June blog (just a little late)

William defies violate the laws of thermodynamics, proving to be a perpetual motion machine.

William seems to spend some days talking (and moving) continuously. If scientists (should I change fields???) could harness this, the world’s energy issues would be solved. His energy levels at 5am can be quite impressive, but it is amazing (and exhausting) when he is still going strong 6-9hrs later. He often leaves a trail of semi-comatose adults strewn in his wake on the weekends.

We love listening to his constant commentary, and listening to his use of language expand and evolve. For instance, last week he was talking about a hat which he saw shrink on a television show, but not knowing the word ‘shrink’, he said that the hat was melting. Some of the more recent phrases of his that we’ve liked are:
I don’t need that, actually
Lets play with x all day and all night long.
Around the corner without a doubt.
I would eat it in one big gulp.
That is loady (meaning, there is a lot in that).

I quite like the term ‘loady’ and want to incorporate it into our family language, but get in trouble from Andrew when I do so, for being ‘bad example’. :)
Here is William eating some apple peel - he loves using the apple 'peeler-slicer-corer'.


Sophie sometimes also appears to be a perpetual motion machine, with all four of her limbs waving around energetically like little windmills (entertaining to watch when it isn’t 3am). She is also beginning to try and control her arms, for example to grab a toy or to try and put something in her mouth.