Avram's in Bloom!!

Spring is in it's full glory and is transitioning into summer. The days are getting longer, with twilight stretching off into the horizon. All of the perennials have made their debut, awakening underground and sending up tender shoots on which the rabbits like to nibble. The tulips are spent, their thick leaves beginning to wilt, the blossoms having dropped away two weeks ago. The bright, showy annuals have gone in and they are a splash of color among the sea of green. The trees are bushy and thick with bright green leaves.

This Spring has also really brought on the blossoming of Avram. He turned two April 7th and shortly after, we retired his "nuk" and he made a rapid transition from baby to toddler! I really thought that getting rid of the pacifier would be hard and painful. However, I followed my SIL Karen's advice and I took it while he watched and cut the tip off. I handed it back to him - he looked at it strangly and said "all done", handing it back to me. Of course, while we can never find one when we need one, he managed to find 3 of them, apparently hidden away in some mystery spots.

As soon as it was gone, his language exploded! We weren't worried but we did remark that he really did not talk very much. He had started a few phrases - "I wan a bite, I wan a sip, I wan a piece" but was certainly not talking like Kade was at his age. Now, all of a sudden, he repeats everything and talks all day. He is in love with trains and walks around the house all day carrying them - "my twain! my twain!" "I wanna look window" He saw a bunny outside of the window one day and now he has been searching for him since "my bunny!!, I wan my bunny!" When you sing him a song, he just beams! He gets this huge, silly smile with little curled up lips, big grinny teeth and chunky cheeks. He still loves his "blanky" and cries a really sad, tearful cry if he happens to find himself out of the house tired and without his dear blanket.

Kade just "graduated" from pre-school. I am really trying to spend as much time with him as possible before he goes off to school... for like the next 20+ years! Sometimes the sacrifices we have made to be home with them is hard but you just can't replace this time! He is hyper at times but ever charming and intelligent. He is loved by all of his friends who are always happy to see him. He loves his family dearly, especially all of his cousins. Loren and his family came to visit this weekend and he insisted on sitting down by the mailbox on the curve just waiting for them to arrive. He is looking forward to the new adventures that kindergarden will bring. We are still contemplating private school, mostly so we can keep him in half days and have the other half to enjoy his company. However, the cost might be prohibitive, I guess we'll see. For now, we will keep tabs of every cheery smile, funny joke and silly laugh!