Monday, December 21, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Two Posts in One Day...WOW!
You have to really listen, but Ben does say his line (sort of). Keep in mind he is the youngest kid in the play by several months and at least a year younger in most cases.
Mommy Writes a Letter
December 14, 2009
Ben – We signed him up for soccer this fall because we thought it would be pretty fun to watch 3 year olds play soccer. He was totally uninterested and noncompetitive. He sort of had fun when we could talk him into hanging out on the field for a few minutes. It was more work for us and less fun for him, though. Needless to say, no soccer in the spring. He IS, however, very musical and will tell you who Ben Harper, U2 and Van Morrison are. You should hear him sing Dinah Won’t You Blow Your Horn. He sings, and sings, and sings and loves to play instruments. Oh, and he can really shake his booty. He loves to bake and actually knows all of the ingredients for muffins, cakes, cookies and pancakes. He loves to be read to. He is currently obsessed with letters (much to my delight) and always says, “What name does M start with?” instead of “What letter does Maya start with?” He is also obsessed with Star Wars and will tell you it is his favorite movie (he’s probably seen like 3 movies) and will tell you about all of the characters. His smile is just the best. He is beginning to get a sense of humor and thinks it is really funny to call mommy daddy and vice versa and he totally cracks up when he locks himself in the car and we can’t open his door.
Maya – Maya … where to start with my mini me? She is very communicative, pointing, nodding, etc. to get what she wants (mostly juice or crackers). She’s just learned to say “cookie” (coo-coo) and says it with much enthusiasm and pointing. She loves to dance, too, and will stand as close as possible to a sound source and bob up and down in a very awkward way. She is so beautiful I think because she looks like Andy. She has his dimple. Sometimes I look at her and think I could just eat her up. She is VERY cuddly. I don’t understand this because we cuddled the same with both kids, but Maya is seriously cuddly and kissy and has never gone through a stage in which she wasn’t cuddly and kissy. However, she HATES to brush her teeth and we really have a time trying to jam that toothbrush in her mouth. I’m thinking her baby teeth will just fall out anyway, so what does it matter? Maya is the typical little sis in the sense that she really loves her brother and copies most everything he does. If he falls down and says, “ouch” she will follow suit by falling down and saying “ouch.” She will argue and fuss until he will hand over some of his matchbox cars for her to play with. And we’ll end on this note … one of her first words was “uncle” to get Andy to stop tickling her.
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