Eric: Currently obsessed with painting his bedroom. After school ended, Mimi grabbed 3'x2' paper that teachers were throwing away. He soon discovered how much fun it was to fill those pages with Superhero stick figures. The newest idea- taping the paper on the walls of his bedroom. I shut the door and cross my fingers. With his sisters by his side, they paint many abstracts. The entire perimeter of his room is filled. The girls paint rainbows...brown ones. Eric's stick figures are transforming into super sized Hulks, Things, and Spidey.
Alayna: Rediscovering the art of Little People, one of her favorites. She has always loved putting them in the house and creating scenes. I often think she recreates scenes from TV. Her voice is low and as she pretends and whispers, she is very theatrical. Now they have a new spin. The Fisher Price dollhouse figures and Barbies are all thrown together to play. (Until clean up time of course when they all go their separate ways.) Right now they are hanging out with the Superheroes and Monster Trucks.
Cailin: She is a little wanderer. Never really sure if she wants to play with Eric or Alayna. Her favorite has been the Barbies. I find her with a Barbie and Ken. They hug. They dance. Lots of whispers. I do wonder what goes on in her head. She is quite random. Last night, again with a fever (some sort of belly issue: bright green poop today), she had dreams of a little gorilla and a fly. She woke screaming about the animals in her bed. Her wish to have a dream of a thousand babies that look like Ella came true. She went to bed that night asking to smell Daddy's armpits. She even asked if she could make a chocolate banana smoothie for Santa. I really do wonder what goes on in her head!
Ella: Ten days straight on the potty. Successful at least twice a day. And her new thing is to push the container of play animals over to the SpiderMan couch. She climbs up on it, swings her arms and leaps into the air. Yes, into the air. And lands with a belly flop straight out onto the couch. Cheered on by her siblings and laughing so hard she can barely stand up...she does it again and again and again.
