Currently

 He ::

:: has hair just like his mama ... and it is even the same length

:: calls himself "THE EVAN" (as in "Do you want to play with... THE EVAN?")

:: asks, "May I eat?" at least once every hour

:: folds oragami airplanes every single day and is almost through his stack of 150 pieces of oragami paper

:: watches the movie Tangled almost every day (after loving the story of Rapunzel so much) and pretends it with Chloe for the rest of the day -- with their satchels and crowns and beanie baby chameleons

:: sniffs everything his hands touch

:: travels around the block on his bike by himself -- all he has to do is let me know and he is free to ride.  One day he did it five times in a row just because he could.

:: has another front tooth that just started growing in :-)

:: hasn't used his made up words "inviz" or "zaust" in so long that I thought I might forget them if I didn't write them down.  Inviz was his was of making a verb out of becoming invisible and Zaust was his shortened word for exhaust, with which he was obsessed for so long.

:: is often humming the Star Wars Darth Vader march

:: is also often humming the song Hillbilly Bone

:: on rough days when he's feeling frustrated or angry he says, "I haven't had any hugs today!"

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She ::

:: calls the bed in their room a "bonk bed"

:: has a pair of sparkly twinkle-toes shoes that are her most favorite and amazingly match everything in her wardrobe

:: requests milk to drink instead of water for the first time ever

:: reads the "Life-Size" zoo and aquarium books we get from the library more than any other book on the shelf -- the walrus is her favorite

:: has hair almost down to her waist -- about a half inch to go

:: figured out how to follow simple oragami animal directions and made about 50 cicadas

:: is always itchy... and sweaty.... just like her dad

:: helps me measure and mix and chop most everything when I'm in the kitchen.  She is going to know how to make everything as she grows up.

:: no longer likes to eat cheese (!!!!) except the cheddar curds we get from the farm

:: goes down to the basement by herself now without being scared (amazing!)

:: still says "bremember" for remember and "intrin-sted" for interested

:: loves watching Tangled as much as Evan loved watching Cars at this age

:: invented the "horsie force" as a magic power for her horses when they play with Evan