fingers & toes

Our smiley little guys is less like a baby everyday! He is able to reach out to grab things and chew them. I call that mouth-eye co-ordination. Colin just can't get enough chewing and we have many wet shirts to prove it. In some ways I'd like to get the teething thing over as quick as possible, but on the other hand, I can wait for that first tooth.
I haven't been putting Colin in sleepers lately. He just kicks and kicks and gets himself all in knots.
Since it's winter his little toes have been covered. So after a bath I let him have some toe-time. He just loves to chew them.

Colin has been able to roll over for months, but he really has no desire to. Here he's on his side/tummy. I guess those little things on the mat finally caught his attention, because now he loves to roll over and chew them.

I just can't believe he'll be 6 months old at the end of the month. Hopefully, we'll get his room done before he's 1.

music re***al

When I first heard that Nadia's music class was going to have a recital I got all nervous and clammy. Maybe because that's how I was at my music recitals. But we took Nadia to her music recital anyway. And I have to say that her teacher did a really great job at making all the pieces short, and the kids moving. It was actually really fun and Nadia really enjoyed being on stage. Her class of 4 kids sang a few songs, some with rhythm sticks and one with snowflakes. It was priceless. Especially when one of the little boys, in a suit, came down from the stage, handed in his tambourine and sat with his parents.

Nadia did a great job singing loud. Later I found out it was because Tim bribed her with a trip to Starbucks. Yes, our 2 year old is addicted to Starbucks.

progress

If you're a regular follower of our blog, than you're probably wondering if we're still alive! Well, mostly!

Here's the short version of the past month for us:

• On Nov. 15 we got possession of our house. And the ripping began.

• we ripped apart numerous things in our house, such as bulkheads, paneling, pocket doors and of course a truck load of wall paper

• we painted Nadia's room. Here are the before pictures.

• Then we thought it would be fun to rip apart Colin's room in order to insulate and drywall. (We thought we were having heat-loss from his room.) Turns out the heat loss wasn't from the walls, but the furnace pipe. Anyway, it's drywalled now and ready for mud. Here are the ripping pictures.
  

And finally the mostly finished product of Nadia's room.

So we worked in our place for 2 weeks, between houses, before we moved in. That was a nightmare trying to co-ordinate kids and meals at a house that has nothing but building supplies. But we made it through and now we're moved in and mostly settled. There are still boxes of books and decor to unpack. But they can stay put for a while.

Well, there's more to tell so stay tuned for more post coming soon. And sorry for the drought.