C walking to school on her own. Part way.

That's my almost-7-year-old daughter in the purple backpack. She's walking to school with a friend. The last two blocks anyway. She doesn't need me anymore. Yay?

#BigGirlGrown

She's so proud to be more independent, and this time last year she wouldn't let me leave her side until she was through the school doors. 

Mel turns four with a cheese party

As requested, cheese in cubes with toothpicks. He's four!

Reading to Mel

Carolina has decided that Mel should be able to read. Now. Today. So lessons have started:

Reading the grown up newspaper

This morning at breakfast, Carolina noticed a lead article headline about YouTube and asked if she could read it. I passed over the section, opened it to her page, and this was her for the next five minutes. 

Losing more teeth: #7

So Carolina lost her seventh tooth last night. She let me know there have been seven since I had lost count. I informed the Tooth Fairy and she left a note with the Quarter. 

Hooray!

The Beastie Boys, toddler version

Long story very short:

I played The Beastie Boys song "Hey Ladies" for Mel on the way home from school. He's been walking around singing "hey! Hey! Hey! Old ladeeeeeez" to the same tune. 

#TotsForLife

Learning about South America, dinosaurs and lava

Mel's got the day off from school, here's what he taught me this morning:

"The dinosaurs got killed in Mexico, and it was sad. But they were okay because they didn't go in real lava, like in South America, they just went in water. Then they lose power in water. They were just sleeping. And they were trying to find food. Then they just do that, and they're all done."