Esther's Latest

Here is the latest news for our Queen Esther...

Esther loves going to church, and she is learning in her class that Jesus is in her heart.  This is precious - even more so when she points to her belly button when she says this!!  Apparently, her heart is in her belly button.  : )

Esther is still loving on her little brother.  Sometimes she talks baby-talk to him...which makes me wonder where she learned how to do that ... and I regret it is probably me!

We have been packing our apartment lately, knowing we are moving somewhere even if we don't know where that is yet.  Esther is enjoying "helping Mama pack," including packing herself in the tubs!  She likes the idea of a "new house" ... so do I, and I hope we get that part figured out soon.  

Esther sure loves her ice cream!!  All sweets, really, but ice cream seems to be her favorite.  If we give her a choice between ice cream and any other sweet, she picks ice cream every time.  Hmmm, I wonder where she got that one ... ;)

We recently went to Mr. Gatti's pizza buffet/arcade (think Chuck E. Cheese) with some friends.  Esther loved playing in the Playland, trying the arcade games, and she loved the little trinket toys purchased with the tickets.  She was even too excited about playing to eat her pizza!

Here is Esther playing with Jesse.  They are playing with a toy drum that sings ABC's, counts, and makes music when you hit it.  I picked it up for free at a yard sale (just add batteries!).  Esther was playing with it and then suddenly wanted to go share it with Jesse!  So sweet!  She really is good at sharing (most of the time).  As a side note, the dress she is wearing is her current favorite thing to wear.  She almost always picks it if it is clean.  I think it's because that is the only piece of clothing she can put on and take off completely by herself -- and doing it "all by self" is a big thing nowadays!

Esther just about has the alphabet song down.  For some reason, she often leaves out "t-u-v" but gets the other ones right.  For a long time she just wasn't interested in singing the song so I am really excited about this!

Here is a picture of an apple that Esther drew on her little Doodle.  I drew an apple first, then she drew this one all by herself!  Quite impressive, isn't it???

And I will include a quick addition to the latest Jesse update ...
Jesse seems to already be starting some fit throwing!  Lately, if he has a toy that he's holding/chewing on, and if he drops it ... watch out!  He fusses majorly until he gets the toy back.  Can I possibly blame this on teething?  Well, no teeth yet so we'll see ...