Soccer Practice

How do we keep our windows clean?...
We don't!

One of Daniel's favorite activities of late is washing his hands and the dishes in the kitchen sink. We encourage this and hope it will blossom into something helpful one day.


We're trying to teach Vincent a couple words in sign language for the high chair (since he keeps yelling when he wants more food). "more" is the first word, and he looks like he's trying. Instead of bringing his fingertips together, he does a kind of wave with one hand, but it looks like an attempt.

George and Daniel have been playing tiny tot soccer on Saturdays. It's very cute, but Daniel is really not that into it. He's good at kicking the ball and can dribble really well, but he's not really interested. Vincent, on the other hand, kept crawling right into the middle of all the action. He loves it and wasn't at all afraid of all the large people running around him.

When George gets home from work, Daniel sometimes greets him "hi, Honey"

When asked to throw something away he replies "yes I do!"

Today he informed me when I walked in from the backyard "Becky, I hurt my brother, my mincent"

The question most often asked is "where's mel mel? where's Carrie? where's Auntie Tracy? and so on. The "why's" have not yet begun. It's all about the "where"

After the illness from last week, we tried to get Daniel to make up for some of the food he wasn't eating for days. He's already skinny, and he lost 2 lbs last week. So after dinner, we tried giving him chocolate pudding. He decided he didn't like it by looking at it (which is how it usually goes) so George tried to get some in his mouth. It was all over his face by the time he finally licked his lips and got a small taste. No more convincing was needed.

3 Ear Infections

This has been Daniel's expression all week. For the past three days he's been sick. This morning we went to the Doctor's and got diagnosed with two ear infections for Daniel and one for Vincent. They've both been sick, but last night was a doozy with both boys waking up crying every couple hours.

Vincent hasn't lost his appetite through the ordeal. His brother has eaten very little the last three days.

Two Teeth

If you look closely, you can see Vincent's two new teeth. He'll be 10 months old in a few days and he just grew into his brother's old size 18 month wardrobe. He's gotten so smiley the last several weeks, his little personality is developing and it's so fun to watch.

This outfit evolved during the course of the day. He's really taken a liking to these boots we got for him last winter.

With Daniel, it's a constant struggle to keep from smiling or laughing when he needs a stern talking to. He is hilarious. The other day in the grocery store I tossed a few boxes of tea over his head into the cart. He very sternly said "no, no mommy. Don't throw that. Obey. Say. 'yes, Daniel'" He was quite serious. In fact, he used my exact scolding tone of voice. And he was right, I keep telling him not to throw things unless it's a ball. But what two year old gets to talk to their mom like that. I didn't laugh at him though.

Smiles

Daniel has really been enjoying coloring and painting lately. He had some help with this masterpiece.

Vincent was watching his daddy work out the window.