Two Fun Kids

Here's a quick re-cap of our last few weeks:

Elena had Superhero Night at Pioneer Club. She was super-cute, but she is very shy so when we walked into the sanctuary where all of the groups meet, she began to cry. I think she felt pressure to go onstage in her costume in front of a big group of people (even though she didn't have to). So she ended up taking off her mask and that helped her feel better, and then when I picked her up she didn't have her cape on either. I'm glad I got these pictures of her before we went there.

 

Samuel has little curls on the back of his head. That's how Elena's curls started, too.

He gives kisses now.  I love them, but he's not always willing.

The weather has been nice. This picture is of the kids playing with water beads in the backyard. They both love them, but they're really bouncy, so not ideal for indoors unless you want to be finding them in random places for the next week. The downside to playing with them on the lawn is that Samuel will drop or spill them and then he'll get upset that there are some between the blades of grass, so I spend a lot of time gathering the ones he would point out to me.

Here they're playing with foam blocks. Samuel gets focused on putting the cylinders through the holes, and when he's concentrating he opens his mouth really wide.

Coloring with creamy crayons. 

Elena was drawing different shapes, then she would ask me about them. "Does that look like a heart? Does that look like a carrot?"

This was Samuel's first time using the creamy crayons, and he really enjoyed it.

He had stopped coloring, so I asked him if he was all done. This was his response.

So then he colored some more. This was his finished product.

Then Elena and I did a little experiment with shaving cream. She's so much fun.

Samuel's talking more and he has such a fun personality. And Elena's so creative with her play, it's amusing to see where her imagination takes her. 

As exhausting as the days can be, Jorge and I get in bed and smile while we talk about the things the kids have been doing.