No pictures right now but I just wanted to add a little about Andrew and Weston's personalities.
Wes has been fascinated with all things "China." In fact this has proven to be really advantageous to me as I've been able to get more veggies into him by making eggrolls :). Amazingly enough he eats them and loves it which is completely amazing to a kid who has taken years to just get him to touch certain foods. Fruits are still a different story, he refuses to even be on the same side of the room as an apple or a "disgusting, rotting peach." Although thankfully bananas do frequent his diet as well as dried fruit. There's just something about that wet fruit that he just can't stand. We'll keep working on that. I've gotten him to enjoy an orange shake which is actually a cantelope smoothy. He does continue however to torment his little sister, today I found the huge beanbag on her head. Thankfully Andrew comes to the rescue a lot of the time. He is amazingly sweet sometimes but unfortunately she's used to his attacks by now and usually screeches when she sees him.
Andrew just found, I kid you not, his 15th four leaf clover today. I think either our grass is completely on steroids or he has inherited my irish gene and just has great luck. We are working on his handwriting this summer by using the Handwriting Without Tears program which I am absolute convert to now. He and his best friend Chris (in the baseball pic.s below) are doing it together. We started this week at our house and will continue next week at Christopher's house while his Mom and I alternate teaching. This week was a rough start as Andrew and I tend to butt heads sometimes and it seemed to be his will pitted against mine. Fortunately after a talk last night he decided to come around and try the new method. I really hope it sticks as handwriting can be such a bear especially for boys and it can end up to be such a bane in his schooling if he doesn't just get it down now. I'm hoping to report great progress by the end of the summer. We really enjoy having our friendship with Chris's family, all of the kids play so well together.
Wes will start swim lessons this next week (although he's told me that he is "not" going to do them. Living by a lake and taking 3 children to the pool have necessitated my forcing him to take the lessons, normally I don't like to force but this is one that's really important. Andrew will take some golf lessons again as well. It's hard to pick with him any sports lessons because he's so naturally adept at everything he tries.
Greer continues to be the little sweetheart in all of our lives. She has developed some real dance moves and rhythm when the boys play their music and is signing up a storm. I can't keep up with the signs now. The other day she noticed my ring and was fascinated with it and pointed to it then looked at me confused and signed music and baby like, "C'mon Mom, what's the sign for ring?" I still need to look it up. It's a good thing she's picked up on it. I can just tell that she has so much to say. She is saying, "Mama and Dada" quite a bit now though and I'm sure that there's much more to follow.
Greg is in the middle of his crunch time right now and is currently working on his laptop on our bed. I am still just trying to keep my head afloat. Laundry and housework are never ending and I just can't keep things clean I feel like right now but I'm sure that will change in the fall and hopefully at some point when Greer decides to start sleeping through the night.
