{"id":13584,"date":"2013-02-04T21:41:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T03:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=13584"},"modified":"2013-02-04T22:18:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T04:18:38","slug":"surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=13584","title":{"rendered":"Surprise!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eleanor and Henry took a surprise visit to see Grandma, Grandpa, and the Martins this week \u2013 and it was the first time that either one had been to the Martins\u2019 house!\u00a0 They both had fun playing outside in the snow \u2013 Eleanor loved the slide, making snow angels and running in the yard, while Henry took to the swing.\u00a0 Henry was so bundled up that he couldn\u2019t walk very well, but he also managed one snow angel.<\/p>\n

At home this week, Henry went to his first swimming class.\u00a0 He was very interested in the pool and participated in all of the activities, including one underwater dunk.\u00a0 Both Henry and Eleanor have been very into the new beanbag game that Lala invented \u2013 not only do they enjoy riding the beanbags while Lala pulls, they both try to give various stuffed animals rides as well.\u00a0 Henry has been showing more interest in books lately, and while he still prefers books with lots of flaps, he will now sometimes make it through a book without any flaps.\u00a0 He is really growing fast as well, he surprised me the other day reaching up and opening the microwave door on the play kitchen \u2013 it wasn\u2019t that long ago that he had to stand on his tip toes just to see the burners.<\/p>\n

Eleanor is getting used to preschool, and drop off time is slowly becoming less sad.\u00a0 Her teacher gives her good progress reports, and we get pictures of her participating in art projects and dancing and holding hands with the other kids.\u00a0 She apparently especially likes the art projects.\u00a0 \u00a0She made both Mom and Dad laugh this week by requesting \u201cPrivacy\u201d while in the bathroom.
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