Sweet and Sour

We were on a walk on March 4th when Everett found some purple statice.  He said excitedly, "Look at this flower, Mama, it's beauty-full!! ... It's like Emily cuz she is beauty-full."

He sure loves his big sister!  But, the feeling is reciprocated because just the next day as we were leaving for school, Everett fell and cut open his head.

It didn't bleed like crazy so I was a little surprised to see that the cut was pretty deep.

Emily did not want to see the blood and started to freak out a little about whether or not he was going to need staples (bad memories for her).  She didn't want him to be hurt so I suggested she hold his hand while I applied some ointment.  Emily was very happy to oblige and even took Everett into the kitchen where Eliza was still snoozing so that he could hold hands with both of the girls... knowing that would make him happy.  

She configured the hand holding and Everett was quite delighted.

*I did speak to a nurse and chose not to go to the doctor but Everett wasn't able to go to school so I could monitor him and his behavior.

Open House

On Thursday, the 26th, we all went up to Everett's school for Open House.  He was SO excited to "go to school at night time" and take his whole family.  During February they talked about Hawaii...

and love.

And, speaking of love... this is Everett and his best buddy Kingston...

and his wonderful teacher Mrs. MacDonald.

(We were very happy to talk to Kingston's parents and learn that Kingston talks about Everett as much as Everett talks about Kingston.  Everett really likes him, always wants to sit next to him, wants to eat the same fruit snacks, and also wishes he could wear a belt like Kingston.)
During Open House we just wandered around looking at all of his work,

 drew a little,

and found the photos that have been taken at school (and that he clearly posed for).

That last one was out in the collection of Motor Development snapshots which is the area where we grabbed someone to take a family picture for us.

(If only I knew that the handle of the car seat was covering Eliza.  Too bad.)