What The Boys Have Been Up To

Wright - almost 3!

• Loves puzzles, definitely his favorite thing to do at home. He does them over and over and over and can do ones with 15-20 pieces by himself (or with little help).
• Recently really loves Play-Doh. He can sit for 45 minutes playing with it and making different creations.
• He's a climber. He tries so hard to climb the tree in our backyard but it is a Japenese Maple with smooth limbs and high branches. He never gets very far. But today at school, he went missing on the playground and his teacher found him in the tree! A big No No but funny regardless.
• As I have previously mentioned, he loves school. He walks around like he owns the place and runs to his room in the morning, sitting right down to do his work. Since he is a teacher's son, all the other teachers and aides know him and give him lots of attention which he soaks up.
• He likes to make up songs all the time and sometimes they are very impressive. The other day at lunch he was singing to a made-up tune "Jesus is God, Jesus is a man, Jesus is God and I am glad."
• He has started telling stories at dinner especially. They are made up and probably a mixture of real life things and things from books or tv. We think he does it mostly so that we will talk to him, but it is hysterical regardless. We also have taught him how to say "excuse me" when other people are talking if he has something important to say. He learned this very quickly but missed the "important to say" part. So now its just "excuse me, excuse me" and when we acknowledge him, he has nothing to say so he just talks jibberish.

Spencer - 8 1/2 months

• He is still so happy all the time and smiles a ton, especially at mom, dad and Wright.
• He will go to anyone but has started reaching for me if I am near.
• Since school has started, he gets virtually no morning nap. As a result, he takes a long afternoon nap and still takes a nap in the evening! He seems way too old to do that but he needs it. He has also started waking up at 6:30 :( I'm convinced its all related to not enough day time sleep.
• He started crawling today!
• He pulls up in his crib and looks out through the bars like he is in jail. He also gets stuck a lot sitting in his crib and can't get his legs out from under him. I find him sleeping on his legs out in front of him a lot (after much crying).
• He does not talk a whole lot but when he does, it is mostly Ma Ma, Da Da or GAH, GAH.
• Probably as a result of being in childcare a lot, he really likes to be held. If he is ever fussy, its nothing my holding him will not put an end to.