Updates on the Chickens

Ok, I know I owe you some pictures, but I haven't taken any lately. I will, I promise. In the meantime, I haven't given you an update on the chickens lately, so here we go. All things Abby, Hannah, and Griff:

ABBY
** Will scooter for what seems like hours around and around our kitchen island…and watch out if you are in her way, she is FAST!
** Is practicing reading on her own, and likes to now read to Mike and me before she goes to bed, instead of us reading to her
** Loves ice skating, and we go out onto the pond a few times every weekend to practice
** Loves to play Uno and Solitaire with Mike in the evenings.
** The Narnia movies are her favorite right now. We are also reading the Narnia book series, and she loves it.

HANNAH
** Wears her Cupcake backpack and acts like she’s going to school, like Abby
** Is still the feistiest of the bunch, and will instigate trouble when at all possible
** Has stopped saying “no” to everything, and instead says, “ok, mama” to almost every request
** Will grab out of Griff’s hands whatever his is playing with and run away, loving the fact that he gets upset and screams. She then will walk back to him and calmly hand him whatever it was she took and say, “here you go, Griffy”, like she is helping him out by giving him back his toy
** Likes to sit and read to herself out loud
** “I do it” is her favorite thing to say. She likes to take off and put on her own clothes, which means it takes at least twice as long to dress her in the morning….
** Loves to give hugs and kisses

GRIFFIN
** Loves the words boogers and toot (go figure)
** Thinks it funny to stick both his pointer fingers in his nose and walk around the house
** Still loves his cars, and likes to line them up across he floor
** Wears his Cars backpack and acts like he’s going to school, like Abby
** Loves to help me do laundry. He will hand me the clothes, one at a time, each time saying to me, “here you go, mommy”
** Loves to gives hugs and kisses

HANNAH & GRIFFIN
** If one gets sent to the corner for a time-out, the other will stand in the family room, watching and waiting for the time-out to end. They will “talk” to each other in their little secret language so Mike and I don’t know what they are saying to each other. It’s obvious they feel badly for the one who is in the corner.
** Will find each other’s paci’s and blankets and give them to the other if they think the other is upset or crying
** Are getting really good with their colors. They know blue (or blue-one, as Griff says), yellow, orange, green, white and black. They get red and purple half the time.
** Love to count. They count to 5 reliably, and then start going all over the board, “one, two, three, four, five, eight, six, nine, ten”. 10 is always shouted, they are so pleased with themselves!
** Both have a bit of a temper, esp when it comes to food. Watch out if they don't get their snack on time, or it's not exactly what they wanted