The Kids are Alright

Something happened in the last few weeks. I'm not sure what it is, but it feels like everything has been on fast forward. Between soccer, swim, birthdays, and activity filled beautiful fall days, it seems like there is less and less time to catch up on things. It is amazing and hectic, I feel kind of like we are missing the forest for the trees sometimes.

Both our kids are shockingly cool kids, according our immediate family at least. While I'm pretty sure we aren't 100% sure what we are doing, and M is still refusing to eat much more variety than we started this, I think our kids are pretty phenomenal. M throws us just enough small victories to keep me from giving up hope. L is trucking along as one awe inspiring little four year old. M's birthday is coming up, so we've been discussing age quite a bit. L will be a whole hand (5) at her next birthday. Its a few months away, but that seems so BIG. M will be three. Suddenly my littlest kid is also not a baby. I'm relieved and sad.

L routinely asks when M will be able to go to school with her. She can't wait for her sister to join her so they can play together at recess. L asked today if I could ask her teachers if they could be assigned to the same aftercare group so they could play together everyday. I am not delusional enough to believe this will last, but I am soaking up all the adorableness of it.

The required close but not matching fall picture outfits and giggles, lots of giggles.

We can't get our youngest to eat much other than peanut butter and pizza, but being a good sister/buddy seems to be going well. Of the two options, I'll take the good sister. Maybe with enough patience and will power, we can go two for two.