Cutisms

Nathan was just slicing bar cheese (for his own enjoyment) and I heard him say "I'm just going to get this done and over with".

At story hour this morning, I peaked my head around the corner to watch them. They were all chanting the five little monkeys rhyme. They just finished with 5 and Debbie the librarian asked what comes next. It was only Nathan out of a whole roomful of 3 and 4 year olds who piped up with both the hand sign and the word four!

A couple of days ago, we were reading a counting book. At the end of the book, the open pages had 1 through 10 printed across them. So I had the boys count from 1 to 10 and point to the numbers. Then I had them count from 10 to 1. Thomas went first and repeatedly couldn't tell which number came next even though the printed digit was before his eyes. I didn't realize this would be so challenging as I thought they were recognizing the digits...only to find out it was more of a memory chant. Interestingly, it was Nathan who kept piping up with the right digit for Thomas. When Nathan did the counting down himself, he got all the digits except number 7 (I think it was).

Little Cousin

Thomas and Nathan's little cousin came for a few days earlier in October. Very interesting to see their reactions to this little body who played with their toys and interfered with their mother. Nathan was quite patient and interested in Benjamin. Nathan did his part to make Benjamin smile, like tickling his tummy or making silly noises. Thomas on the other hand was rather inpatient and not to friendly at times! He definitely saw Benjamin as a threat. I thought it was a good for them! We had several conversations about who was older and who was bigger. I don't mean I instigated these discussions but the boys did...they are very into (especially Nathan) who is bigger than who.

See Thomas Go!

Bike Riding

We have news! Nathan is riding his bike with one training wheel and Thomas had me take his training wheels off (one off on Wed. and the other off Thurs) this week! Thomas is now tall enough to touch his feet to the ground when he loses his balance. Nathan is still about 2 inches too short so that when he goes to put his foot down, the entire bike tips and then gravity takes over. Pretty exciting to see Thomas biking! This is no easy feat on our driveway....gravel and slopes make the going tough.

Playing with Joey

The first picture is of the V8 dudes! The boys are becoming nice friends with Joey who is one year older. They see Joey every Sunday morning.

I asked the boys what they were going to get for my birthday. Nathan told me he is getting me flowers. I asked where he was going to get them....he told me the neighbors.

Thomas has taken a real interest in the chickens the last few days. He calls himself Farmer Tom. He feeds them, checks their water, looks for eggs but he lets me do the cleaning.

We were just fooling around and Nathan asked me if I wanted a sandwich-knuckle.

Apple Picking in September

We found a beautiful day in September to pick apples!

The other day, we were playing hide and seek in the house. Thomas was the hider and Nathan and I were the seekers. We found Thomas, quiet as a mouse, sitting on the step stool in the kitchen with a hand towel wrapped around his head. Was he hiding? He thought so!

We had squash last night and Thomas informed me that he didn't like it. When I asked him what he didn't like about it, he told me he didn't like the flavor. I did not supply that word for him! All on his own.

We had some company around our table the other day. We were getting Nathan to name everybody. He was sitting on our minister's lap. His name is Dan. Dan, leaned forward and asked who he was....Nathan said "plain ole Dan". We all laughed and Nathan looked like he didn't know whether to be embarrassed or to laugh along with us.