So I must say this will be lots of random posting and thought but hey, everybody has to get caught up, right?
This is how Isaac now poses for all his pictures. Even when we go to have real pictures made unless we catch him off guard this is how they end up. I love this kid. Can you believe he's going to be three soon?
I must say I'm even more excited about this Christmas than any before. Isaac liked Christmas last year but didn't quite understand what was happening. Noah pretty much slept through Christmas last year. But this year, it's a different story. First, I can't believe most store have their Christmas tree's up in October, but they do. Isaac is so excited. Every time he sees a Christmas Tree he says "OH MOMMY LOOKS IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!!!!" He can barely contain his excitement. I want to put up the tree so bad but I'm waiting till Thanksgiving. Plus I think it's going to be the year we have to tie it down. Isaac always liked the tree and has broken a few ornaments here and there, but I'm afraid Noah might climb it. This kids climbs everywhere.
As anybody who has more than one child knows, two children of the same gender and almost the same age, from the same family can be completely different. This is the case with my boys. They are as different as night and day. They are at the age where they are beginning to extremely funny. Now not all the things are funny for sure. Like when Isaac decides to draw "round and rounds" on the kitchen floor while Bill and I are trying to help Noah when he's sick. I'm a horrible mother and made him take a rag and try to clean up is "round and rounds." Round and rounds are circles. He knows his shapes, but when he colors he says he's drawing round and rounds. It's so funny the names they use to identify things.
Isaac's deductive reasoning skills are amazing. Actually he's just amazing. Of course we think he's brilliant, but I'm pretty sure every parent believes their child is brilliant or gifted. It wasn't until people at church and hearing people comment on how smart he was while we were out did I think maybe he is pretty smart. At 2 and 1/2 he knows all of his letter, upper and lower case and can tell you the sound that each letter makes. This weekend I was even practing putting sound of letters together to make words and he was doing amazing. He knows all of his shapes and love pointing out octagons and hexagons. I always have to stop and figure out how many sides it has, but he knows. He can count to 8, sometime he counts 1,2,3,4,5,6,14,17,18,19,20. Other than missing a few numbers in between he does good :-) We've also determined that he doesn't realize he's a little boy. We think that he thinks he's grown. If we go to the playground or a play place, he always says "Mommy looks at those little kids. Can I play with the kids?" He also says "Mommy, let's go to church because there's kids in my class and I like to play with them." It's like he's helping the "little kids" play. He doesn't realize he's one of them.
So for the funny stories of Isaac.
When Isaac's in trouble, there's usually one parents who administers the discipline. Isaac always yells "I want ________" If I'm getting him in trouble he wants Daddy. If Daddy's getting him in trouble, he wants Mommy. Last night he was getting in trouble from both of us at the same time. He jumps in the floor and yells "I WANT" then he looks around and realizes the only person he's not in trouble with is Noah and just yells "I WANT YOU!" It was so funny I had to walk away. He didn't know what to do or who to choose since we were both unhappy with his behavior. It was so funny.
Earlier in the day Bill told Isaac that he had rabbit pellets in his diaper. Before bed I was changing his diaper and he says "Mommy! I have rabbit's in my butt, can you see them?" I said "Isaac what are you talking about?" "Mommy, I have rabbit's in my butt, Daddy said there were rabbit's in my diaper so they are in my butt too." I had a hard time not just dying laughing.
Noah on the other hand doesn't have a lot to say. He has many words. His favorite are "TEN!!!!" He loves that word. Of course the next favorite is " no, no, no Mommy." He also loves to say Isaac. It's so cute when he says it. He's a pretty quiet boy and only has something to say when he feels it's important.
His new favorite thing to do when you call his name is to smile real big, tilt his head in his "I'm cute you can't be mad at me" fashion, then run as quickly as he can in the opposite direction. He's just crazy.
Another new thing he does....when he gets upset with you or doesn't like what you have to say he smacks his belly and throws himself in the floor. Last night he began this with a little dance. So we all did his dance and acted like he was acting. (Not the best parenting moment, but we laughed and Isaac thought it was hilarious) Noah did not find this funny at all. He just made a loud exhaling sound and ran off. He didn't throw himself in the floor again the rest of the night.
All in all with a one year and two year old I think we do pretty well. Hey, we're all still alive :-) No broken bones or stitches yet. That's pretty good as hard as these boys play. I love these boys more than you could ever imagine. They make me smile when I'm sad and I love to get random pictures of them while I'm working or the random prank phone call from Noah breathing in the phone and laughing when I tell him to take the phone to Daddy. Even though I'm thankful to be able to sit for a moment when they go to bed, I often think of how boring our lives would be without these boys. Being a mommy is the hardest but best thing in the world. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
The face is so cute, but the mess is not.
