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I'm shocked everyday at how fast they are all growing up. Ashlyn and Jayden reading chapter book after chapter book, Rylan learning all his shapes and letters and the sounds they make, he can even draw a heart. Ty has learned all his letter sounds and also is speaking in full sentences and I still am amazed every time I hear his little voice say anything. Yesterday it was "mom a tractor, I see it!" But the best part about him is that before he leaves the room he points straight at you and says "Love you". Wouldn't the world be a better place if every time people left anywhere they pointed to someone else, so they couldn't mistake who they were talking to and said "LOVE YOU". It makes my day every time!

They all loved Easter and all the eggs. It took Ty a whole two seconds to pop one open and find out theres candy inside. He didnt care about putting them in a basket, he just ate them as he went.

Rylan and Ty spend every day running around together. Rylan says come one Ty and Ty lights up and follows right behind. When they are all home it;s like watching a bunch of little ducks, one following right after the other. I'm always so proud of how they all four play so well together. They never leave anyone out.

Rylan is in this horrible new phase where he doesnt want to be tucked in at night. Instead he yells out the bottom of his door and bangs on it hoping to lure us back upstairs. Then he falls asleep at his door and at 6 am he screams again, and I would ignore it, but its a blood curdling scream that radiates through the whole house, and I dont want him to wake everyone up. So I go up and tuck him in and he sleeps for another hour.

Ashlyn has her alarm set for 7 and she wakes up Jayden and then they get dressed for school and get Rylan out of his room, and sometimes Ty and feed them all breakfast before they wake me up at 7:30. I dont know how they were trained so well, but Hallelujah! That extra 30 minutes of sleep is glorious.

Ashlyn lost another tooth. She lost her big front tooth. The tooth fairy told her it would be worth $5. Crazy tooth fairy, and it was really loose and she wanted to get the money before the next day so she could spend it at the school store, so she was wiggling it all day. Then it got loose enough to tie dental floss to. I tied it so the floss was not coming off unless the tooth came out. So all night she was gently wiggling it trying to get it to come out. Then they all sat down on the couch to watch a movie. She sat right next to Rylan. Little did she know that Rylan LOVES floss, so with out thinking he reached over and grabbed the floss, and pulled her tooth right out. She screamed and caught her tooth and was crying. Rylan on the other hand was happy as could be playing with the floss not even noticing what he had done.

Rylan is still learning the rules on sharing and playing nice with Ty so sometimes if he isnt being nice I tell him to go to his room and shut the door. It has a baby lock on it so he can't get back out, but most the time he listens. Then when he's ready he calls me and tells me he's ready to say sorry.

Everything else is run of the mill. Just doing our best to keep it all going.