Bath time is so much fun! The other night, Luke decided to go bobbing for rubber ducks during their bath. I couldn't see what he was doing at first, but he kept ducking down and popping back up, laughing, and with his face dripping wet. And then he came back up with a duck in his mouth. He took it out and quacked. They have quite a few rubber ducks and Luke loves to play with them and quack. He doesn't just quack at the neighbor's dogs... Later on, after I had gotten them cleaned up, Brendan apparently decided that I hadn't done a good enough job on Luke's hair. He took the wash mitt, dipped it in the water, and wiped off Luke's head. Then he did it again several times more.
Brendan is becoming a wonderful helper to me. Today, while I was folding towels, he came over and asked for the pile of napkins. I knew that he knew where the napkins belonged, so I gave them to him and asked him to put them away. When he came back, I handed him a pile of dish cloths. He said "thank you" and happily walked off. After he was done with the dish cloths, I gave him the bibs. He said "thank you" again as he walked off. Thanking me for letting him help me, wow! When I got downstairs, I checked the drawers and he had gotten everything into the correct drawers! Not exactly neatly, but everything was where it belonged.
My parents came to visit for Luke's birthday and "Gamma" helped by starting to potty-train Brendan. He did it twice the first day and several more times the second day! I'm very proud of my boy.
Brendan has a new "Spiderman" trick. Our front window is very close to the floor. He gets his toes up on the sill and holds on to the top of the sash and sidles back and forth along the length of the window - probably about 9 ft.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
Two recent pictures
Brendan got a cut on his hand last night. Kira put some ointment on it before bedtime and also put a Backyardigans band aid on it. Once he realized what was on the band aid he was thrilled! He even tried scratching himself and asking for more band aids. We didn't give in. But it's good to know that if he gets hurt again, we can give him another band aid and at least distract him from the boo-boo.
Mama also helped Luke draw his very first picture. This was the first time that it was his own piece of paper (and not his scratches on his brother's picture). Mama helped him get crayons and to make sure that they didn't go in his mouth. He had fun and so did Mama.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
March 11
Ummm... I know stuff happened this week, but my mind is drawing a complete blank. Hmmm.
Well, I finished weaving the first half of the stole! That was so exciting. I cut it off the loom and everything. Later today or first thing tomorrow I'll start on the second half.
This morning, as I was changing Brendan's diaper, Luke came over with Teddy and dropped him on Brendan. Brendan said, "Dee do, Buke!" (Thank you, Luke!)
On Friday morning, the boys and I walked up to the Lanham's. As we reached their house, the dogs came running around the corner barking. Brendan started barking back. Luke started quacking.
This afternoon, Brendan helped me make soft pretzels. He had a great time playing with a little ball of dough. He tasted it too, but wasn't too impressed with that! He was very happy to get to eat the pieces he had made.
Lately, Brendan has been calling Luke "Buddy". I referred to Luke as that while cleaning him up after breakfast the other day and he's been calling him that ever since.
There's our updates for the week!
Well, I finished weaving the first half of the stole! That was so exciting. I cut it off the loom and everything. Later today or first thing tomorrow I'll start on the second half.
This morning, as I was changing Brendan's diaper, Luke came over with Teddy and dropped him on Brendan. Brendan said, "Dee do, Buke!" (Thank you, Luke!)
On Friday morning, the boys and I walked up to the Lanham's. As we reached their house, the dogs came running around the corner barking. Brendan started barking back. Luke started quacking.
This afternoon, Brendan helped me make soft pretzels. He had a great time playing with a little ball of dough. He tasted it too, but wasn't too impressed with that! He was very happy to get to eat the pieces he had made.
Lately, Brendan has been calling Luke "Buddy". I referred to Luke as that while cleaning him up after breakfast the other day and he's been calling him that ever since.
There's our updates for the week!
Sunday, March 04, 2007
March 4
Hello again.
I've been quite busy here. Working hard on finishing up an ordination stole for a Sem 4 student. Plus, trying to keep the house and family from sinking too far into chaos while I do that. Not an easy task...
My parents are coming to visit for Luke's 1st birthday. So, I've got to work on tidying up the basement for them to stay in. Shoot, and I should probably get Luke a present too, shouldn't I?!
Let's see, what else has been going on? We've been talking about potty training Brendan. But every time we ask him if he has to go potty, he says, "ummm... nope." Luke is finding plenty of mischief to get into. We have also learned that Luke loves popcorn and Brendan can't stand it. Brendan is speaking in sentences more and more now. Very cool! He can also be a great little helper to me.
We're going to be doing psanky here pretty soon. I'm really looking forward to that. It's been two years now since I've done it.
I've been quite busy here. Working hard on finishing up an ordination stole for a Sem 4 student. Plus, trying to keep the house and family from sinking too far into chaos while I do that. Not an easy task...
My parents are coming to visit for Luke's 1st birthday. So, I've got to work on tidying up the basement for them to stay in. Shoot, and I should probably get Luke a present too, shouldn't I?!
Let's see, what else has been going on? We've been talking about potty training Brendan. But every time we ask him if he has to go potty, he says, "ummm... nope." Luke is finding plenty of mischief to get into. We have also learned that Luke loves popcorn and Brendan can't stand it. Brendan is speaking in sentences more and more now. Very cool! He can also be a great little helper to me.
