These are just some pictures of things we've been into/up to lately. Here are Grant and I building a block tower.
Then we must destroy it
Grant has really been up to a lot of mischief lately - like bringing lots of food into his room in the middle of the night, taking one bite of all the bananas, pouring water on things and discombobulating other people's Legos while they aren't around. That's just to name a few.
The other night he came out of his room and asked me to "take this off" (the self inflicted pen marks). There was a lot of scrubbing involved over a couple days to get it all off. He's also gotten really opinionated about pajamas lately. He's 2 1/2.
Another obsession: Legos and specifically Lego advent calendars the kids got. This policeman came in one of the sets. I love this guy and I love that he came with an extra mug - reminds me of this great 30 rock scene.
Grant has also had a strange obsession with flamingos lately. He stole a small plastic flamingo toy that one of the kids got in a goodie bag from school and took it with him wherever he went for several weeks. Many nights I was called in to rescue the "mingo" from under the bed. This flamingo also was a frequent visitor to Grant's pirate ship toy. The honorary mascot of his pirate friends. Here is Grant doing a "mingo" impression for me.
Matthew has been really into magic tricks lately. He hasn't read Harry Potter yet, still a little young. And he hasn't seen the movie, but he has been telling people he's a wizard and that he can do magic and asked for a Harry Potter wand for Christmas. We checked out a magic trick book from the library (the magician's alliance is not going to be happy about this). Here is Matthew doing a trick where he gets an ice cube to stick to a string using salt. We tried to explain the science principles involved...not sure he cared.
Many letters have been written recently to Santa or our Elf on the Shelf, Charlie.
This was one of Matthew's letters:
Dear Santa, Our Mom forgot that we were going to put our shoes out on December 5th. We thought you could come today. Your friend, Matthew Guptill.
John's latest obsession is cleaning off the coffee table for me. Regularly. So helpful. He often finds someone else's sippy cup too. Bonus. John is still going to physical therapy and has been getting more confident walking with a little baby walker. I think he's beefing up those muscles.
Here is John not napping when he should be. Grant used to be the worst sleeper and John was a great sleeper. Now the tables have turned. I have a really hard time getting John to nap during the day. Working on it.
And Anna. She has been really into doing Mommy things. She likes to help me cook and feed people. She also made this sign. We've had a "morning jobs" sign for many years and I recently revised it to a "before school jobs" sign. Anna had to make her own version. She hates asking for help with spelling and also hates accepting unsolicited spelling help. This worries me a little since I would like her to spell things correctly some day. She made this whole poster on her own and was so proud. She brought it to me and asked if she spelled everything right. I almost couldn't answer, I felt so bad. In my nicest way I told her some things weren't spelled right, but that it was a great sign. She was ok with it.
Anna's sign:
Morning Jobs
Brush Hair
Put on Clothes
Eat Breakfast
Put on Back packs (I think she ran out of room on that one)
Put on Gloves and Coat
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