Kaleb got to try the rice...sorry, buddy, no chicken yet. He wasn't sure how to get it to his mouth, but it sure kept him occupied moving it around on his tray and from hand to hand!
After dinner, Ellie requested to play with legos, which is a family favorite. Ellie dumped them out, and Kaleb jumped atop the pike to make sure he got the best ones! The girls built an ice cream shop airplane with cinnamon (whatever that is) and the boys just stuck a few together and then stuck them in Kaleb's mouth.
Kaleb's been going to bed earlier these past 2 nights, so it was a short evening. Both kids, in fact, were in bed by 8.15 - and we have no problems with that because they're both sleeping great. Kaleb's been awakened the past 2 mornings in order to eat and get ready for school just before leaving. Ellie is learning to tell time with her new clock. Not so much the whole concept yet, but she knows that it's ok to get out of bed to come snuggy in Mommy's bed when the first number is a 6. Yesterday she came in so proudly to announce it said 6 so she was there to crawl in bed with me. Today she tried, and I had to correct her that the first number was indeed a 5. She went back to bed (with Eric's help) and came in when the clock said 6. Such a smart girl!
She has developed a fear of the dark, though. The other night, she wanted to sleep with her bedside lamp on. I asked why - because it's dark when you turn it off. I pointed out her nightlight and her clock that glows in the dark. Her next observation was that it was really dark when she came to snuggy in our room. I told her that she'd better stay in her room, then, with the nightlights! I wonder where the fear of the dark comes from in kids...how do they come to fear things in the dark without any bad experiences from which to draw? I asked her what about the dark scared her, and she really didn't have an answer.
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