March Update

Overall these kids play so nicely together. Eerika and Aleksi happily share my attention during the school day and when Saku comes home, Eerika is usually so happy to play with him. There are some closed doors that make Aleksi unhappy when the big kids want to be left alone. Eerika and Saku are sleeping in Saku's room. Some nights they even share Saku's top bunk. I think this satisfies Eerika's desire for "chit chat" at bedtime and h

Saku is reading the Harry Potter series the second time. He does get reclusive when reading and we are trying to encourage him to find another series to read but he is pretty set on reading them again. He is currently on book #4. Just to reference that he read the first Harry Potter book for the first time right after Christmas. So he has read 10 Harry Potter books in two and half months. His reading skills are obviously off the charts so he gets taken out once a week for an advanced reading group. 

Saku will start soccer at the end of this month. He wasn't too happy when I told him that I had signed him up. He said he "had experienced soccer and wanted to try football". 

Aleksi is currently playing in the basement while I sit on the treadmill and watch him. He really likes playing in the basement for whatever reason. He has a snotty nose and a cough again. When he wakes up in the middle of the night and cries and continues to cry, I will check on him. I walk him, tucked him under a blanket and I ask him "would you like another song". Most of the time, he is happy to go back to sleep after this thirty second ordeal. We struggle with food throwing. He is more attached to his tutti, or he tends to have it in his mouth more. I am not as strict about making sure that he leaves it in his crib. Aleksi is overall very happy. He is obsessed with his toothbrush and toothpaste. He likes to practice handstands with Eerika. And he loves when he finds a friend who is willing to throw a ball with him. He remembers where to chocolate chips are and will ask for them. He doesnt like when he gets told no.

No words from Aleksi. He will say "mamama" in an urgent voice when he wants and needs something. However, he understands and processes so much. And he clearly communicates his preferences nonverbally.

Troy did his annual ski trip to Utah. He had very early travel on Friday and very late travel on Saturday coming home so he was a bit tired on Sunday. Aleksi wanted to give him some loves. Work has started to go much better for Troy in the Springs. He has many, many meetings with the companies that he works with and he has to wear more dressy clothes than he would like. He tends to enjoy the five dollar Taco Tuesday meal at Cafe Rio when he is up in Denver. In the evenings, he spends his time playing games like Ticket To Ride and Rummikub with the big kids or playing catch with Aleksi. We wind down with Madam Secretary, Bones or Dowton Abbey or discussing our next house features.