Things are warming up and that means we are getting out of the house more often, which saves us all from going crazy. Cosby is also getting to a great age for taking out and about. He loves to watch his brother at the park.

One of my very favorite things about Rhode Island is the food. Even the grocery stores have exciting items. Eastside Market has the most fantastic candy isle. A good Friday night entails picking out different chocolate bars and taste testing them while hanging out with the family. At least for me. Nick is usually impartial to sweets. Atlas is particular. I, on the other hand, will try anything from the candy isle.

Atlas was the Child of the Week at preschool. He had to bring in a poster about himself. He sat by me and picked out pictures to print out. There's a picture of Cosby and one of our family. We glued on some candy and Lego guys. He told me to print an elephant because that is his favorite animal (at least this week). Of course there is some Mario and Sonic pictures. A picture of the beach, a camera because he likes to take picures, Lego Lord of the Rings, some noodles, Chicken Cheeks (his favorite book at the moment) and a picture of his favorite blanket that he took all by himself. I wrote his name in pencil and he painted over it by himself and added some sparkles and stickers. He can write his name really well now. He is growing up super fast. I am always amazed at all the things he knows how to do.

But he mostly just likes to plant himself in front of the TV while Cosby watches him in awe. Our apartment always looks like a disaster zone. I can't keep up with them at all.

Cosby is independent. He is so happy now that he can get around so well. He is constantly smiling. He can pull himself up to stand and is an expert crawler/belly shimmy-er. He won't eat pureed food anymore. He won't eat anything being fed to him, he will only eat things he can feed himself. He doesn't have teeth yet, so he really shouldn't be at the finger food stage, but that's what he wants. I just boil veggies until they are super soft and he goes crazy.

Needless to say, he is taking a lot more baths.