Another unfinished post from Feb 2016...

Marcel saw the weather on the news. Big storm. Severe thunder storms, heavy wind (school was let out early due to all this). He asked if the red stuff was lava and told Papi that volcanoes were coming (sounds kind of like tornadoes, right?)

Oct/Nov 2016

Look what I just found! An unfinished post from Nov of last year. Hahaha.

Marcel made a library in his room. Please notice the stamper and scanner made of trios, the fort he would make every night before he went to bed with blankets (he would sleep in just the little section the blankets made hanging from the top bunk), and the cutest librarian you've ever seen.

Marcel turned 5!!!

Manny made a boat for the raingutter regatta in scouts. He worked so hard and was so proud. What a fun activity

Finally back (Manny named this post, he says it's because we haven't blogged in a long time, which is true)

The boys' newest idea is to name the baby Bellybutton and we would call her Bell (if it's a girl). I told them I would think about it, but maybe when they're grown ups they can try to convince their wives that's a good idea.

The boys were complaining about having to take out the garbage again (although all they have to do is ride in the car with it for as long as it takes to drive to the dumpsters of our apartment). And Marcel said, "Maybe we could just stop eating for a while." Ha! Ha! Ha!

I love listening to Marcel when he is just talking to himself. After he went poop he would say, "Wapow!"  Or when driving in the car he had a box of nerds (awful, I know, but he had earned them), and I heard him try to shake them into his hand. And it was way too hard/fast. I heard a sprinkling of nerds tumble to the ground. He said, "Maybe I should try it softer." Soft shake. "Yeah. That's better."

Manny went to the orthodontist and got an expander that I get to turn a key every day to widen it. Manny calls it "cranking" because it makes him cranky. Awesome. Not really. Manny cried a lot about it at first, but has gotten really good about it being in his mouth.

Manny is getting better at controlling his temper/managing his anger. (Manny asked that I put this in here, to chart his progress?)

And the boys have recently started singing their prayers. I've been having a hard time getting anyone else to pray, but after Manny sang his prayer to "A Child's Prayer" it's been a lot more fun apparently. Marcel's don't really follow a specific tune or song, but just a singsong voice. Whatever works right now, right?