L-I-V-I-N

     I have not posted in way too long. Ty began crawling at 9 months. He has a funny little crawl I call the kickstand. He puts his left leg straight out and crawls mainly on his right leg, which gets very dirty and almost calloused! He is loving books and sometimes goes into his room to read a book by himself. He looks around for Jeff when he's at school and I swear he yelled his name the other day!
     Jeffrey is loving school. He began soccer this week, which is very entertaining. We had a wonderful Spring Break and I loved him being home! I'm looking forward to the summer. Over the break, we had his birthday party, went to the zoo, camped in the backyard, celebrated our tenth anniversary and just enjoyed not being on a schedule. I love his creative word play and think he is brilliant!

• "Sometimes I call it Ho Ho Home Depot"
• First one to see the pony in the neighborhood wins. Sometimes he says "PONES!"
• He calls Lambie, Lamster sometimes
• "Popsicles,...Tasty, but delicious!"
• When decorating for Ty's birthday party, "Great job, Mom!"
• and "That's a good idea!"
• If he wants something, he tells me there's one in the attic. (Like we can magically get whatever we want from the attic)
• During prayers, Jeff asked me, "so how did God make trees?" I said a few things the best I could, then, "So, like, does he have a wand?"
• Walking through a store..."Mom, I love Ty SOOOOOOO much." He hugs Ty a lot. Ty loves it.
• Jeff often begins play or conversation by saying, "So,"
• It warms my heart that whenever Jeff gets scared, his automatic instinct is to say, "Mom!" even if it doesn't really make sense
• I pointed out our identical car twin ONCE and he points it out every time after that and is CORRECT about it. We got a new car and he has seen IT'S identical car twin too!!!
• The magic of balloons continues...I kept the Valentine balloon treat going this year.
• We had a fire in the kitchen...I had to use the extinguisher for the first time! Didn't seem to bother the boys at all.
• After getting a new stuffed animal with Gram for his birthday treat I said, "I hope Skye likes her new home." He replied, "She ADORES it!"
• He pronounces sc words without the s sound at the beginning. At the doctor, they checked his eyes and he read the shapes to the nurses..."quare, circle circle round and round, apple, house!" and "I miss my friends at cool." He also says sv instead of sp..."svot" for spot.
• If he doesn't know the meaning of something I said, he'll say "what" and I repeat over and over. I have said never mind a few times, he says, "No, Mind, Mama!"
• "I saw a climb up dinosaur in Rolocado" (Colorado)
• "When Ty turns three, he will talk and I will be so impressed, I'll be like..." (Little O mouth)
• Ty went through a hat obsession. It was one of his first "words," ha

Sweet boys. I love being their mamma.