4 years old

Happy Birthday, little dude! Since Simon is so good with his balance bike, we thought we'd take him to the bike store to pick out a big boy 2-wheeler with pedals. He chose a tricycle instead.

As requested, chocolate cake with chocolate sauce!

We brought treats to daycare for his birthday. His friends sang Happy Birthday in English and Spanish and made him a pretend cake in the backyard.

Sleep problems - redux

Unfortunately, Passover kicked off a really bad sleep pattern for Aida, she has been waking up all night. For the last few months she had settled into a pattern of waking up twice a night to nurse, which was not great, but was survivable. We're working hard on adjusting her sleep, I'm limiting her feedings and rocking her at other wakings. She's still in a swaddle, though, and we're going to need to get her out of it, probably in a few weeks when she is 6 months old. She still hasn't rolled from front to back, so it's not a problem yet, but we'll have to get her out of it eventually. We've already tried twice to wean her off it, for 3-7 days at a time, with no luck (and no sleep on those nights).

Passover and Easter

So many special occasions lately, and so much enjoying the springtime! We celebrated Passover in Northbrook with Auntie Babs as usual, and then went to Madison to visit Uncle Michael, Aunt Dianna and cousin Yasmine for Easter. The kids had SO much fun running around, coloring eggs, and hunting for eggs and prizes.