Park, Park, Park & Park

Before: After: C behaved very well- evidenced by the lollipop. I, maybe, had some tears. It was time for a change. Bells has never seen my hair this short.

D has developed a range of syllables to communicate recently. She's got the standard "ma" and "da" and "tis" for Christian. But "ma" also means "more" sometimes. And others mean other things, depending on the context. It's a bit like the Chinese way, where tones + syllables = meanings.

Right now, C pronounces his sisters name as Dor-fy. Here's a recent collage.

We have a blackboard on our kitchen wall. Usually, it gets used for grocery lists and kid scratchings. Sometimes, pictures and graphs find there way onto it. Grand-dad spent some time educating his two sons and grandson with a Venn Diagram. As you'll see in the background, the key themes emerge.