I’m up with Henry in the middle of the night because he HAD to go to sleep at 6 PM today, and slept until 2 AM and now… well, we’ll see what happens next. The transition away from a nap is an adventure for sure! The good news is I thought to write a post to try to document some of what’s been going on around here.
Henry is: SWEET. Completely, totally, utterly sweet. He kisses us, all the animals, gives hugs and says “awwwww” when the cats are curled up together. When I say he hugs and kisses, I mean pretty much constantly. Every time I walk into his field of view, or he walks into mine, he wants to greet me with a hug and a kiss. It’s so, well, sweet.
He wants to invite TV characters over to play, he stuffs things under his shirt and says “Ho, ho, ho!” to be Santa. He is into playing on the computers and writes all over himself with marker every chance he gets. He loves to give high fives and ask for “up high” then “down low” and pull his hand away and say “too slow!” He tells a few different “knock knock” jokes. All this with most of his works beginning with D… I translate for him quite a bit! 
Delia turned six and received some money so we’ve started her on a spending 50% and saving 50% plan and it’s been really neat to watch her spend her money in wise ways. She invested in some beads and is working on making some bracelets to sell and give as gifts. We are wearing some to test for durability. A few days ago she and I went to Target. I was discouraging her from spending $5 on a box of foam stickers, thinking they wouldn’t be much fun. The past two days she has spent probably 10 hours coming up with incredibly creative ways to use those stickers! I have beautiful decorations on my computer, my cell phone, a bouquet of foam flowers in a tiny vase, and lots of other neat things. I told her earlier today that I was SO WRONG about the foam stickers not being worth the money!
For Delia’s sixth birthday we went to a hotel that has a waterpark. We all had fun, and Delia made a breakthrough with her swimming skills. She started practicing going completely under water. For the next few weeks, we went swimming several times and Delia made breakthrough after breakthrough. First she was dog-paddling 6-8 feet at a time. Then she got the confidence to keep her feet up longer and could paddle for 15-20 feet. Then she started swimming underwater! The last time we went to the pool, she floated on her back, and would swim for 3+ hours if she could but her brother is not up for that!