The most exciting news of the month is that Carter is binky free! It only took us until he was 2.5 years to get up the courage to get rid of it, but we finally did it! It got lost one day and when I found it I chucked it in the garbage so I wouldn't be able to give it to him ever again. He has adjusted amazingly well and only asked for it for one day and then got over it. Pretty amazing if you know how addicted he was to it! And it is a great relief to not have him whining and crying for his binky 24 hours a day.
Carter has decided that Matson is pretty cool now that he's more interactive. He greets him after every nap (no matter how late at night it is) with a high pitched sing song "Good Morning Matson. Did you sleep good?" He copies everything we say to the baby and makes us realize how ridiculous we must sound. :) He also likes to poke him and tell him how much he loves him. I'm coming to realize that gentle and a 2 year old boy don't go together so I'm trying to adapt.
Matson enjoyed his first Thanksgiving by sleeping through most of it. 
He has become very into his toys. He likes to bat at his toys and talk to them. Sometimes he gets so excited that he lets out a giggle as he talks to his doggy toy. It's pretty adorable!
Kelsie is working on persuasive writing at school. She is currently writing a letter to me to convince me of all the reasons she should get an Easy Bake Oven for Christmas. She tells me her latest reason every day when she comes home from school. I saw her letter when I was helping in her class. It was quiet persuasive and well written, but I'm still not convinced. I think the problem is me...not the writer. She has been practicing the piano a lot to prepare for her first piano recital which she is very excited about. Her 3rd grade class went to see "Knuffle Bunny" which was on tour from the Kennedy Center in D.C. It was a fun experience for her.
This is Emily on Thanksgiving and the last time I saw her with that much color. She has had 2 bouts of Strep Throat in the last 2 weeks and has been so sick. The doctor thinks she probably breeds strep since she's had it 4 times in the last year and may need her tonsils out, but we're not thinking about that yet. She cried for an hour when I told her she couldn't go to school. She loves it so much! I had no idea a kid could love school this much but it sure is nice. 
The hardest part of being sick has been not being able to hold her baby brother, and that about drove her crazy. She can't get enough of him. The nice thing (for me at least) has being able to spend some 1-1 time with her while she recovered. She is quite a talker if you get her alone. I've learned more about her. She was telling me about a friend on the bus that was feeling sad and left out. She was very upset about it and told me "I'd rather be the one that is left out then see one of my friends be left out." She was so sincere. How sweet is that?
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What a great update post, Andrea! And that picture of the kids at the top of the blog is so beautiful! (Emily's sweater rocks!) What a sweet batch of kids you have, my friend!
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