Growth rings

Trees come with growth rings - kids should. What do we get instead? We get birthdays and milestones. Galen is now 4 1/2, and Liam just turned 2. So much for the birthday. What about the milestones?

Galen can read. He's been getting some of it for awhile, but he needed a critical mass of vocabulary and confidence before doing much for us. He still is hesitant, we all like being read to, be he can follow along much better now. He's also getting good balancing skills. The Razor so handily gifted by Grandma O'Brien has been zooming up and down the street. He no longed scoots with every push, he now glides.

Liam is on the verge of speech. More words are cropping up, Beast and doggie being the newest. He babbles and gestures directly at ya, he has things to say. And today I found him standing on the dinning room table swinging the chandelier - smiling. At least he wasn't swinging from it. He has finally conquered all couch and chairs. For awhile he has been able to climb when his feet & legs were uncovered, skin is great for traction. However, get him dressed and the climbing was thwarted. No more. His high chair should be next, in a month or three...