Happy New Year!

Well, I can't believe it is 2011 already! Ollie is now 6 months old, sitting up a little longer without falling over due to constantly REACHING for toys, and just had his first bites of baby cereal and actually liked it! I remember the other kids just spitting it out and not swallowing it the first time, so I was fulling expecting that, but he just opened wide and learned what to do after the

first couple of bites. I just think the picture of levi feeding him is hilarious because of levi opening his mouth so wide to show him!

Levi got "new to him" bunkbeds that he is super proud of, and he is REALLY excited to be sleeping on the top bunk. He can't wait till we let Clara Kate sleep on the bottom bunk. (Maybe this weekend- i guess you might see a future post about that if it happens!) He is also doing "homeschool" as he likes to call it this semester since we weren't super impressed with his preschool experience last semester. He had his first week this week and LOVED it. (He knows most of what he should for kindergarten already so we are just basically humoring him and encouraging his love for learning by doing the "homeschooling" two days a week.) He is most into math but also enjoys trying to put some words together and just practicing writing too. He has already taken two "fieldtrips" with grandma too in her "bus"!

And Clara Kate is seeming older ALL the time. The way she talks and tries to boss her big brother around makes it hard not to laugh out loud sometimes. She is always wanting to do what her big brother does and help with Ollie who loves to hear her high pitched little voice talking to him. Her favorite meal right now is penne rice noodles and marinara on the side to dip them in, as you can see in the picture!