These two are 3.5 years old... and they know it!
Some of the many new skills they have acquired....
* pumping a swing (however they still much prefer a "really high under dog!"
* Cracking Eggs
* running and jumping into the deep end of the pool.
* Getting completely dressed and undressed
* going potty and washing hands all on their own.
* brushing their teeth by themselves (however mom and dad still help out)
* folding the blankets from their bed... and "cleaning up their rooms"
* Riding bikes... with a fair amount of control. They love big hills.
* They tried Chewing gum for the first time a couple months back
* The high chairs are officially gone and they eat with just little booster chairs at the dinner table.
Some Highlights of the last couple of months...
* fishing, fishing and more fishing
* First sports team... Red Dinos
* The pool, the beach, the lake
* Swimming with goggles
* First conference with a teacher :)... so cute and so much fun to hear their thoughts on the boys.
Favorite Show/movies...
* Toy Story, Toy Story II and Toy Story III
* Shaun the Sheep
* Micky and the Bean Stock
* Wild Kratts
* Aurthur
Favorite books...
* Froggie books
* The Hot Rod Hampster
* PeterPan
* ARe you my Mother????
* Go Dog Go...
* Olivia books
* Dinos Do and Dinos Don't
* and for the first time we are listening to a longer book on CD in the car... Romona and Beezus.
Favorite foods...
Nathan
* Broccoli from the garden(not sure that its his favorite however he eats it raw without dip)
* Watermelon
* fancy tea
*Milk...especially chocolate:)
Benjamin
* Cheese
*Bananas
* Chocolate
* Any kind of SNACK!
Favorite Activities...
Nathan:
* Swimming
* watering plants
* swinging
* playing at the park
* Fishing
* Mowing the grass... just like mr. Ken!
Benjamin
* Baseball
* Swimming
* helping in the garden (especially if it involves a shovel)
* fishing
* going on the boat
* Riding his bike
Some of my favorite things they say....
* "Yeah I need a boogie napkin" -Ben
* "Is that my heal band-aid???" -Ben
* "did you see that, did you see that, did you see that?"- Nathan and Ben
* "Bennie do you want to play this with me???"-Nathan
* "Mommy can you uppie me?"-Ben
* "My tummy is so Hungeeeeee!"- Nathan and Ben
* "CAn you PLEASE give me a really big underdog?"-Nathan
The Little things...
* Each night when I lay with Nathan he asks if he can have my pony holder (hair binder). He then puts it around his wrist and sleeps with it.
* Nathan more then Ben always would put his shoes on the wrong feet. After telling him to switch them so many times.... He now asks "are these on the right feet or wrong feet mom???" It was then that I realized I was going to miss it when he stopped putting them on the wrong feet.
* BAND-AIDS: N & B LOVE them and they ask for them often! When going to bed they ask, when they fall they ask...etc. This is another one of those things that kind of drives me crazy when I'm trying to do things fast.... however someday they wont want buzz light year bands or Cars band aids, and that makes me sad. So for now... I will put band aids on healthy skin and give it a kiss:)
* The Road less traveled: Often Nathan and Benjamin want to walk along the curb or edge of a retaining wall or through the weeds. Often I tell them to walk on the side walk, that they are going to get hurt, or that they need to hurry. As I watched the boys walk from the beach to the playground not on the path but through the weeds...examining the flowers, the weeds and the plants, it again dawned on me... they are learning and exploring. I am a type A, by the books kind of person... its one of the things that I would change about myself if I could. Maybe I can learn something from these boys (the toddler doodlers as I call them)... stop, enjoy the moment, don't follow all the rules. Maybe rules are made to be broken... as much as it challenges me.... maybe these two boys will be less likely to conform to the "rules" and more likely to do what makes them happy to be entrapenuers, to create and build,... its my wish for them!
There are a million more things that shock me, make me smile, frustrate me and remind me of my boys... moments, activities and words that I cheerish. I'm hoping between videos, photos and this blog I will never forget "the small stuff."
Love you to the moon and back boys!
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