Berube Babies: Painting and an update

One of the amazing things now is when I go pick up the kids from "school" (i.e. the creche / daycare) and they get in the car and tell me about their day.

It goes something like this:
"Walter, what did you do today?"
"Walter eat pasta."
"Was it yummy?"
"Yummy pasta."
Silence for a minute.
"Walter go on slide."
Silence.
"Walter paint."
Gordon pipes in, "Green paint."
"That's right." Walter nods. "Blue paint all gone."
"Purple paint. Green paint."

All three of my kids talk now, which is amazing to me. And like typical toddlers they talk a lot, but Walter talks non-stop. It blows my mind because as a newborn, he was so serious and silent, looking around and taking in the world. Now he wants to point out every tree, every tractor, and every car. With books he likes to point at the pages and describe what he sees. One night, he was processing that Daddy was on a work trip, so the whole book was about how this and that was the mommy and a baby, but the Daddy was on a trip and he would be back.

Gordon has gotten so tall. The neighbor boys were over the other day and the eldest commented to me how Gordon had grown just since the last time we saw them two weeks ago. Gordon also is the most social with other kids. When we go to Tons of Fun or a park, Gordon is the one I'm most likely to find running around with another kid who isn't his sibling. At home, he's also the one most likely to go off and do his own thing. He still loves books, but he's not obsessing over them like he was a month ago. He also loves playing with small dolls, little people, figurines, or stuffed animals and having them be his little babies or students. He pretends to help them potty, swing, and take naps.

Adele is pretending she is a cat quite often and meowing her way through the day. She also just likes to pretend a lot. She'll announce Swiper (from Dora the Explorer) is hanging out around the corner and we have to find him. She also tells me little made up stories all the time. When scary things come on the tv, she runs out of the room and peeks around the door frame to watch, telling me, "Mama, it's too scary." If we are going or coming, she is making sure we have her brothers. I think she's worried if she doesn't watch out for them, we'll leave someone behind. She loves to climb and play. At Tons of Fun, she's the first to climb up to the third story structure and peek down at me from the heights. I also love that she's my quietest listener when we read books. She loves to cuddle up and have me read her a story.

Today we did some painting, so I took a few photos.