Three Little Monkeys Jumping on the bed!

Last week we went out to some friends of ours to see their new house. Their duaghter Lillee is Taylor's girlfriend. Here is our three little monkeys....

20 Months

So i broke out the picture flash cards with Taylor and decided to see what he could do. Usually he just dumps them out all over the floor and throws them around. This time i took one out at a time and asked, "What is this?" while showing him the picture card. If he got it right I would scream and cheer and he sat anxiously waiting for the next one. I was floored by his knowledge and verbal skills. There were 40 picture cards and he got 32 of them right the first time. Here are all the words he is saying: monkey, snake, crab, bathtub, dog, flower, turtle, bed, tiger, sink, slide, hat, bird, bike, ball, pig, pants, boat, car, truck,swing, lion, cake, ketchup, hot dog, work, coat,eat,go, shoes, and shit. I am writing this post for my own sake, so i have a memory of what Taylor was like at this age. I didn't journal Riley at this age and I wish I had. So I'm not boasting but just writing for a keepsake, because my baby is no longer a baby:(

Boys will be boys

The boys have come to love swords and after many many outings to Target I gave in and bought the darn things. I hate them! Couldn't we do some painting or play with playdough, or Barbies?? We are obviously too cool for an art project, instead we like to try to beat the crap out of each other, and oh yeah knock down the living room blinds 50 times a day. I think this was the worst investment I have made:)

Notice the blind on the floor in the background, I think Santa might magically take the swords with him when he leaves!

What the boys have been up to....

Riley finished his fall soccer with the North Oaks Mini Kickers and he seemed to enjoy it. He is excelling in school and improving on becoming more self sufficient. Tantrums are still a major issue but there are days where he goes without. He is a full chatter box and comes up with very elaborate ideas and stories. He also started swimming lessons and seems to really look forward to them. We got our first big snow last weekend and I bundled the boys up to go play out in the snow. riley lasted about 10 seconds and then started screaming that he was to cold. as we were walking in he said, " i want to open presents now." Apparently when it snows that means it is Christmas. When it stops snowing, Christmas is over with.

Taylor, well hmmm, is getting more and more physical by the minute. He is just non-stop energy and love. He has the sweetest personality and has begun to voice what he wants or where he wants to go. he has decided that he really just likes to drink out of a 20oz soda bottle and nothing else. His vocabulary is also growing by the second and he is one bright little munkin!

Itchy Butt Store

Riley and I ran to the post office on Saturday morning, in the middle of the tropical storm we were in. The minute we get in line, Riley starts screaming, " My butt itches, my butt itches, I NEED TO GO TO THE ITCHY BUTT STORE, THE ITCHY BUTT STORE, THE ITCHY BUTT STORE...." it got louder and more intense as he went on. Needless to say, we didn't wait in line, as all of the people in the post office were now staring at me. I left with Riley screaming to the entire building, " I'm going to the itchy butt store!" I have no idea where he came up with the idea, but Riley is convinced that when you have an itch you go the itchy store and when you have a itchy butt you go to the itchy butt store. So far age 3 has been more challenging than 2, and it is exhausting to think that in 4 months I will have a 2 year old and a 3 year old ! UGH! I guess I will just hope for the best and count my blessing each day:)

Happy Halloween! ( A Little late:))

Hope you all had a wonderful and safe Halloween. We went to a birthday party in the afternoon, for Riley's friend Madison who turned 3 ! All the kids were so cute in their costumes, and they didn't even really get why they were dressed so funny. Riley was Batman, and he didn't just wear his costume but he played the part. He really thought he was Batman and took his role seriously. We got loads of candy and ended up with a tired dinosaur and an even more tired Batman.


Taylor decided he wanted to ride Maddy's new bike, so we had a green dinosaur on a bike cruising around for most of the afternoon.