A Little Bit of L and M

Had been jotting down a few notes and thought this would be a good time to share them! A few Lorelei quotes...

"I wear hood. I in the arctic." (To go outside with her winter coat.)

"Mom, you just passed post office." (As drove past it and that was where we needed to go...need caffeine!!!)

"Ugh!" (That would be her growling in frustration. And boy has that one gotten bad...and of course she learned it from the pro, yours truly...now we are both working on not growling. :) )

"Mommy. Use your inside voice."

She has a renewed love for her toy camera...but picks up some more nasty mom habits where I get to hear myself..."Say cheese! No, you move. It blurry. Sit still. Do it again. See?" Not always those all at once, but you get the idea. I am getting very good at standing still for the princess camera.

And this little man seems to be growing up fast as usual! When you take his picture...even pretend, he will now smile (sometimes) and say, "eeeee" for "cheese." He will also hold the toy camera to take our picture and tells us, "eeeee." :)

He believes silverware must be used at ALL times. Toast...trail mix...

He applauds everything. He finally got his first good bit of pizza the other night and after he ate it, he applauded it. :) Guess we have another pizza lover in the family!

We happened to catch a few minutes of Dancing With The Stars (have not watched at all this season) and he twirled around like the dancers on the TV and then when they ended with arms up, he threw his arms up in the air. :) He really has good rhythm in general and loves to move to the beat.

When you ask him a question like "What should you eat?" or "Which book should we read?" He says "Hmmm" with his finger to his mouth.

He gets Lorelei's bat, pics up the ball and hands it to us to pitch it to him. Then he usually ends up hitting it around like a golf ball when he can't hit the pitch. :)

Ah and the biggest craze lately. Anytime he gets in trouble, can hear a tone in my voice or I give him "the look" he cocks his head to the side like "you can't be mad at ME mom!?" OH man I am still working very hard not to laugh every time.

And had to share this one of the two of them. Our community "playground" is what I just call "the slide" since that's all it is. However, we have taken several walks over to the slide lately with the nice cool weather. Many times after afternoon nap. They only last 5-15 minutes there, but its nice to get some extra fresh air each day. They LOVE going down the slide together.

And as for the two of them...mostly sweetness together. They adore each other and Lorelei still looks out for her little brother and will speak up for him...and can even reach to hand him something in the car now! Very rarely they will play together, but it is starting to happen! Absolutely love it.