Things I Love Right Now!

There really isn't any interesting news about the kids so I decided to do this post instead.

Things I love right now:
D (always top of the list)--leader of the boy squadron.
For M: I love to see him riding in shopping carts, walking anywhere, running his sideways crab run, climbingcrawlingsliding on the big play thing at the Y, doing his chores again, getting himself dressed again, going potty (goodbye diapers--he is about 97% night trained as well!!!), and cuddles (when he will give them-- a bit stingy with these now).
For G: reading Hop On Pop (he read the whole thing yesterday with a bit of assistance from me), "reading" to M without being asked, wanting harder chores because his old chores are 'boring', making jokes that sometimes make sense, when he is so excited he can barely tell a story and keeps saying "and then guess what", doing his homework, whistling, saying he doesn't want to do something and then he is so excited when we do it, and winking at me.
For E: the look that passes between us when one of the little kids says something outlandish, doing his chores or homework before school because he is scheming for a play date with someone, reading a "good food" book and enjoying it (he has been stuck on "junk food" reading too long), when he finally admits he doesn't know it all and asks a question or opens himself to something new, surprising me by doing work that I didn't realize he was up for, when he acts as a leader for the little kids and convinces them to work together on something as a surprise (like cleaning the playroom without being asked), and his smiles.
love and hugs and have a super weekend! B
PS I think I may have just found the key to getting G to stop chewing the nails (which currently barely exist); I said that when he is a grown up Dad one day his kids would ask to hold his hand and then say "Daddy, why are your hands so gross?". He started to cry and said he wanted to stop; hopefully he has reached bottom--- he has admitted he has a problem and he needs help. Now to find the method to help him.