a little update

eleanor is really experimenting with two year old behavior

lets hope it gets out of her system quickly

today she got herself several cookies despite my efforts to keep them away from her,

got into my purse and ate several pieces of gum....don't worry, she shared with olive...,

got up on the table during dinner and splattered spaghetti sauce all over hazel,

and i'm currently washing our couch cover because it's covered in marker and food courtesy of eleanor

 olive is calming down a bit

she doesn't ignore everything we say anymore which is nice

and she's getting more and more independent with going potty 

at parent teacher conferences last night

hazel's teacher told me that she is like the best student

she is mature, responsible, helpful and way ahead of her class in reading

by the end of kindergarten they want kids to be at a level "c" going down the alphabet

and hazel is at a "j" 

she is such a great self learner

noah's teacher was also really happy with him

he's a little bit of a perfectionist so he can work kind of slowly

but she is glad she can read his work and that he's doing so well with everything

noah had a field trip to a local grocery store today and he really enjoyed it

michael was just getting over being sick

and he seems to be getting something else already

we're pretty sure it has to do with stress regarding his thesis

this morning i noticed he willingly played candyland with hazel and olive

and cuddled eleanor on the couch extra long....i think he may have been avoiding working on it

we're all excited for him to be done and graduated