School is going again. I wouldn't say "in full swing" because it seems as if there's a few kinks they need to get lined out (and I hope they are able to especially for the sake of some teachers/administrators stress levels). Angelus seems to be enjoying 6th grade so far. I loved 6th grade when I was a kid (aside from my teacher, only teacher I had that I did not care for even a little). Fifth grade was terrible. Seems as if Sixth grade I found some amazing friends to enjoy being a kid/teen for the next several years. I think Angelus found those a few years before now. The kids he's friends with are some great kids.
Faith seems to be *trying* to say things AND I'm not the only one who thinks this. She does talk REALLY soft and with a whisper kind of noise. I've learned that if I ask 'yes' 'no' questions, then count to ten she sometimes responds. I know ten seconds doesn't sound like long, but when you're used to people giving an immediate response its kind of something you need to condition yourself to do. At least I do. I hear her say "hi!" More often, Friday she was jumping up and down on the love seat (I know. I shouldn't let my kid do that) saying "this is fun!" Then she went to jump on her trampoline and was saying "this is high!". This morning I said Good Morning, Faith! (Which I say most mornings to the kids), she responded back 'morning'. Like I said it's fairly quiet sounding with a whisper/airy type sound to it so you have to be fairly quiet to hear it. Although Angelus and Faith were just singing away on the ABC's this weekend and she was pretty vocal with it. I've also gotten her to use the bathroom in the correct place at least once a day for 5/6 days straight. Still lots of messes, but definitely an improvement. With how insanely stressful the summer was and the majority of last school year, I do hope we continue going in this direction.
Harlow just babbles like a little Angelus did (I hope he never stops and he is talking everybody's head off in no time). He's an insanely determined little Dare Devil. Gonna give us all gray hair before you know it. He likes it when I read books to him and sit and roll the ball back and forth. He also likes to pull all of the food out of the cabinets, climb to the highest point he can get to, climb up on Angelus' bed to wake him in the mornings (angelus likes that too). We tried it with Faith and even though Harlow thought it was fantastic, Faith wasn't much of a fan so we just do it to Angelus.
Tommy's getting to work on more writing projects, which makes him happy. And I'm attempting to do a better job at keeping an evening routine. With how much Faith hates baths it dawned on me that I really should just start a good, solid routine with it because one day she will just be too big for me to pick up and put in the tub (and realistically speaking I will be doing this for the rest of my life), so while she's little enough for me to put her back in the tub if need be, is the best time to make it part of our everyday routine. It should be easier as she gets older/bigger.....at least that's the goal.
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