Sneaky Kids

I’d like to say that I have control over my kids and I know their every move, but alas this is not true. What is true about my kids is that they like to push their limits, they’re great at finding my hiding places for candy stashes, and they just like to be a little sneaky.

While the counter tops are not in Ava’s field of vision she is smart enough to track where we tend to stow the sweet stuff. Here she made her way to the top of the counter and found Ethan’s lollipop that he had saved from the morning. Ethan tends to savor his treats a few bites and licks at a time. Ava on the other hand is the deal closer; she seeks out his left over treats and polishes them off if we don’t beat her to them.

Here I found Ethan on the couch with the distinct sounds of gaming tunes coming from underneath his blanket. He had already been told that his Leapster time had met it’s limit but he told me he was going to take some “quiet time” on the couch underneath his blanket. Hmmm, I wonder what he’s doing under there?

Growing Kids

Just a quick update on the kids …

Ava is growing slowly but changing immensely. She is now 18 months old and continues to get into and climb everything. She is not one for words (she has only about 5 – and that might be an exaggeration) but she is able to make her needs and desires known. My cousin recently said that having her around is like a little Curious George. She gets into everything and points and makes little monkey sounds when she wants something. While she doesn’t use words, her little sounds let you know if you’re hot or cold in meeting her needs.

Her doctor’s check-up revealed that she’s still quite petite with the exception of her head. She’s in the 5^th percentile for weight, 15^th percentile for height and the 94^th percentile for head circumference. Love the Rubalcava cabeza!

Ava loves to get dressed up but has an interesting sense of style. One of her favorite things is to get into Ethan’s underwear drawer and put on his underwear. Here she is in 4 pairs of Ethan’s underwear (which are on backwards) that have been pulled over her pj’s (which are scrunched underneath). Then she went and put on her hoodie and found me to help her zip it up at which point she wanted her shoes and was ready to go. What style girl!

Ethan finally had his first full dental appointment with a complete cleaning and x-rays and he did great! Not only did he have no cavities, but also he went right and did the whole appointment like he was Mr. Independent and knew just what to do. I wish I could say the same for his blood draw that we had to do afterwards. After I told him of our next stop he cried all the way there, screamed when they called his name to go back to the lab, and whimpered for about an hour afterwards. It was a “Serenity Now!” morning after the dentist.