Summer is half over -- hard to believe!!
So the boys continue to be
constantly in motion. They are boys, through and through, climbing on everything and everything. No *official* words yet - just a lot of
ba-ba, da-da, etc. William does say "
Yeahhhhhh!" on occasion, does that count? It's hard not to compare as Sofia was practically having conversations at this age, but I am realistic about the boys' speech development, them being twins and boys and all. I read that twins have their own language, called "
idioglossia." You learn something new every day!!
Sofia started swim lessons recently and loves those. Wouldn't you know it? There's 4 kids in the class and another Sofia. I suspect this will be a life long sitch with her and this apparently uber-popular name.
Great minds think alike.
We recently tackled potty training with Sofia and she handled like a champ. We went cold turkey to panties and
that was that, she was PT'ed. That has been about the only easy thing about her lately, however. She's having a bit of a hard time with the boys becoming little people, acting out and being just a real "piaga" with them. We're trying to give her lots of attention, positive reinforcement and time outs (when appropriate, like when she clocks William with a toy) and taking it one day at a time. I keep reminding myself that women have had kids closely spaced together for
centuries and lived to tell about it. I will too.
Here are some photos we recently took while visiting the cousins in Sacramento. It was a completely spontaneous idea (thanks Jessica) and so glad we did it.
Their ages are -
William (1.25), Delany (2.5), Aiden (4.5), Sofia (3.25), David (1.25)
