My kids

Things I love about my kids right now:

• The way Elissa (after being put to bed) listens for me to finish with the boys and then screams the moment I set foot on the stairs. I go in, she has a cuddle and immediately lays down to sleep.
  
• Elissa's evil, evil laugh.
• Charlie's transformation from toddler to pre-schooler. He looks like one, and more and more he is acting like one.
• Charlie's complete inability to maintain the rage when presented with anything remotely amusing.
• Ben's blossoming ability to read. Watching it all come together for him (although he's not there yet) is just awesome.
• Ben's increasing self-confidence. He'll have a go at most things now. He'll listen to advice and even criticism (sometimes) without a meltdown. I can see him actively engaging in learning how to be a social being, and I love it.

Things I could do without in my kids right now:

• Elissa's 0-screeching in 1.7 seconds temper. That child has way too many opinions for my own good.
• The fact that 90% of Charlie's conversations end in poo.
• The strange contrast that while Charlie can't seem to wrench his attention away from poo, Ben can't seem to remember he did one long enough to wipe and flush.