not feeling too great here in lake placid. mom is definitely struggling. hence the lack of posting...

but, to summarise the past few weeks:

ava cantered for the first time last weekend--she did not mean to at first, she was just trying to get her horse to trot, but he cantered instead. at the time she was practicing without stirrups. so she cantered without stirrups. just fine. of course, i missed it. apparently, the teacher was astonished and ava was ecstatic, so the did it again, this time on purpose and with stirrups. typical ava.

she started gymnastics. not sure if i mentioned that. adores it.

she started ballet. hated it. not going to happen. can't understand it.

school drop off is miserable for her, though she appears to be doing well once she is established in her room.

speaking of school, i am now on the education council (basically a school board). that makes 2 boards that i am a part of. huh. who would have thought? kids change everything.

carter is trying to figure out the world. the questions are relentless. we recently discussed infinity,though he is still processing that. he constantly wants to know how we know things. "how did you know where my school is? how do you know his/her/my name? how is this made? is this a machine? how do you know that?"

the other morning, he announced that he had dreamt about mountain climbing. i nearly dropped the plate i was holding, and said "i dreamt about mountain climbing too!" it was VERY weird.

he is very into counting. and adding. though he makes up his own rules. for him, 0+0= 1.

and he really wants too know why 5+5=10, not 11. or 3+3=6, not 5. so we have been doing lots of visual addition with legos. but he is struggling with the fact that the word/name for a quantity of something is different from the quantity itself. it is amazing what their brains have to confront.

and anna is singing now. it is very adorable.