Dump truck

Aaron does this nifty spin any time he's driving a truck, car, or train

After a bath Aaron likes to pretend to be a baby - I wrap him up in a towel, rock him, and sing "Rock-a-bye Baby" - twice. Then he tells me, "Say, 'cute!'" And it is cute! He's a wild man in the bathtub, where he like to pretend to be at swimming lessons with Ms. BJ, which involves lots of splashing.

Reading Guy!!!

Luke is stunning.....a couple of night ago I was reading a Magic Treehouse book to Luke and he said, "I'll read now," and he did. I didn't know that he could read this level independently, and it was so amazing to hear him!! I went into a mom-frenzy and got him a bunch of Magic Treehouse books and a couple of samples of other series. We started a new one tonight, and he's SOOOOO proud of himself - he reads two pages, and either Rich or I read one page. This is such a great part of being a parent!

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Westport made the newspaper today, and by default, so did I - I was one of three people who presented the plans for Westport to the Board of Education during the Monday work session.

Aaron now regularly says, "Don't bother the animals." He didn't like Trixie growling at him, but the nip from Mika did the trick, finally.

Aaron sang another great version of the ABCs, but of course he refused to sing it on camera....he did make up a goofy little dino song for me!

Piano recital

Luke had a great first piano recital - he played two pieces, one by himself and a duet with Rich. It was the only parent/child duet, which was really cool. We were nervous that he would have a meltdown like he did at the Christmas recital, but he kept his cool and did exactly what he was supposed to do. The best thing about the night is that he came home and was so excited that he played the piano for another half hour...bits of songs he has memorize, plus songs he made up.