We're All Boy, Part II

I've heard my fair share of moms talk about their boys dismantling anything and everything they can get their hands on out of sheer curiosity. I was expecting this to be an activity that entered our lives a little later on down the road.

I was wrong.

Let me set the scene: Four adults, two children. I think this situation is even more dangerous than one adult and two children because everyone assumes someone else is watching the boys. Mom and I were cooking, Dustin was working on the bathroom, and Katelyn had been playing with the boys, but had moved to another room.

After a not-so-long period of "too quiet-ness," we checked on the boys and found this:

See the tiny white plastic pieces. Each key has two of those that fit together and go underneath the top black piece.

It became the entertainment for the night...kind of like a puzzle.

 

Amazingly enough, we were missing not even one little piece. An hour later Dustin and Katelyn had her up and running again. They are much more patient than I.

 

And here are the culprits:

 

 

Brotherly Love

Apparently boys have a certain instinct that compels them to wrestle.

Well, ours kicked in this week and Eli and Landon have been rolling around on the ground ever since. They have really had me laughing.

This makes me wish I had a twin. I love that they have each other.





This video is of Landon feeding Eli chips off of the floor. Eli thinks it's hilarious that Landon is shoving food in his face. You just never know what is going to make them laugh.

The New Craze

Landon and Eli have been "leading singing" at church for several months now. By leading singing, I mean waving one arm in the air while we sing. It's pretty much adorable and catches the attention of everyone around us.

About a month ago, they started leading singing around the house. They find a book...any book...open it, assume the correct arm position, and start singing and waving their arm around. It's just precious.

It's become our favorite activity. They spend a lot of time each day singing together or walking around the house leading singing.

If you watch the first video closely, you can also see them bow their heads to pray at different times.

These are seemingly small things, but they put a big smile on my face every single time I see them. It's amazing to me how much they can learn at such a young age. It's also a constant reminder of how careful I need to be with my words and actions, as I have four little eyes on me at all times just soaking it all in.

I think it's time...

for a picture post!

It's been a while.


It's beautiful today, so we spent the morning at the park. It's been so long since we've been able to go and I wasn't anticipating all the running I would have to do to keep Eli and Landon out of the water, out of the street, and away from the geese. I am worn out!

 Here are a few pictures from the other night right before bed.

 Have I mentioned how grown up my babies are getting? They can now sit in booster seats when we go to a restaurant. What? When did they become little boys instead of babies?

And they don't want me to feed them anymore. They are quite happy to do it themselves. We like to experiment with feeding ourselves places where mom doesn't have to clean up!

 That's about all we've been up to the last few days.

A Little Recap For You...

Since about 10:48 this morning, I have been trying to load the dishwasher. This is a seemingly quick and mindless task, but an hour has now passed and I have yet to accomplish this simple chore. Let me recap the last hour for you.

10:48 - I open the dishwasher and load 2 dishes.

(sounds of pages ripping)

I discover Eli and Landon ripping pages out of my cookbooks. Great.

Discipline...redirect...clean up mess.

10:55 - Unscrew tops of sippy cups and disconnect all parts.

(Sounds of running feet....Landon brings me a pair of open scissors.)

Eli and Landon have pulled out the dining room chairs, climbed up on the table, and dumped the contents of my sewing basket.

Discipline...redirect...clean up mess.

11:04 - Put sippy cups into dishwasher and rinse a bowl.

(Too quiet...bad sign)

Eli and Landon are on TOP of the couch. I'm not talking about on the seating part of the couch. I mean crawling on the very back of the couch (that isn't pushed up against a wall), teetering on the edge.

Discipline....redirect.

11:10 - Where was I? Oh yeah...silverware.

(I hear bells, which means they are in the cabinets in the living room)

Sure enough...the entire contents of six shelves have been removed.

Discipline...redirect....clean up.

11: 18 - Just a few more dishes to rinse.

(The hutch door opens...I run over with soapy hands)

Eli and Landon, in the 15 seconds it has taken me to get to them, have found a sharpie marker and removed the cap.

Discipline...redirect...move all sharpies to a higher location (who put them there anyway?).

11:23 - Forget the dishes...they must wait until naptime. These boys cannot be left alone.

We own half of Toy's R' Us. Why do these toys not interest us?

A Better Day

It's Sunday.

We're all feeling better.

Dad's home after being gone two nights.

It is warm enough to play outside today.

Queue the hallelujah chorus!

A Little Sweetness...

There is absolutely nothing exciting about this video except for the fact that I love it when Eli and Landon play in their room together. Here they are reading books and talking. Eli even leads singing for us at one point although it's hard to see. I love the way Landon uses his hands to talk.

There could not be two sweeter boys than these.





And here is Landon this morning. He brings me shoes and sits down in my lap for me to put them on. Then he high steps around the house...quite pleased with himself.