Our dear Gideon is 14.5 months old and not really walking. He'll take several steps when he feels like it, but really he's not walking. I've been told it's a boy thing.
When I picked him up from nursery about a month ago, they told me he was kind of bullying other kids . . . a boy thing? or too much wrestling blood?
A few weeks ago they told me he was standing on top of the slide!
Last week while we were playing outside, he climbed the ladder on the playground and went down the slide on his tummy, laughed, and tried it again. (Brie won't hardly go down without help.) It must be a boy thing.
Stephan was reading a book to him and told him lions "roar" and made a grunting roar sound, Gideon repeated and proceeded to point at animals and grunt/roar at each of them . . . including various birds and a turtle. a boy thing?!?
After changing his diaper last night in the stroller, I set him in his seat and was wrapping up the diaper when he stood up, turned around, and dove into the back seat of the stroller all in about 2 seconds. It must be a boy thing . . .
We love that little boy, but he is WAY different than her!!
You might be a mom to little ones IF. . .
. . . hearing a little splashing makes you run for the bathroom.
. . . you know that adjustable waist pants/shorts are not just convenient, but necessary to avoid seeing crack all day!
. . . you pat yourself on the back after getting groceries with the kids
. . . during meals you say things like "take a bite" "don't throw that" "no spitting" "all gone?" "say please"
. . . after you finish eating, you still sit at the table waiting for others(see below) to finish, for a very.long.time.
My dear Briella has been cracking me up recently . . .
- She loves to know if Gideon has a dirty diaper or if it is just wet. If it is dirty, I often say "Yucky." She seems to have a hard time with "yucky" so she says "Lucky" and I have to say, changing dirty diapers does not make me feel lucky!
- Evidently I occasionally ask Briella "Do you have to go potty honey?" She has started to tell me, "I go potty honey."
- We have been trying to get Briella to listen better while we read the Bible after dinner. For awhile she would say the last words and then she started saying "last words" or "bible." So Stephan has started stopping more often throughout the reading and she does quite well. Tonight, we were reading Isaiah 23 and at the end of verse 13 there was a slight break and Briella repeated the last few words. Not words you want to hear your two year old repeat. I'll let you look it up, but one word begins with a P, has three syllables, and rhymes with fruit. (upon further checking different versions use a different word here, the KJV has harlot, but our ESV has prostitute, so dear Brie said "song prostitute")
Since I'm no longer teaching and I don't have kids in school, yet, there is no spring break at our house. Except from the blog . . . evidently I took an unplanned break. I have been on my computer plenty and the kids have been doing plenty of cute and exciting stuff . . .
Gideon has started taking a few steps. only when coached . . .
Briella has been singing. she has a better voice than I do . . .
Gideon likes to throw things. lots of things . . .
Briella likes to be a mommy. to lots of things . . .
Here are a few websites that I've been looking at:
Photography tips for newbies : Pioneer Woman
Great deals, lots of freebies: Hip2Save and Sarah's Deals
Super recipes like Texas sheet brownies, tater skins, and cookie bars: ShortStop
Funny cake mistakes: CakeWrecks
