First Blog

I guess I am not really new to blogging... I have been keeping an online journal for years now, but this is the first one that I am actually calling a blog. The kids are slowing down in their development -- it isn't a new thing every week -- so I need other things to talk about and I have decided that life tends to give us lots of things to mull over. I have thought a lot about it and I am not going to bother being politically correct or politically neutral. Since this is my blog I am going to allow myself to be as opinionated as I really am and if people don't like it then I guess they don't have to read it. I will try to point out potentially controversial stuff.

The holidays are fast approaching. Remi has learned to sing Jingle Bells and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer really well and has a good start on We wish You a Merry Christmas. Of course she has had the Dreidle song down for a year. She picks up on songs quick. Genie is still giving us trouble with eating vegetables, but I have been sending her away from the table if she doesn't eat and that is starting to have an affect. The last several meals she has eaten at least a bite of vegetables willingly, and even swallowed them.

We won't be seeing Ellie until Christmas. Unfortunately this year she really didn't get to pick out any gifts because we didn't have her very much before Christmas and when we did we had other family committments.