Another Month for Tyler!

Sweet Ty-Ty is 5 months today. His "photoshoot" was a little harder this time as he likes to do this....

....rather than sit still. He's not crawling... yet... but you can tell he's ready! It appears that he knows how, he just lacks the body support to do it. I'm sure it'll come soon!

He's such a sweet baby. And a good one too! He usually sleeps through the night, or at least wakes up once and then goes back down for another few hours. Last night he didn't sleep much, but I think he has a tooth or two coming in. Poor thing. The rest of the day he just sits around and laughs whenever possible. He thinks Amy is hysterical.

 He has a lot of "tummy time." If you lay him down, he flips right over. And then he tries to get whatever toy is in reach. Yesterday I found him a few feet from where I put him, I'm still not sure how he got there.

He chews on everything- watch out if your finger is nearby! I started feeding him solids once a day a few weeks ago. So far he's had bananas, sweet potatoes and avocado, as well as baby rice. He loves to eat! He's also a good nurser too. He's just a sweet, adorable boy who we love! We are sooo glad he came to our family and couldn't imagine life without him!

(He looks skinnier in today's picture. But he doesn't seem skinny in person)

Amy's theme this week at school is the "ocean." Yesterday in science lab they dissected a sardine. Gross, huh? She thought it was fascinating. She told me all about the skin and backbone and then said there were 30 eggs. The class also now has a class pet turtle, that they named "Tuck." (though yesterday she said they changed the name to "Squirt," I'm not sure which it actually is. In a class of Kindergardeners- it's likely to have a new name everyday.) She also had to bring in a small object for a sink or float experiment. So we decided on a paperclip. But before she even brought it to school, she drew this diagram....

To the left is a cup of water, with a question mark at the top. The x means it won't float.
To the right is her, dropping the paperclip into a cup of water and the x there means it will sink.
I guess we should have chosen another object since she already knew how this would turn out.

She got her mid-semester report card and everything was right on schedule. They changed the grading system, so they don't have "A's, B's..." whatever anymore. It has "mastered skill," "progressing towards mastering skill," and "needs help mastering skill." She has a few mastered, but mostly progressing- which is where she should be, so that's great. She's reading really well and seems to also enjoy it- which is a good thing! And as usual, everyday she can't wait to rush off to school.

I don't have any pictures of Will but he's just his usual tornado self. He makes us laugh though and loves his siblings!

We are so glad the weather has finally cooled down. It feels like fall now!! We spend lots of time in the evenings outside and everyone enjoys it!