Although stuck inside, we still managed to have some fun making snow cream! Canton decided it just didn’t have enough color and declared we should add some color, his favorite color, RED! Then, after adding the red, we add sprinkles! Dad and Canton had a huge glass while mom cleaned the kitchen! 🙂

Liberty’s big highlights of the month included waving and pulling up! She’s probably been pulling up for the whole month actually, but now she has it down, standing is definitely her preferred position.

She is also crawling quickly several feet at a time (still backwards) and eating more real foods, even though she still has no teeth! She can just about get herself back to a sitting position once she falls over or from her stomach.

Luckily for Mike she can now babble “dada” and has said “bruh bruh” (for brother), she definitely knows mama as a word though!

Liberty is a pro with her fine motor skills! She loves to open and shut the little doors on her walker and she can pick up the tiniest leaf/yard waste Roxy brings in, so I’m vacuuming a lot and sweeping the kitchen several times a day so she’s not munching on Roxy/Canton/Mike crumbs. She also loves pulling the fuzz on the carpet, super fun!

She has her own personality, she plays so hard, especially in comparison to her serious/astute brother! Nanny says she going to be quite the spitfire! But, she certainly knows what she wants and goes after it. Look out, she’s going to be a strong woman!

Weight: 18 lb 6 oz
Length: 29 inches

Liberty has been waving for a couple weeks and we finally got one on video!

Canton participated in the Blue Ridge Wrestling Championship today and brought home the silver medal in the 40 lb weight class!

He started the day by saying “I really don’t want to go because I’ll miss you and Liberty too much!” But, once he got there he had a great time. This will be a great reminder when he’s in high school and doesn’t want to be around us! 🙂

He had a great time cheering his teammates and getting a few matches. The boy who won gold was a six year old, so we’re pretty proud he hung in there and made lots of new friends!

Canton continues to encourage Liberty to crawl, notice the song “crawl forward not backward” haha! Lots of just sitting waiting for her to do something, but alas, she doesn’t. 😉

Sunday the kids and I headed to the park to enjoy the beautiful weather. Canton played with anyone who would come along, I was really proud of him, he went right up to kids, no matter the age, and starting talking! He really loved showing off all his state knowledge on the big map and of course, talking to anyone who would listen about space.

Mike was out playing basketball and managed to tear his calf muscle, yay, now I have three kids to take care of! 🙂

Canton and Dad ventured to the mall today for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) day!

There were tons of exhibits, experiments, and demos set up; everything from computer games to robots to chemistry, you name it!

The day started building an air rocket. Canton cut some flaps, taped them to a straw, and launched his rocket about 20 feet! We also saw some LEGO robots that Canton got to operate. We did some tie-dye soap bubbles, gak, and saw a worm compost pile! Later we went to an inflatable dome which had a short movie on the moon formation and the future of space exploration (right up his alley!) Then we made a wind sock and weather vane while learning about wind power.

At the other end of the mall was a whole section on telescopes and constellations, you know he was super excited for this! There was a HUGE 12″ diameter telescope, probably 5 feet tall, that had a solar filter which allowed us to view the sun and sun spots. Canton had a great time even though the sun was so bright. He struck up an intense conversation with a retired NASA employee, he worked in the jet-propulsion lab, they discussed Messier objects, supernovas/hypernovas, blackholes, etc. He was quite impressed and said Canton should join Mensa, haha.

The day ended with a prize because he completed the “scavenger hunt”. We’re lucky to have such a curious little guy!

Liberty has been saying mama for so long now, but here we finally captured some dadada sounds, she still knows mama though 🙂