Growing Up

My little ones are growing so fast. I am constantly adding clothes to the 'too small' box, especially for my son. M is going to the potty on her own now! I'm so proud. Yesturday is when it started. She ran up to me announcing 'I went pee, mommy, I went pee all by myself! I wiped bum, mommy, all by myself!" I'm so proud! We're still having a tough time with going #2 on the potty, however. That generally happens in the diaper after going to bed. Or she'll sit on the potty for awhile and not go, say she's done, then do it all again 5 minutes later, then go in her pants. Sigh. We'll get there yet... she knows when she HAS to go!

Bram is growing in so many ways. He knows to do what I say. If I tell him to put something back, he does (most of the time... other times he'll grin at me and run). He loves playing outside. He saw the cows today... 'moo' he said. And dogs he barks and howls at. His vocabulary has been growing, too. "All done", "Uh oh", "Aw man", "Water", "ssss" (please... doesn't happen as often as I'd like, however), "Mom", "Dad", "bye"(accompanied by waving up and down), "hi", "Whassat" (what's that), "Up" (VERY clearly), "no", nodding for yes, making sound effects for vehicles, 'car' (I think this is a personal favorite of his), 'GO', and 'light'. I also think he's saying 'outside' but it's hard to tell. I'm sure there are others, I just can't think of them. Whenever vehicles drive by he wants to go for a ride. He LOVES tractors and trucks. So cute. When walking down the aisle at the toy store, he saw a barbie car and proceeded to cry when I wouldn't stop to let him touch it. Then when I figured it out, he just wanted to play with the steering wheel. Silly boy! He also loves all of my husband's transformers... because they are cars! Haha. And toy tractors. We have some in a glass display case. As you can imagine, it is filled with fingerprints 3feet and down. I clean it daily right now. At least until they figure out not to touch it all the time (it's still somewhat new, so we must play with it, haha).

Bram is figuring out all sorts of things right now. I found a Unicron transformer at a garage sale, and Bram found the buttons to make it light up and such. My husband took a while to figure out where they were (frankly, I still don't know, haha, but I don't care to search for them, either). He found the little button on a talking purse... just like M did... so he makes it talk without actually opening or closing it. He also likes using a fork. He holds it with one hand, and shovels food into his mouth with the other! :P At least I don't have to feed him myself any more.

Man, I can't really think much right now. I've spent all day cleaning, cooking, and doing a cubbies lesson with my daughter. She loves cubbies! Talks about her vest all the time, and always wants me to read her cubbies book. I'm so glad she enjoys it! She is learning her verses really well, too! Although right now she things Jackie made the flowers, and Daddy made the pumpkins (giggle). This week was talking about creation. "Genesis 1:1 God created the heavens and the earth". She still wants to say "God love us, sent his son" instead, (smile). It's so sweet. I love watching her learn Bible verses. I'm also trying to do the review section each week with the activity there. She loves those.

Well, my husband is getting the kids bathed and ready for bed right now. It's nice to have a little quiet time. That said, tomorrow will be a busy day. It is wednesday after all. And I'm doing spring cleaning in fall. And Cubbies is tomorrow. Ah yes... M will be thrilled. :)

Until next time!