Porter:
He got a haircut and he went and looked in the mirror " hey mom now my hair and my lips look just like Eric ( a friend from church)" I thought i was funny he thought the haircut made their lips look the same.
"i am invisible" ( meaning invincible.. we laugh every time!)
" if you were in space i think all of your dreams would come true because you would see a lot of wishing stars"
" I am eating all of my vegetables so I wont grow old" we asked why that would prevent growing old and he said " because i wont get cancer and that makes people old"
Porter asked me if everyone had to die, i told him that every one did. He got really upset and told me he never wanted to die. I told him it was okay because we would all see each other again and be resurrected. He was really distraught about all this. Finally he exclaimed to me " but mommy i dont want to be crucified!" poor kid thought that was how we were all going to die!
We just completed his kindergarten work books and started the first grade ones. He is so smart and picks up new concepts quickly! Mainly we are working on his handwriting now. He is such a perfectionist though and much too hard on himself! We go through a lot of erasers so he can get it just right!
Theo:
"I not three i Teo." "I NOT cute, i Teo." "I not tired i Teo!" Well at least he knows his name, right? He also knows the color purple which he says "orple" and i think its the cutest thing! He is getting speech at the local elementary school now so hopefully he starts talking, and understanding, more so there will be less melt downs.
any quantity more that one is three. If he has two cookies, or five he will say he has three. If he counts his toys he says "one.. three..one.. three.. one ..three" Its hard to not laugh.. and you must never laugh because then he will say " no laugh a me!!"
we told Theo if he went in the potty he could have a fruit snack. he never wants to go, but we keep trying. Lately if i ask him if he wants to go he simply replies " i no fruit snack, no potty!" I know he is ready though. He will hand me a diaper and say "change me". I have tried about 3 times as hard as i did with porter and no luck so far. I give up.. i think i will wait a few months and train him and Arthur the same time this summer! Maybe a little brotherly peer pressure will help!
His favorite things to do are watch scooby doo, and play with the wooden trains we have. Its fun to watch him play with them because Porter only lined them up and never did the whole talking to himself pretend play like Theo does.
Arthur:
all day long he brings me shoes, saying " i shoe..i shoe" if i put them on then he wants to go outside and runs to the neighbors house and knocks on the door. If they are home he will say " i play!" and wants to go inside. its like that book if you give a mouse a cookie... so i just try to not put his shoes on, ever. Its a slippery slope those shoes!
18 months tomorrow. He is barely 20 lbs, bald, and still nursing. So he seems younger to me. At least i dont feel baby hungry, he still is one to me!
He is such a little talker! Theo has been so delayed its weird having this little baby walking around with all these words. Some of his most used ones are shoe, play, fish, ball, football, milk, boobie ( yes i KNOW this is so bad!!) belly, eye, nose, cheese, papi, mama, more, cookie, yesh( for yes) no, bye, hi, drink, up, teeth, mess, mine and various animals and their sounds.
He also says " i show" which he picked up from Theo who says most of the day " i watch show mommy?" I am not sure if Arthur actually wants to watch a show though, or if he just says it because Theo does.
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8 comments:
your boys sound so fun! i bet its a blast raising boys. i wouldn't know anything about that, having 3 girls and all...
So fun to hear an update on each one. I can't wait until we see them.
Ha Ha Ha Your boys are so funny! They crack me up! I miss you so much....I wish that we could go to texas...I love you
It's fun to read your little snapshots of them. I can't wait to see you, and them.
How darling! I feel like I have a real insight into the lives of you and your cute kiddies! They must keep you laughing ALL the time.
I can't believe how big Arthur is getting! I think his words are great. Rett has said boobies a couple of times too, but he thinks the baby's milk comes from my belly button, so I don't think he connects the two.;)
I love hearing the things kids say. And your boys are getting to big. I miss you all so much.
I can't tell you how much I miss you and all your boys (including you, Cory.) The time you were living here with us is one of the best times of my life. I really miss Porter and his insistence on spending time with me in the shop. And watching Arthur take his first steps. And winning Theo's acceptance, after trying so hard for so long. You're all welcome here any time, for as long as you want to stay.
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