From lips of Babes

Nathan told me yesterday at the grocery store that he wishes I was still a little girl because he wants me to be his girlfriend. Then Thomas told me last night that I was his sweetest girl. Wow! Hope this lasts awhile longer!

Singing and Sleeping

Last week, I tried to upload a clip of Nathan singing but it never finished loading no matter how long I tried (hours!). So you'll have to ask him to sing for you. It is Nathan who is really singing right now. Thomas hums songs but Nathan says the words. He totally took me by surprise the other day when he did the entire alphabet song. For some reason both boys sing the song skipping from G to Q every time, so I was impressed to hear all the letters! Nathan also loves Yankee Doodle, Twinkle Twinkle and Jack and Jill. I'm so not a memorizer so I'm glad to hear Nathan able to do this.

We rehung the children's guitar in a location that the boys can reach, so we are often serenaded by young Nathan. It's great. Both boys express a desire to learn this instrument. The other pictures are from the Children's museum in Easton. Second time there in less than a year...but just wanted to give Nathan a chance to play with Isabelle without Thomas around. Probably the best part of the day was finding a playground after lunch and just letting the kids do their thing. We are all just loving these mild days. I can't say enough good things about these public playgrounds. Not only are they free, they are exercise, fresh air, learning to take turns, etc....love them! Have a great one in Sudbury across the street from where we swim.

Thomas the last few weeks has taken up this crazy joy of hiding every time he hears Nathan coming. It's hilarious as his hiding places are usually the same every time....like under my bed. Nathan plays along too....where's Thomas....I point under the bed and Nathan grins and dives under.

Nathan has had major issues with sleeping in his bed the last month or two. He wakes up as early as 11:30 and hikes to our room, pulls out his mat and curls up there. All would be fine other than the horrid teeth grinding he does when he stirs in his sleep. So, Matt conjures up this story at the table last week that he plans to stop at Target to get a monster for the office (the room in between theirs and ours) to keep little boys from traversing the hallway at night! Ugh, I couldn't believe he was suggesting this! But! that very night and the following, Nathan stayed in his bed! This week while Thomas has been with his grandparents, we have let Nathan sleep in with us at his request. So, we bought him a mouth guard at the hockey store which he really doesn't want to use (he'll only use it when he is wide awake) but wierdly enough, I noticed he wasn't grinding his teeth as much! How can this be? Is his subconscious telling him to stop grinding? The saga continues!

Goggle Brothers

We had terrific rain last week and weekend so we have a stream that runs down from our garage, across our driveway, across the side lawn and down a small ravine. This stream has provided many hours of little boy entertainment. The pictures show them playing just before the stream goes off the side into the ravine. They love it! We also have "new" goggles for swimming which during their novelty were worn around the house. I say "new" because we went to buy them at Sudbury pool (they have a small reasonably priced display) and the receptionist told us to raid the lost and found bucket. So, we did and they are new to us. Nathan's is so funny because they are so big and blue! They are demonstrating that the goggles also work for any eyes found on the back of one's head. Thomas can carry Nathan around! Go figure! Nathan is 34 pounds and Thomas is 42 pounds with lots of muscle!

Thomas is so aware of what goes on that I really must be careful not to alarm him. Last Sunday when we arrived home in the evening, Thomas (who always accompanies me) and I went up to the chicken coop to close it up for the night. I noticed large tire marks that went clear up to the garage that hadn't been there before we went to meeting. I pointed them out to Thomas and wondered out loud who had been at our house while we were gone. Of course, there was a bit of concern in my voice. He worried right along with me. I felt bad that this concern would go on his small shoulders. It isn't right for a child to feel this. They should only know of safety with their parents and in their home. Here is another example, we have several times limped into the gas station with the wonder how did we make it? The other day we were getting on the highway and he pipes up from the backseat, do you have enough gas? By the way, I figured the tire marks was the tree company coming to get a rope they left here.