Grandpa Shares His Shake.....

I have nothing clever to say .... but they do!

Our boys are nearly 2 1/2!  They're talking like crazy and it's so much fun to hear what they come up with and their responses to questions.  We're dealing with our share of no's and Ben's new "hey, hey" when we do something he doesn't like but mostly we're laughing a lot so  I thought I better share it!

Mommy to Ben:  "What book do you want to read for night nights?"
Ben: "Mouse"
Mommy: "Oh,  Goodnight Moon?" It has a mouse on every page doing something different.
Ben: "No, Goodnight Mouse!"

Mommy, while at Costco very late in the afternoon: "Would you like to get a drink while we shop?"
Ben: "Yeah!  and pizza!"

Mommy, holding nail clippers: "Ben come here so I can trim your nails."
Ben: "No I want my fingers left on."

Tommy, pointing to a picture of a woman in our Curious George book that has shoulder length hair and a white coat on:  "That's Jesus!"

Tommy setting a cup of water on the edge of the bathtub while he was in it: "That's my wine."

Tommy went through a phase of calling every woman he saw Grandma.  He hadn't done it in a long time but after walking away with Daddy from the neighbor's driveway he goes:  "Grandma go night night."  I'm glad she didn't hear-  she's only 40 or so!

This quote has a picture too.  I had washed everyone's bedding so I left Rachel on the floor of her room while I put the beds back together.  Soon the boys were in there looking at her books.  Tommy is notorious for sneaking off with her pacifier so when I didn't see her with it I asked,  "Where's your Rachee's binky?"  Ben found it on the floor and we overhear, "Don't chew that book,  here's your binky."

Six Months Old and Never a Minute to Herself....

I suppose (if babies thought that way) that would be a legitimate complaint for our Rachel.  She was our lone baby but she's hardly ever alone! Before she came I Aaron and I would talk about our one baby; how easier carrying one was, how much less stuff we needed, we worried if she would  feel left out next the twindome that runs amok in this house.  We thought about all sorts of things that related to her singleness.  Having twins as our first "baby" gave us a different perspective than "other" parents.    Tommy and Ben have rarely been apart and they've never been alone.  When Rachel was born it felt weird to us to have just one baby,  we worried about her being lonely in her bassinet. We moved her to her crib and room months later than we did the boys.  But as you can see from the pictures below she's rarely (two naps and a 11 hour night to be exact) by herself.  The boys love her and are ALWAYS bothering her.  "Hi Baby!"  is what we hear frequently and recently, Ben (our child who repeats everything) was overheard telling Tommy,  "don't!  that's her toy,  let her play with it!"  I couldn't have said it better myself-  I think I have said that myself!