make her day" mean?

Carolyn: Make her happy.  Like Gregory "made your day" when you two played together on the playground.

Elizabeth: No, I made his day...and he made mine.

Mrs. Hardy said Gregory was watching Elizabeth on the playground today as she ran and played.  He just sat there and stared at her.  Mrs. Hardy said "Go play with her Gregory."  Gregory said he just wanted to watch her.  So, maybe ELizabeth was right the first time ;-)

Fishing with grandpa

Both of the kids love the water table!

Elizabeth's favorite Little Einsteins, Annie and Leo.