We're going to be doing psanky here pretty soon. I'm really looking forward to that. It's been two years now since I've done it.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
February 25
A blessed Lent to everyone!
We have had a fairly good week here. Well, other than the fact that I twisted my ankle yesterday afternoon. Not sure when or how I did it, but it sure hurts.
Luke has cut his 6th tooth! He's been working on it for a while now and has been quite crabby about it, so this is a very exciting event for us! He also learned how to click his tongue the other day and spent hours doing it. He thought it was absolutely hysterical.
Brendan has his own laptop now. Well, in his imagination he does. He took the green box from the toy shelf, dumped out the cars that were in it, propped it up on the end table and started typing and told us that it was "Myenen's dapdot." (Brendan's laptop)
He also drew his first picture of Jesus the other day. Fortunately he told me it was Jesus... It was very cute, he was sitting at his desk and drawing a big blue circle round and round. When he saw me watching, he pointed to it and told me that it was Jesus.
We have had a fairly good week here. Well, other than the fact that I twisted my ankle yesterday afternoon. Not sure when or how I did it, but it sure hurts.
Luke has cut his 6th tooth! He's been working on it for a while now and has been quite crabby about it, so this is a very exciting event for us! He also learned how to click his tongue the other day and spent hours doing it. He thought it was absolutely hysterical.
Brendan has his own laptop now. Well, in his imagination he does. He took the green box from the toy shelf, dumped out the cars that were in it, propped it up on the end table and started typing and told us that it was "Myenen's dapdot." (Brendan's laptop)
He also drew his first picture of Jesus the other day. Fortunately he told me it was Jesus... It was very cute, he was sitting at his desk and drawing a big blue circle round and round. When he saw me watching, he pointed to it and told me that it was Jesus.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
February 18
I've decided to cut back drastically on my internet use for Lent. Thus, I will only be online on Sundays. But, I will try to update the blog AND the website each Sunday. Which actually means that they'll probably get updated more often than they normally do!
We have some really nice warm weather coming our way the next week or so. I'm really looking forward to being able to take the boys outside to play more (without having to wrap them up in so much clothing that they can barely move)!
We had lunch with the deaf today after church. Brendan watched with fascination as they signed and after a few moments he started to "babble" in sign. Very funny and cute.
This morning was his first time having cereal with rice milk on it. He usually eats oatmeal or dry cereal for breakfast but today he noticed me putting rice milk on my cereal and asked for it on his. He did remarkably well. Only a few drips got on the table.
Luke slept through the night again last night! Yay!!! Some nights he does and some he doesn't, but it's definitely getting better. He's also starting to say Dada. I think Michael's pretty thrilled about that.
Well, dinner is ready so I'm going to go eat!
We have some really nice warm weather coming our way the next week or so. I'm really looking forward to being able to take the boys outside to play more (without having to wrap them up in so much clothing that they can barely move)!
We had lunch with the deaf today after church. Brendan watched with fascination as they signed and after a few moments he started to "babble" in sign. Very funny and cute.
This morning was his first time having cereal with rice milk on it. He usually eats oatmeal or dry cereal for breakfast but today he noticed me putting rice milk on my cereal and asked for it on his. He did remarkably well. Only a few drips got on the table.
Luke slept through the night again last night! Yay!!! Some nights he does and some he doesn't, but it's definitely getting better. He's also starting to say Dada. I think Michael's pretty thrilled about that.
Well, dinner is ready so I'm going to go eat!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
February 14
Happy St. Valentine's Day!
We're all doing quite well here. My back is completely recovered! That's a huge relief and is making life so much easier for me. Brendan is doing very well in our home preschool, I'm quite proud to say. He's getting very good at identifying the colors, letters, numbers and shapes he's learned so far. And he loves to point out Jesus in the pictures he colors each week. Luke is a daredevil as always. I think he spends all his naps and nights dreaming up new ways to injure himself. He has cut his two top front teeth! He has the two side top ones coming in, I think maybe later this week - two weeks at most. He also seems to be starting to sleep through the night! A very exciting thing for me.
I've recently come up with substitutes for soy sauce and cheese that are safe for our family to eat! Yay! We can have stir-fry and macaroni and cheese again!
Enjoy Brendan's first post below. I was trying to get him to type the alphabet as far as he knows it (A-E), but he got a bit excited and threw in a bunch of other letters. I don't think any of you mind!
We're all doing quite well here. My back is completely recovered! That's a huge relief and is making life so much easier for me. Brendan is doing very well in our home preschool, I'm quite proud to say. He's getting very good at identifying the colors, letters, numbers and shapes he's learned so far. And he loves to point out Jesus in the pictures he colors each week. Luke is a daredevil as always. I think he spends all his naps and nights dreaming up new ways to injure himself. He has cut his two top front teeth! He has the two side top ones coming in, I think maybe later this week - two weeks at most. He also seems to be starting to sleep through the night! A very exciting thing for me.
I've recently come up with substitutes for soy sauce and cheese that are safe for our family to eat! Yay! We can have stir-fry and macaroni and cheese again!
Enjoy Brendan's first post below. I was trying to get him to type the alphabet as far as he knows it (A-E), but he got a bit excited and threw in a bunch of other letters. I don't think any of you mind!
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