My Little Buddies

Andrew and Luke are my two little buddies. Andrew is in a really fun stage of life right now. He's picking up new words every day. Granted, I'm one of the few people who can probably understand him...50 % of the time. I'm always amazed to hear toddlers talk and actually pronounce things like a grown-up. My kids haven't done that. Nevertheless, Andrew is taking off with talking and it is so fun. He still loves balls and cars. He gives really great hugs and kisses. One book we read he kisses all the pictures of animals (the last page asks him to kiss the monkeys goodnight and now he has to kiss them on all the pages). He also loves playing outside. Have you read my other post? About our icky visitors? Yeah, makes me nervous inside but even more in the backyard. What should I do? At least Andrew likes shoes or Crocs anyway. All the time. He is super opinionated about his clothes. He's like to wear a shirt with a ball on it all day every day. He does not like layers. He likes his Crocs. He often doesn't want a diaper on but of course has no interest in potty training yet. Luke and Andrew love playing together. It involves a lot of laughing, running, and oh yes, yelling. Both boys care about what their playing with...one because he's 4 and one because he's opinionated. Oh the joys of being a mother. I try to be in another room when they're going at it. I don't want to be a referee all my life- they need to learn, right?

Luke is also fun (most the time- at least before night time). He's still fun at night but often ornery because he didn't take a nap...or because he did. We're at a very awkward stage with naps. But really, how can I complain? Even when he doesn't take naps he still gives me 2 hours of quiet time. The cute kid loves books still but he also loves the Wii, computer games, movies, and music. He's a great big brother and loves playing with Andrew. He also loves preschool and soaks up anything schoolish. He would do hooked on phonics all day every day if I let him. He's spent several quiet times reading his workbooks and then giving himself stars on his chart. I keep telling him he needs to pass them off with me but he likes spending more time than I have on it so what do you do? We're working on not whining so if anyone has any great ideas about how to handle that feel free to pass them along.

Sorry for the pictureless post. My sister just came to visit so I have some great shots- just not on the laptop and I decided it was about time I updated. I'm so grateful for my kids! They are wonderful and certainly help in getting through those not so fun times.