I recently came back to this blog and saw that my last post had been in July sometime – that’s too long to go without blogging! Life is busy; my job keeps me hopping and the writing that I do professionally has taken up a lot of my time. However, days with Professor and Piglet are especially sweet, because they seem like a break from my crazy life. I feel like all I do is run around – and that means that the time I get with their smiles and laughter even more relaxing.

Piglet, now 27 months old, is talking up a storm. It never fails to amaze me because she speaks so clearly! She speaks in full sentences and nearly every word is understandable. What a lot of things that little girl has to say. She knows her colours, her letters, and her numbers up to 13. Piglet is also attempting to potty-train, and let me tell you, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten more excited about successes on the potty before. She loves to cuddle and read books, and lately I’ve even had her cry when I leave, because she wants Mommy to leave instead so I can stay longer! Though Piglet will (and always should) love Mommy best, it’s nice to feel wanted.

Professor, 5 years old and in Senior Kindergarten, is starting to read. We play spelling games in the car now, and he’s pretty quick to memorize spellings of simple words. He can read most simple picture books, and now instead of me reading to him at night, he reads to me. It’s wonderful to watch him do this because there are so many wonderful children’s classics I’d love to introduce him to. He seems like he’ll be a voracious reader! We’re in a calm phase with his manners – I hear “please, thank you, excuse me” almost constantly without prompting.

I’ve recently been pretty sick with the H1N1 virus, so I haven’t gotten a chance to spend as much time as I want with my favourite little kids. However, I’m on the mend, and as fall now turns into winter, I hope to get a lot more exciting moments to share with you all.