June 19, 2019

Oy! Tired this week! Behind on blogging. Mark is into riddles this week. Here’s one from today:

“In a scoop or in a cup. Choose any flavor you like. What am I?”

Tom guessed a popsicle- haha. This week Mark told us he loves “ice cream soup.”  You’re not sure what that is? Ah, you must eat your ice cream faster than Mark. Mark likes to savor his food, so any time he has ice cream, it usually ends up being “ice cream soup.” At Mark’s old school in Atlanta, they had an ice cream party. Mark was the very last kid to finish his ice cream- by a mile. But I appreciate that he likes to enjoy the moment and he can’t be peer pressured into rushing. 

Vivian, in contrast, is a fast eater. Here she is trying her first honeydew. She loved it. 

Happy Father’s Day to Tom! We love him so much. He’s the funniest, best dad to our two munchkins. 












Mark and Tom checked out the lake by us. Mark loved it. 



















I took mark to the splash pad by us. We didn’t mean to go, so poor Mark was in fleece pants. We had to go home and change ha. 

June 10, 2019

Hello!

This week Mark said, “Mama. Whoever gets there first gets a hairy chest!” I thought this was a little sexist- who is teaching Mark about masculinity and manhood?! Why are they so outdated in their thinking!

But Mark clarified, “You see a hairy chest only has hair inside of it. No treasure! The chest is just covered in hair!” 

So fun! To be four again! Although, I’ve been more attuned to Markisms lately. I follow this blogger on Insta who recently wrote, “I just love rod iron bannisters. They are just so fancy.” She also said, “I’ve been doing so much site seeing lately! Can’t wait to tell you about my travels.” And then, “My son just turned ‘40.’” Why is his age in quotes! It reminds me of GSU, where the dining halls would say they had fried “chicken” and pulled “pork.” Haha!

Anyhow, grandma came to visit! We had a great time. 

Mark learned about a butterfly’s proboscis at school. I love his school. I am learning a lot myself. 

June 2, 2019

It’s really cool to see Mark growing up and learning about the world. We are learning a lot from him!

This is the conversation we had on the way to the park today:

“Oh Mark, we should cut your nails.”

“Yeah, Mama. We really need to. They are groby.”

I was surprised he knew the word “grody.”  That’s a pretty advanced word. “Oh! Yes, they are a little grody,” I said, emphasizing the “d” sound to help him learn the right way to pronounce it. 

Mark gave me the side eye at this point. “Mama, do you know what groby means?” Enunciately really slowly for me he said, “GROW-by means your nails are growing so so fast. You need to cut them.”

Ah got it! I didn’t correct him because that is just too cute of a misunderstanding. 

Then, once we got to the park Mark told me he wanted to throw things in the river.  I said, “Great! Let’s find some acorns.” 

He said, “Mama. This is a pine tree. We can only find pine cones. Acorns grow on oak trees you know.”

And the big thing that happened this week is they have caterpillars at school. They are watching them work on turning into butterflies.  Mark has been coming home and telling us all about the chrysalises. Tom said to me, “Why do they keep saying chrysalis instead of cocoons? What’s the difference between a chrysalis and a cocoon?”  

Well you know what?! Turns out caterpillars don’t make cocoons. That hungry caterpillar book lied to us. What a revelation! But maybe you all knew that already. 

In Vivi news she is really getting good at pulling up to standing! She can sign, “all done” (sort of) and she had her nine month appointment. She is in the 85th %ile for height and weight. Crazy! We also think we have heard her say, “bamba!” And the other day I swear she said, “Mama, Nai Nai!” which means, “Mom! Milk!”

I think that counts as a sentence if we are being really generous. She is also starting to want to balance on her own (video below).  

Dave is saying where are the photos! Getting to them! Ha!

Having fun together: