Catching Up

I've gotten a bit behind on posting, so I will share a couple of stories and then we'll have a guest blog entry!

Alex is very concerned with the end of Daylight Savings Time. Ever since the clocks turned back it has been dark when we pick him up from school. For the first couple of weeks, he commented every night on the ride home about it being "dark outside." He really does not like it and wants to know where the light is. We have tried to explain it to him, but it's a fairly abstract concept, so it's taking a while to sink in. We have only just gotten to the point where he may go a night or two without commenting on it.

He's also been really into singing lately. He will often ask to sing specific songs and has even started making up songs that he wants us to sing. "Sing the football song. Sing the jumping song." Now maybe these are songs he knows from school that we don't know, but when we ask him to sing them he just insists that we sing the song. Fortunately, we do know most of the songs he wants to sing, including his latest favorite, the Iowa Fight Song.

Alex had his first sleepover a couple of weeks ago, so here is a guest post from Cecily's mom about all the fun they had. We are looking forward to having Cecily over to our house for the next sleepover for lots of chasing, giggling, and playing!