Weekend Update

Kaitlyn is so mischevious yet so adorable at the same time. For some reason, she likes to get right in Max's face and yell "Boo!" when he's sleeping. (She's also taken up walking around the house yelling "Ariel!" in random moments at the top of her lungs doing her best Little Mermaid King Triton impersonation). A couple of days ago, after I expressly asked her to leave Max alone, I caught her red-handed trying to bother him in his crib. I cannot explain, however, why she is wearing a swimsuit around the house in the middle of freezing cold January. I get a strange feeling that this may just be the start of many disagreements regarding her wardrobe.

Of course, yesterday she was in "adorable" mode. She carefully set out the pink plastic plates, cups and utinsels and put animal crackers at each setting. She then found Megan and I and announced proudly, "The tea party is ready!"

Megan especially enjoyed it. She has also enjoyed spending time this week working on scrapbooking my 2008 calendar since I didn't have class. The calendar is one of my treasured possessions each year; it tells me all of the important dates that I need to worry about--birthdays, holidays, and the number of months we've been married.

One of our new favorite pastimes is trying to get Max to smile and/or laugh. His little smile and accompanying uncontrolled, enthusiastic full-body movements are enough to brighten our mood no matter what is going on.

We're also excited because Max's neck is now strong enough to be able to sit in the Exer-Saucer. He doesn't really reach for any of the toys or understand what they are for, but he seems to enjoy all of the colors that surround him; it's fun and/or great to watch him turn just his head around from side to side as he carefully observes each object.

Alison has continued to enjoy playing the board games that she got for Christmas. I think we've played more Game of Life this week than I've played in my entire life up to this point. I do love, however, that she now knows how to make change for $100,000. She's also developing a keen interest in becoming a banker, since they have all of the money.

Yesterday, she had a friend from kindergarten named Joseph over. They wanted to play Disney Monopoly Jr. "They were a team and I lost." (Last sentence voiced by Ali on my behalf.) Additionally, Ali just sang the following correction in my ear after reading along: "Disney Monopoly Jr. is wrong. It's called 'Monopoly Jr. Disney Edition!"