Josie's 37/38 month stats: 40 lbs, 41 inches, 5T in clothing, size 5T in pull-ups, size 8.5 shoes
Josie's favorite book: Pinkalicous
Josie's favorite movies: Mulan, Boss Baby, and Frozen (a distant third)
Josie's new sentences and vocab. She is completely communicating now using large and small sentences, but these are this month's greatest hits:
Me: "Josie, check out that rain cloud." Josie: "Is it raining here?" Me: "No, it's probably closer to Austin." Josie: "Austin is in Italy." Me: "Um, do you know where Italy is?" Josie: "I think it's over there (points to Austin and the rain clouds)."
Ask her any question and her reply? "Yeah, of course." It's so matter of fact; three going on twenty-three.
"I love my baby brother. I take care of him."
In the age of YouTube where videos of tutorials are abundant, Josie likes to walk us through her nighttime routine. It goes something like this: "Okay, kids. First we are going to put toothpaste on the toothbrush and you have to touch all of your teeth so Dr. Bain gives you a surprise!"
"I have babies in my tummy and their names are Lovell and Grace. Oh, will you hold them please? I have to go exercise." Josie loves to pretend she's pregnant these days and I can see where she got her inspiration for that but for the exercise? Wasn't me!
Josie's new tricks
Grammie gifted Josie a CD for Frozen and Josie sings along to her CD, which is requested to play on every single car ride. She has very strict rules about who can sing and when - I am often relegated to the ensemble. Jonathan is often allowed to perform in the duets, but only as Anna. I've recorded this many times but none of them ever do the experience justice.
She bakes, she bakes! Auntie Lissie visited and we were inspired to film a cooking show. I'll let the videos speak for themselves.
I issued an apology to the greater Austin area on social media - we seemed to have deployed all sprinkles.
Josie loves to wear my shoes. I often find them tucked behind beds and chairs and couches. It's such a fun game, especially when I'm playing it at 6:45 am, pre-coffee. She will also ONLY WEAR DRESSES. Note to anyone purchasing anything for her. Dresses for daytime, playtime, and bedtime.
Josie took her first dance class! Well, more accurately, Josie and her baby took their first dance class. Oh my goodness - you haven't seen cute until you've laid eyes on a ballet class full of toddlers. Josie was amazing - she was by far the best listener even though she told me several times before class that she was "a bit scared". She danced with the doll until Josie felt she could do it by herself - I was so impressed with her.
Jonas' 5 month stats: 17.6 lbs, 25.5 inches; 9 mos in clothing, size 3 in diapers, hazel eyes, HAIR! He has hair and it's spiky and dark blonde and sooooo cute.
Jonas' 6 months stats: 20.10 lbs, 28.25 inches; 9-12 mos in clothing, size 3 diapers, hazel eyes
Instead of vocab we'll review his likes and dislikes:
Likes: JUMPING, Tummy raspberries, bath time, his hand (#1 fav right now), his chiropractor visits, literally pulling my hair out (let it be known that my baldness is not because I am not pulling my hair out myself)
Dislikes: Going to sleep, not being able to jump
Tolerates: Josie's very close thisclose! kisses and hugs, sleeping, his nickname "Buddy Boo"
Jonas' new tricks
Month 5:
He's rocking and rolling!
He's mastered the letter B. He is buh-buh-buhing all over the place.
Month 6:
He's eating solids! Our first food was bananas and Jonas loved it.
In other Young family news...
We celebrated Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year).
Josie helped me make the most delicious matzo ball soup.
Auntie Lissie visited, which you got to see clearly in our baking videos. We had such a great time with her!
We got a membership at the Thinkery, our favorite children's museum!
Josie and I had a special Mama/Jojo day and visited an amazing pumpkin patch and farm. Sweet Eats Farm in Georgetown was surreal. Josie hugged goats all day and frolicked through these ridiculous pumpkin settings.
I went to NYC and got to see Auntie Ashie and Uncle Phil and Uncle Adam too!
This isn't really "news" but it is newsworthy to note these kids truly love each other.
Josie comments a lot on how much she loves being a family and requests "a big family squeeze that we can stay in forever." I don't know what's better than that.
Until next time!
Xoxo,
J Quad
