October Update

Honor turned 8 months old on the 9th. She is sweet, affectionate and playful - squealing in delight at her own and her siblings' antics. Noble enjoys entertaining her and Poem often helps with basic baby care like grabbing a fresh bib and feeding her foods. Honor looooves to eat - making sounds as she does and grabbing (almost) everything to feed herself. Her favorite treat is bananas and coconut oil - yum. She is getting around quite well, keeping us busy as we've caught her teetering on the thresholds of the front and back doors a few times. She is also talkative, currently practicing her syllables "m-m" and "d-d" among others.

Noble and Poem are enjoying Kindergarten and Preschool and are learning all sorts of things both at school and at home. Noble found a hammer in the garage and has been smashing open rocks on our back patio as continuation of a science unit at school. He has discovered some pretty nice crystal-like formations in some otherwise ordinary looking rocks! Noble's also been enjoying his second season of soccer and he learned to ride a bike this Fall - no training wheels! Poem joins in on almost anything Noble is up to. I affectionately call them "Thing One and Thing Two" with Honor as the fish in the pot (reference Cat in the Hat). Poem's favorite activity is still snuggling; if she's not playing, she's hiding away on a cozy rug or soft bed somewhere in the house with her favorite blankie. Her other "favorites" are eating sweets like candy and chocolate. She says she wants to be a cake decorator when she grows up!

We went on a short getaway this week to Hilton Head, SC. The beach is beautiful and the weather neither too cool nor too warm. While Noble and Poem were busy building sandcastles, Honor got a taste of the sand (literally) while crawling among the shallow tides. We all had a nice time.