The children, today

This morning I held out my hand for Josie to take to walk up the hall to her room, and my heart swelled with the eagerness with which she took it. It made me think it would be nice to do regular 'snapshots' of the children.

Josie (is 1 year, 4 1/2 months old):

- she's using a spoon proficiently. I have no recollection of when Pascal and Rohan picked up this skill

- she sucks on her fingers for comfort, and always has done

- she's following instructions really well. She'll go and find things if you ask her to, or give things to a particular person

- if we mention her going to bed for the night or for a nap, we know she's ready when she waves at us. This morning I was carrying her up the hall to get her dressed for the day and she was waving back down the hall to Pascal and Rohan (sorry, Josie-girl, we're about to head out to the library)

Rohan (is 4 years, 2 months old) :

- he would happily play Octonauts all day

- he loves to play with Lego. He's very creative with it, always building new 'vehicles' 

- he likes his Weet-Bix without milk

Pascal (is 5 years, 10 months old):

- she still likes her milk warmed

- she was disappointed on the Monday after Christmas that it wasn't a school day again

- she loves to open the sliding doors on our new car