While I'm Thinking About it

I wanted to record personality traits about Ruth and Will while I was thinking about it.

At 3 1/2 Ruth is more outgoing than ever. She loves to talk to people at the grocery store, at the pool, ANYWHERE. She loves to dance and comes up with little routines and tricks. She has an amazing memory. She can tell us the name of songs that come on after like 2 seconds of it turning on. She is daring and loves to try new things especially physical tasks like monkey bars or touching animals at the zoo. She is very uninhibited in her personality and physicality. People are often telling me how well she speaks and how intelligent she seems. I too am often blown away by things she says, like the other day she said, "What if I don't want to grow up to be a mommy. It might be scary!" I just told her that some times it is scary and gave her a hug. Today Brad told her that she and Will had to eat their breakfast at the table instead of at the TV because Will makes a mess with cereal. She came back a few minutes later and said that Will agreed to not make a mess so they could eat their breakfast while watching shows!

At one month shy of 2 years old, Will has become a funny man. He loves to point out things that are: silly, funny, and wacky. He loves making jokes and often laughs at himself. He is very capable physically and likes to practice kicking, throwing and climbing, although he is more reserved than Ruth. He is very cautious in new situations and likes to stay very close to parents and observe what normal behavior is before jumping into new tasks. (examples are at the pool, petting zoo and hop-to-it, he is very upset for several minutes unless being held, then slowly acclimates to his surroundings.) Through all the mimicking of Ruth that he does, he has learned to count most of the way to 10 and is working on his colors. One of his new favorites is coloring. His love for rhythm has also increased to the point that he now is making drum sticks out of anything he can find.

I know we're not supposed to compare our kids, but I love that they are different. Ruth is free-flowing and care-free and Will loves the preciseness of drums and is cautious about his surroundings. I love my kids and can't wait to see what kind of a personality #3 has.