The rest of the month

March has flown by and we have April just around the corner. I feel like our family has been running every which way this month and I'm looking forward to some weekend when everything slows down. I'm not sure when that will be, but I'm hopeful that it's just around the corner. 2012 maybe?

The kids are having a good month. Except for the first week and the trip to the ER, everybody has managed to stay healthy. After we returned from Florida, we took Reina to the ENT doctor to take a look at her tonsils and adenoids. Reina's a snorer (like a cute little blonde freight train) and at her annual check-up, the pediatrician mentioned that 2-yr olds shouldn't snore so she sent us to the ENT for another consultation. Reina has to do the sleep apnea test this weekend and then we'll find out if a tonsillectomy/adenodectomy is in her future. Let's just say that neither Glenn nor I relish the idea of going through that again and we don't want our sweetie pie to go through any unnecessary medical procedure but we'll just how the test results look.

When she's not snoring, Reina spends most of her time perfecting her use of the English language, particularly those words that indicate a command, displeasure or a change in behavior on our part. She's getting really good at all three. All joking aside, her speech really is getting better and she has a lot to say. Since turning four a few weeks ago, Will has matured at an amazing rate and no longer gets up in the middle night, uses tantrums as a bargaining tool or torments his sister. Okay, not really. He still does all of those things, he just tells everyone that he's four. His favorite saying is "Hey! Check this out!" or "Awesome!" Will is very curious right now. Along with the "what would happen if we didn't have arms" questions come "What's the road made out of?" "What are rocks made out of?" (answer that one for me!) ad naseum, I mean ad infinitum. I do love his curiousity and to see his brain start trying to figure out more stuff beyond what would happen if two toy cars ran into each really super hard. Will has also discovered Reina's box of dress-up clothes and he's at that delightful age where he doesn't care that he's wearing maribou trimmed mules with a kicky little sequin skirt. Reina was less concerned about what she was wearing and was more worried about the quantity. Let's see, here we've got three skirts around the neck, fairy wings and a green scarf. Fashion! So spring weather is theoretically right around the corner. Kids are healthy and if the winds not howling, they are sleeping by themselves all night. As we move into 2-yrs and 4-yrs, traveling is getting a little easier and one of my favorite parts of the day is to watch the two of them play together. Well.... until playtime dissolves into squeals, tears, recriminations and one loudly placed "Mommmmmmmmmmmmm!" Happy Spring!