The Pischkes

Monday, June 5, 2017

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

The Husks Visit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWNBMcZ-5kQ

Monday, May 22, 2017

Every day Lucy says and does something that I mean to write down because I don't want to forget she did it...I just want to bottle her up because she's so darn great (most of the time)!

Big sister moments:

Every day Lucy asks to hold Charlie. She calmly tries to soothe him when he cries...but when that doesn't work, she says "ok, your turn". You better be ready to catch Charlie because she's outta there!
First thing in the morning she'll ask to see Charlie, and she includes him when listing things about our family (so at least she's not trying to run him out of town).
She very sweetly asked me during his diaper change: "Should I step on him?" Mom tried to remain calm.

New skills and activities:

We are thrilled that the trails are dried out and ready for hiking. Lucy loves going on hikes in the "mini-mountains". She notices every single little detail, which is cute at first, until she's collected her 20th pine cone.
The day I feared has arrived: she knows when I take a shortcut on her Berenstain Bear books. We're talking the minutest of details.
Lucy has really gotten into singing songs and listening to music. She will make up new verses to her favorite songs. Our new favorite verse is "have you ever seen a Dad, drinking his beer, down by the bay!"
Socially Lucy really enjoys playing with her friends. Everyone is a friend and she wants to know everyone's names. Most of her friends are little boys, and they all respond really well to her. Their rowdiness seems to meet her calm/silly nature half way.
Self play-This has always been a strong point for Lucy but she continues to do very well (too well in fact) with reading books for hours on end. At times she tells us to leave her in her bed after her naps because she's still busy reading.

Dad's giving his two little Easter Bunnies some bunny ears.

Loving her new lady bug boots.

Becoming a great helper in the yard!

Hopefully they'll always be buddies like this.

Out on the trails again. We love the beauty out our front door!

Charlie Week 5

Highlights: Charlie's 2nd road trip was successfully completed with mom while we traveled to Stevens Point to cheer on Johnny and Maddie for conference track. It was a hot day and shade was hard to find in the bleachers so we did lots of laps and some sitting in the shade outside the track. Charlie also got a visit from his Aunt Amanda, Uncle Bryan and cousins Leo and Eli. Leo was a baby-holding pro.

Changes: I continue to work hard for the smiles, but they are coming a little more easily now! Dad has yet to catch one, but he acts less foolish than mom. Neck strength continues to improve and Charlie does a lot more looking around while in his front carrying pack. Charlie officially no longer fits into his newborn clothes. The newborn diapers are getting a little more tricky to put on properly but I'm going to stretch this one out until we run out of that size.

Sleep: The waking up every 2 hours really started to wear on me so Isaac has started doing on of the bottle feeds. He also tried returning to the swaddle-and wouldn't you know it- we now consistently get one 4 hour stretch (5 hours last night!). So that was a bit of a head slap moment...it's always worth trying to stick to the fundamentals. After some griping Charlie gets over the loss of his hands (although you should see how excited he gets when his arms are let free!)