malloy's first french braid!!! 

malloy had a great time at school as usual! she came home and as she was getting in her chair to eat she said "i'm so proud of myself!" it was out of the blue - i'm guessing it had something to do with the "all about me" theme at school.
malloy's been pretty bossy and yelling a lot at home, i made a sign with a happy face side and a sad face sign. when she's yelling, being impolite, or whiny, i hold up the sad side. it cues her to correct herself and be polite. it worked almost immediately and saves me from verbally reminding her every time she's being nasty.
rex has mastered feeding himself with a fork! the spoon is harder because the bowl moves around. he gets so proud of himself and will show me every time he's speared something with his fork.
for dinner we went to the pizza and wing fling with uncle paddy and auntie andi. the kids were so excited to see them!! malloy at a whole piece of pizza on her own! she was very well behaved! of course, there was gelato and she know that if she ate well then she could get some. she sat and ate her chocolate gelato for about a half hour. rex got lemon sorbet and had so much fun eating it himself. what a mess!!!  neal's coworker gave the kids balloons before we left - they were so excited!! oh, the joy a balloon brings to a child!