My sweet Colin turned six yesterday…

My boy is growing so fast. He still loves to draw and can spend hours doing that but recently a few video games have also really caught his attention. He is such a great kid and it is so fun to talk to him and just hang out. He has such an amazing imagination and loves to tell stories and does so with so much expession in his voice and eyes. He loves numbers and he counts to 100 and beyond… he just counts everything and add things up and subtracts and numbers just make sense to him… it is so cool to hear him…

He is such a happy and easy kid (though he can have his moments, don’t be fooled) He loves to look good  and be well dressed with his hair combed and teeth brushed… he is very proud when someone compliments him and loves to be the centre of attention.

Colin is my social butterfly. He will talk to anyone, anywhere… he is often drawn towards older kids and adults but this summer he made a best friend at SMUG, the Summer Montreal Unschooling Gathering that we went to at the end of June. Luckily, his best friend feels the same way and the other kids and us parents also enjoy each others company so we have been trying to get together more often even if we live a bit more then an hour away…

(playing a game with the older kids at SMUG)

Colin of course is still my mover and jumper… he will climb anything, jump from anything, run and dive and ride and is just always moving… He was climbing well before he could walk and continues to impress me with his moves…

There is so much more I could say… this kid is amazing…

Happy Birthday Colin! I love you kid!

My sweet Wilhelmina is 7 months old today…

I can’t believe time has gone by so fast… She is growing so quickly, changing so much and even got her first tooth today! (top tooth at that)

She truly makes us smile. She wakes up in the morning with the biggest grin, she cuddles and kisses and loves being in anyones arms… She loves to hang out with her brothers and wherever they go she wants to follow… Though I do know that Khéna misses being the baby at times and has given her the permission to go back into my tummy more than once, he is such a great big brother along with Xavier and Colin and she loves them all…

Talking about Colin, it is amazing how much she and Colin look alike. She is seriously his double… everyone notices it and there are some pictures that we have of Colin that we can almost not tell the difference if it weren’t for the picture quality….

Xavier and her seem to share something very special. He wears her and carries her and has gotten her dressed and just loves to help take care of her. Not having a sibling of my own, I am amazed at the closeness all the kids have and their genuine love for each other. I think she is so lucky to have three big brothers to watch out for her, help care for her and who make her smile and laugh…

So, yes her first tooth has pierced and though she is not eating yet, she loves when I give her a carrot or piece of apple or cucumber to suck on… she has also loved licking the straw of my smoothie (made from frozen fruits and coconut milk) and loves to try to get water from my straw… I love this phase of experimenting, tasting. but not yet actually eating and swallowing anything…

I am going to write a more extensive post about EC but to mention is quickly, it is going great. We catch most pees and virtually all poos. With her crawling and interested in everything there have been a few more misses and puddles, but having her diaper-free all the time makes things easy. She still has the routine of having a pee before bed and waking up dry in the morning… We  are so confident in her staying dry that she sleeps bare bum and we are not nervous at all….

Wilhelmina is just a happy little girl… when we are at home she can spend hours playing and discovering. She also loves to be worn around the house and loves to go outside… She doesn’t mind when we are out for the day and will quietly stay in the sling and nurse and sleep and people watch and just be with me while I get things done. The only thing that she doesn’t enjoy after a long day is the drive home. She nurses less when we are out so often the drive home reminds her that she is hungry…  I stop and nurse her and then we are on our way again..

So wow… 7 months old…  what an amazing kid and I am not ashamed to say that I am enjoying having a daughter.

Colin decided that he would try riding his bike without training wheels… though he is still nervous and tends to lean a bit too much he did it! I can’t believe that me little Colin is getting so big… he was just a baby when I started this blog and now he can do triple flips underwater and ride his bike…

And of course, if I am talking about getting big… Wilhelmina is surprising us every day.. she has started cruising so we got the Radio-Flyer walker out and she loves it! I can’t believe she can do this already…