Almost two

Austin's birthday is in less than two weeks and boy is he excited. Today at church we moved him up into the two year old class. I was a little nervous, because he has a very bad association with the nursery and usually is crying when we are still blocks away from the church building. But we had not been in a month since Bennett's birth and he didn't get as upset on the way. We talked up the "big kids class"- you get a snack, get to color and sing songs! He did really well- he cried just a little as a left but the teachers said he did fine after that. I think he is ready for the structure in the class. He seemed so big picking him up from class with the picture he drew...like he had been to school.

Austin knows his birthday is coming and almost every day asks for cake and candles...and gets the same answer, "when it's your birthday you can have cake". If you ask him how old he is now he will say "almost two". He also can understand and respond to that question in Chinese. He also knows that his birthday is in November, though I am sure he has no idea what November means, or month or any real concept of a year. But in our Richard Scarry book, Lowly Worm's birthday is in November too, so it was made memorable. It is hard to believe he is almost two.

Bennett is doing well, other than really not liking the Indian food I had for lunch. He has been fussy all afternoon and evening. I guess I should have known better, but I avoided the spicy dishes. Austin on the other hand loved it and ate a ton.

Sorry for the slow blog week. I had a pretty tired week and Chris has been gone long days with the computer lately, so my blog times are few and far between.