Kate and Mason

 These kiddos are so much fun. It's near impossible to get a picture of the two of them together, both looking anywhere near the direction of the camera. Here's my best attempt lately. This is the only photo in a series of 5 that has Kate's face in focus. Maybe you can tell that she's jumping up and down.

They are growing like weeds, and since I've posted so little about either lately, I thought I'd fill you in.

Kate:

• Has decided she wants to be a ballerina when she grows up. She takes her dance class at school very seriously.
• Enjoys yoga at school - "smell the flowers and blow out the candle"
• Loves art - stickers, glue, markers, crayons. She's the queen of mixed media. Every candy wrapper is incorporated into a masterpiece. Every yogurt container is decorated with stickers.  Needless to say Valentine's Day (and decorating her Valentine's mailbox) was a big hit.
• Can recognize the name of every kid in her class. That's reading, right?
• Cried tonight when she asked me if the house we buy in Greenville can be made of bricks.  I assured her that wolves don't actually blow houses down.
• Likes to make "collections" of things. 
• Somehow knows the words to Mary Poppins' "Spoonful of Sugar."
• Uses adverbs better than 60% of the adult population in South Carolina.
• Says please, thank you, yes ma'am and no ma'am.
• Loves anything that sparkles or is pink.

Mason:

• Eats the tips off of markers.
• Giggles non-stop.
• Has new words every day, but consistently says things like: hold you, tum on (come on), hop up, yes ma'am, dog food, and princess (he is Kate's brother).
• Can sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," but does not like singing the ABC song.
• Can count to 12.
• Throws up often.
• Loves goldfish crackers. 
• Doesn't love breakfast... unless we're serving goldfish crackers.
• Gives the best kisses ever.
• Loves to point out trucks wherever we go. We saw a "digger" the other day after school and he was squealing with delight. No, I don't know the official names of any large construction equipment.
• Knows how to push Kate's buttons.
• Thinks milk might be the single best thing ever.