As exhibit A, we have what is supposed to happen to the cappuccino foam…

…and for exhibit B, what really happens to cappuccino foam.

Painting murals with foam…..hmmm, what’s going to happen when he gets hold of some kokis?

Listen carefully.

Eli is currently chewing on just about anything that he can find – feet, hands (ours), pool noodles, trampoline spring covers, duvets, swings….I think you get it. And if he tried to bite one of us, he laughs! Stoute kabouter. It looks like he is cutting his to bottom front teeth.

So if you want to keep a pool noodle away from him, hide it behind him. Which he thought was hilarious.

Having some fun figuring out the broom

Helping Grace out with a puzzle, while a monkey takes a break on my back

This is the 1000th post on drennan a day. One of the first things I thought about when seeing that the 1000th post was coming up as, “What’s the next big milestone, 10000 posts?”

So 10000 posts….that would be 24 years from now. Grace would be 28, Eli 25, and Donné and I 59 and 58 respectively. There is a whole lot of life to be lived between now and then, loads of memories to gather, and lots of love to experience.

24 years, that would be a lot of writing, and a whole lot of consistency to write every day. So the next thing I thought was, “How long will we keep writing for?” which isn’t really the right question. I think the right question is, “What would make us stop writing?”

There are two things that I can think of. The one definite reason would be if Grace or Eli asked us to stop. If either of them get to a point where they feel like there is too much of themselves out there, then we’ll stop, or at the very least redirect the focus.

The other reason to stop would be if no one was listening any more. We do write this blog largely for ourselves, but part of the joy is the sharing of it. I am always surprised by how many people actually read the blog and comment on it when they see us, and it definitely helps our friends and family to feel connected to us. I do love the way that it connects us to others.

So, for now, there are more memories to gather and share. Thank you for reading and sharing in our life journey.

Montessori children: make a mess, clean it up. First they put shaving cream on the windows, and then had lots of fun cleaning and polishing

Grace is in class and she giggles, and then says, “Excuse me I made a fart…hehehe.” Then she stands up and calls across the room, “Hannah! Come and smell my fart!” Well, Hannah didn’t need to go across the room to smell it, apparently it was more like the whole class had to evacuate not to smell it.

Grace and Eli having some fun with the swing

Grace is getting dressed after her bath tonight and as she pulls up her panties she puts her hand into them and does a crotch pull up adjustment move and says, “I’m getting my vagina into my panties properly, just like you daddy.” Different parts, but yes, that’s the idea…she had us laughing with that comment.

Eli continued his swimming classes this term after a break last term and he is doing very well in the water. He is really relaxed and very easy to work with – the instructor likes to use him as her model. He is rolling over nicely and floating on his back quite nicely. Today I was letting him float on his back without any support and he handled it really well. He really seems to enjoy the classes, especially the part when he gets to sit on the step and play (which mostly means unpacking the instructors toy basket).

Eli is doing excellently, but it is Grace who is really shining at the moment. She turned some sort of corner and her swimming has taken off. She has developed a nice strong kick which scoots her through the water, and her arms are starting to work well now, making circles to pull her through the water. She is swimming further and further independently. The thing she needs to work on now is actually taking a breath every now and again (it is coming along).

Grace is just absolutely loving her swimming class. If she doesn’t feel well over the weekend, then all we need to say is that she can’t go to swimming if she is not well, and POOF….she is miraculously healed.