I couldn't be happier

Two loves of my life.

In case I forget

Two crazy things happened today:

1.  John Henry went all day in underwear without an accident!  He started potty camp at school this week and today was his first day without an accident.

2.  Schuler took two steps on his own.  (He also added two new words to his vocabulary.  He now says Ball and Dog in addition to Dada and Mama).

I had to write it down today so I don't forget about it later.  

Super Hero

Today John Henry started the Happy Feet Soccer program at school and Mr. Steven asked each of the children who their favorite Super Hero is.  John Henry answered "My mom".

I doubt John Henry knows what a Super Hero is, and so the standard answer is mom - but it still made my day!

Bad, Bad, Bad

I realize I've been a bad blogger.  I was so much better at documenting John Henry's monthly updates and other fun events.  I have thousands of pictures of Schuler - they just haven't made it onto the blog.  It's not just second child syndrome. Most of it is I just haven't had time because of work.  Work has consumed the better part of this year for me.  I'll get something posted soon - but hopefully this can hold you over.

Mama

Woo Hoo!  Schuler's first word was Mama.  Both Jay and CeCe were there to hear it.  He now says Dada but at least he said my name first!

Peek into the future

Every once and a while Jay and I will take a picture of the boys and after looking at it, we'll say, "I can totally see what they will look like in the future."  It's hard to explain.  Sometimes it's an expression.  Or just the second that the picture captures.  But in that second we can see them as adults.  It's frightening and cool at the same time.  The picture below shows that.  At least to me.  I can see the same expressions 20 years later.  How crazy will it be if I'm right?

 

Emotions

I think we've hit the part of the two year old development that involves a lot of conversations regarding feelings.  It's more than the famous line, "I don't want to" or "I don't like it" and more like, "I'm scared".  Scared?  Scared of what?  Sometimes it's a loud noise like a blower or airplane.  Other times it's something that's not real, like a monster.  Tonight John Henry screamed, "Mom, Dad, there's an alligator in my bed.  I'm not scared."  Ignoring the fact that he said Mom and Dad instead of Mommy and Daddy, I have to wonder what makes him scared (or not) now?  He constantly asks me if I'm scared of monsters.  Monsters, who's telling him about monsters?

He also likes to ask if someone is happy or sad.  If he's hurt himself, he wants us to kiss what hurts.  That I was totally prepared for.  What I wasn't prepared for is when he sees something in a book that is hurt (like the monkey that fell off the bed and bumped his head) he wants to kiss it and says, "Monkey not hurt, all better."

He also tells me to be careful.  This comes up a lot when I'm driving. Which leads me to wonder if he is scared when I drive so that's why he says be careful?  Who knows.  All I know is we talk a lot about emotions.  And thanks to the person that told him about monsters.  I really appreciate it!

No A for effort...

There are several mornings that I struggle to get both boys looking presentable and off to daycare.  This morning I was very proud of myself when I got both boys dressed and to daycare at a reasonable time.  They looked very cute and Schuler had an adorable hat to complete his outfit.  I was so proud, until I walked in and saw every other kid wearing pajamas.  Oh yeah, today is pajama day.  Great...