motor control

Micah continues to be as devoted and talented an artist as ever. This dreidel that he colored in at a pre-Hanukkah Torah School class hardly shows his passion:

Our little bitty Levi is finally starting to show similar interest and control. Observe his concentration as he carefully colors a menorah at the same class:

Levi has also taken to embellishing Micah's discarded drawings.

That's not the only area in which he's proven greater control. Levi has resisted pooping outside of diapers for the last few months, so I decided that when his school ended and the long winter break began we would go diaper-free cold turkey. He's gone entire break so far without wearing a day-time diaper and has even earned a new set of big-boy underwear for his progress. He began by asking us for a diaper when he had to go and, when we refused to give him one, chose to hold it in rather than use the potty. We kept this up, curious to see how long it would last. A few memorable accidents and some determined diaper-begging later, Levi has grown accostomed to-- nay, enamored with-- pooping on the potty. Good boy.

Levi's not the only one mastering new sphyncters: Micah has taught himself how to whistle!