There seem to be a lot of Michael in these posts lately and to be clear, Elena is more joy than ever with her beautiful words, crazy questions and 'big girl' ways. Michael tends to change more from day to day and we capture a lot of it on film as we did with Elena at this age. And she tends to shy away from the camera, wanting to be on the other side of it taking pictures of her brother and us. She remains a constant joy. In fact, the next post will be solely dedicated to my sweet girl as she starts her first day of school on Wednesday. I predict this to be one of the most bittersweet days of my life and as excited as I am for her, I am overcome with a case of the 'weepies' should I spend any time at all thinking about it. She has a new Tinkerbell backpack, new outfit and lots of questions about her teacher. What a day it will be... She also starts soccer tomorrow after me reassuring her that she won't 'get crabs' (Yes, you read correctly. Awhile back Elena said she didn't want to do soccer because she didn't want to get the crabs. HUH?!!? She was innocently referring to the crab walk they did in her toddler soccer. She hated that practice and didn't want them to get her. A good laugh was had in private).
She's growing up so quickly... I'm obsessed with the little person she's becoming.
Michael almost never crawls anymore. He's a walker and still clutches his hammer every day. Now and then he replaces it with a wooden spoon, but the hammer reigns supreme. His vocabulary is expanding too, adding 'shoe' to his repertoire. He enjoys exploring and throwing, cuddling, eating and talking. He is the definition of pure love.
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