5y4m, 2y8m

 jackson
parent-teacher conference
he's a sweetie! loves stories, playing with animals, and one girl named ella. open to using potty (even if he doesn't pee every time). 30m attention span to stories. listens and participates. sensitive if someone bothers him. eats everything on his plate with no complaints.
comfortable with po po, kow fu and calvin & susanna! happily responds to them on his own without needing us there
tells stories and knows how to give appropriate responses as if he knows what we're talking about (most of the time i think he does)
tends to whine and complain non-verbally (i dont think mya's ever done that!) just rolls around and whines
doesn't like being yelled at (well, who does) but then does this sly face with me when i tell him its ok to do things a certain way
"im the mad queen!! wa ha ha!!" he's seriously the best at not only the motions but expressions
bouncy runner
not shy around adults, actually talks to them (was talkative when jenny, serena, archer, dion & nancy were at our house)
"this is my favorite toy" (horse) - he's def in his horse era!! he actually used to stare at this pic with mya and a horse when he was a baby and maybe that's where it started
when jackson gets mad he tends to hit and yell at mya (sometimes it seems like mya is more sensitive bc she cries and jackson doesnt lol but jackson can get quite intense)
LOVES my pillowcase. he snuggles with it like he used to snuggle carlos basketball shorts. now i have to buy another silk pillowcase
has a fav shirt (cat shirt button up)
starting to be ready for potty training - goes to pee there sometimes and likes/doesnt mind doing it
"you went for the doctor??" (I went to the PT one time and apparently he kept asking for me and said he missed me")
"daddy went to the gyms?"
favorite pegasus toy
jacksons angry feet is the funniest
loves the silk pillowcase
getting visibly better at coloring and closer to being within the lines vs crazy scribbles



mya
open to quiet time with daddy daycare (even though we havent done it at home, was receptive to it instantly (mb because she used to do it at school)
such an angel! just comes out to color and do quiet activities by herself while jackson naps
helps me close the door even when i leave it open when im working
she's so adaptive and understanding!
there was like 5 minutes where it was just mya & me talking in a room and its so fun to see her spew her thoughts and thought process, along with the expressions she makes (when she thinks she happens to look left). she would finish a sentence, then tuck her hair behind her ears and she looked SO mature O_O i was like ahhh you're growing up so fast in front of my eyes and i barely get this one on one time like this with you nowadays T__T
back to liking challenging puzzles now that i got some new ones (she played with them so much in Maryland but not so much here.. mostly bc jackson's always around and we can't have him mess with the pieces). thankfully he just sits and watches most of the time and doesnt disturb her

first week of daddy daycare was easier than expected
jackson is really good at listening and only opened my door once the whole week (when it was like 4 PM on a Fri..)
mya is really good at listening too!! she never gets quiet time at home but listened when daddy had to do it altogether with jackson so he could nap
in all honesty, 80% of it they're just playing together and carlo is mostly there to mediate and give a bigger direction in terms of activities (if he wants them to do anything specific). other than that, they're just always tweedle dee n tweedle dum. super happy and not very many complaints. we even noticed that bath time was a lot easier and mya just ran in there by herself (typically she gives a fight) but maybe because she's getting fully fed now and not hangry and overstimulated. same with jackson!
carlo told me they eat really well on the go too. they eat all their veggies and most of the food he offers them with no complaints
was actually talking to serena and playing with her even though they have like 7 year age difference! the only thing holding her back was the presence of adults

after 6 weeks or so of daddy daycare, their conflict resolution with each other has improved (as they practice it every day) and sometimes they squash it on their own. mya's good about trying to distract him or making the situation light again by doing something silly (most of the time, mya just has a certain way of doing things that jackson might not quite follow and she gets upset and so jackson starts crying but mya is able to improve his mood)