A quick update on the kiddos. Archer is eight weeks old today! He is now wearing size 6 months because he is getting so long. And that was even before we started cloth diapers with him today. I'm curious to find out his new measurements at his check-up on Friday. His head is quite round, especially with his cheeks getting chubbier. He's cheery, chatty, and strong. Look at these muscles.

Quinn's Montessori activities have been going well. This is our current learning activity set-up.

Clockwise from top left we have knobbed cylinders, colored pasta sorting, pipe cleaner threading, and stringing beads. Her mat is in the bottom left corner. Aside from doing these independently, she's been working over and over on a United States puzzle, a spelling puzzle (pictured below), some jigsaw puzzles, and writing notes and lists. When she writes, she'll spell a word out loud (just an assortment of letters in a row, not actually spelling) and draw squiggly lines next to eachother as she says each letter. She frequently asks me to spell different words with the letters from her puzzle. And she's starting to know the names of the state puzzle pieces, which is boggling my mind. Toddlers are such sponges! 

Her imagination continues to be quite active. Most days I'm expected to respond to Michael (from Mary Poppins), Joseph (as in Mary's husband), or whatever other role she's cast me as in her current game. She is also in love with her salt water sandals. The majority of the time she wants them on first thing in the morning, even while her pajamas are still on, and doesn't take them off until bedtime when she requests to have them on the floor near her bed.