Mon, Feb 28

Besides both boys being insanely cranky, they were so sweet at times.

Aiden decorated a postcard he received from his Aunt Mere. She sent him little jewel stickers last week. This morning, he decided the manatee on his postcard needed a little more pizazz so he put jewel stickers over its eyes. A little creepy!!!

Aiden did a "blind" taste test of two different berry pies. I bought one from Marie Callendars and one from Shari's. He wore a blindfold as I gave him tastes of each. He decided he liked Shari's best, but decided he wanted to have a piece of the Marie Callendar's pie...it seemed like he didn't want to hurt its feelings :-)

Zander stood at the top of the stairs calling "Papa, Papa" until Erik came and then Z kept waving and saying "hi." A few minutes later, Z called again and this time started singing, "Goodnight Mama, Goodnight Papa." Aiden decided he couldn't let Z have all the attention so he began singing too. I wish I had it on video.

Aiden decided that he was "traveling" tonight as he got ready for bed. He had his backpack on and dragged around his wheeled suitcase. He traveled from his room to my bathroom to brush his teeth. Then, he traveled to his bathroom to pee and wash his hands. Then traveled back to my room to put on his jammies. His final travels took him to his room for stories. Oh, and at one point he thought I'd gone downstairs so he walked with his luggage down the stairs--ka-thunk, ka-thunk, ka-thunk, all the way down and then back-up.

February Snow!

Mr. A. woke me up today to tell me it was snowing. He immediately opened my shade and asked if I'd believed him. It was snowing, but not sticking. 45 minutes later it was sticking! It has stopped now, but at least we had a chance to make a small snowman!

Z Sings

Z started singing last night when I was putting him to bed. I got it on video today!

Z's Messy Fingers Class

Z is taking a class called Messy Little Fingers. He paints and plays with playdough and such. In this video he is starting to paint when he hears a person making a quacking noise...the teacher makes little ducks out of floam (a mix of foam pellets and some type of glue)...Z loves it! Today though, the teacher is making ducks from flubber.

Mr. A. sings Twinkle Twinkle

Mr. A practices Twinkle Twinkle. You also can see his new Goodwill find, an airplane with no wings and no top (he was the happiest child in the world when he found it--I decided it was worth $1).

Z-man, playing hoops

Z-man is getting so big! The guys at the rec center lowered a hoop for him today so he could play basketball without me lifting him up. He still doesn't get the concept of throwing the ball, but he had fun!

Isn't he handsome!!! He's 20 months today.

A: In-Touch With His Feminine Side

Mr. A decided to style my hair. He brushed, combed, and clipped. He really wanted to get out the scissors, but I held the line. He also found one of my garments and wore it around the house for a little while.

Today, he told Erik that he thinks Daphne from Scooby Doo is pretty and he likes the pictures of her where he can see her belly button. Hmmm, are we growing up a little too quickly?