Little Builder

Everyday Zade gets out his blocks and builds a new creation.  He's constantly designing things.

Here are Zade's many "rocket ships" loaded on a "bridge".

Aria is now taking her first real ballet class.  (The classes she took in the past were just pre-school creative dance instruction.)  But now she's at the bar, pointing her toes, doing pliés, and other hardcore ballet moves.  

Her school also had a fundraiser this week, where she had fun playing bingo.

And here's our good-natured 7 month old.  He's generally very happy, which makes Tara's life much easier. When Tara is out in public, people often seem to come up to her and say, "you're baby is always smiling." His coordination is also improving. He can now sit up by himself and will play with a semi-circle of toys for quite a while.  Additionally, he eats all the same food that we do as long as its small and gum-able.  (He still just has two little chompers). 

The only gripe we have with him is that he tends to mistake his bathtub for a toilet.  (We're talking about #2 here.  At first we thought it was a passing phase, because he stopped doing it for a while, but he changed his mind and has made it a long-term nightly ritual.  Grrr.....)  But he's so cute, we can't help but forgive him. Hopefully he'll grow out of it soon, otherwise we might have to stage an intervention. :)