update

Change: It's officially spring last Wednesday. Our sink finally works on Tuesday. Just a few minor details, it's fully operational now. Diana got a new battery for her phone. We got a new remote to fix our old one. I got a new job, I start April 16th.

Andrew seems to have gotten the cold that had William's nose running yesterday. Diana and I went to see Pan's Labyrinth. Daniella brought over Mia and David, and she baby sat for us.

William says, "Andrew pushed me," to new people. It's shocking news which often provokes a reaction.

We went to Evan's 6th birthday party. He's a cute kid, who's really grown up since I last saw him. Same for his sister Ava. Evan was kind to share all his Thomas the Tank Engines with William.

Odds and ends: We watched Peter Pan on the ride home. We watched it again the next day, to finish. William weighs 40 lbs. and Andrew weighs 25.5 lbs. according to our home scale. Still no haircuts. I got one though, couldn't hold out any longer. It was 7 months.

Most mornings William says, "I want to watch Rainbow Fish," It's a lovely video based on the book. It's got a lovely song about sharing of yourself. Then there's a story about dinosaurs and courage. He was like that with the potty DVD. He knew I liked it, and it got the TV turned on. Andrew is less interested in TV.

Haven't really had a chance to blog about the interesting articles I read in support of parenting. I think a parenting blog helps me to process some of my thoughts about parenting, but I really have little time for this. I'm thinking of just trying to write once a week.

7th tooth for Andrew

I accidentally put this on my buddhist blog, so it's "old", posted last week:

7th Tooth for Andrew

Andrew got his 7th tooth, the lower left one. Aida or Virginia found it Sunday morning. Diana can't remember which.

William is going to be going to school in September. Diana went to the ed evaluation. They want an inclusion class for him. On the one hand I'm elated to get free preschool for William. I think early intervention is great. His speech delays will hopefully be taken care of, resolved, and will not hinder him in life. On the other hand I'm a bit worried about problems. I have a vivid imagination based on real life experience about the problems of children with learning problems. It stirs up many fears. I hope so much for my boys. I'll drop him off at 8:30 in the morning at school, and he'll go till 1:30 pm.

Andrew said, "Ma!" today.

With Andrew about 17 months, and William 34 months, Andrew has been in William's life for half of it. I must say he's adjusted better than I have at times.

William is sweet when he asks me not to go to work, or asks if he can go to work with me.

No sink yet in the kitchen, but it's mostly done, it looks great.