shoe envy

This morning I was trying to get Nate to put on his shoes. It went something like this.

Me: "Nate, put on your shoes now."
Nate: "Mommy, I don't want to be Nile's brother!"
Me: "What?"

I turn around and Nile is trying to put his shoes on. Apparently that is enough to make Nate want to disown him.

Cat in the hat

With Nate's new need to dress himself, I think I need to get him a different hat, one that isn't supposed to fold up.

a polite boy

Last week was Tom's mother's birthday. Tom ordered flowers for her and had them delivered during the day, when the boys were there. He also put Nate's and Nile's names on the card. We had told Nate that there would be a surprise coming for Gramma, so he was expecting the "UPS Truck."

When the flowers arrived, Gramma says to Nate, "Oh Nate, thank you so much for the flowers!"

Nate responds, in his quite grown up fashion, "It's my pleasure."

Sometimes I wonder where he picks up some of the things he says...he didn't get that one from us, that's for sure.

dancing in the sunshine

I wanted to share one of those rare perfect moments in our household, when everything is going right in the world and everyone is happy.

Sandwich!

Nile has never eaten a sandwich before, so I thought this event was blog-worthy.

A Milestone

Today Nate decided that he was going to get dressed all by himself. I was a little worried when he disappeared upstairs and it was so quiet, but I decided to let it go as he's old enough to be left alone once in a while. Imagine my surprise when he came downstairs fully dressed, socks and all. Somehow he had gotten his shirt which was hanging in the closet, I didn't think he could reach them. Even more impressive? The shirt and pants match, in a combination I've never put on him before.

He proudly let me take his picture. To pacify Nile, who wanted to be in Nate's picture, I took his too.

dancining

Nile really loves Raffi...Becky gave him an MP3 player for Christmas and we've loaded it up with tracks from Raffi Live in Concert. Now that he's figured out how to get to his favorite songs, we're free from having to be "DJ Raffi" for him. Although this doesn't totally protect us from his love of repeat playings of "Baby Beluga," at least we are no longer continually being called to the stereo to start the song over. (Honestly, once I really did put that track on "repeat" for about a half hour...)

Tonight he was especially moved by "All I Really Need," so much so that he just had to break out into dancing. Or should I say "dancining?" Enjoy.

Tickle Monster

I think we have finally turned a corner. Today I was sitting in the basement at the computer, and both boys were playing under the desk. From below the desk surface I hear Nate singing"Tickle, Tickle, Tickle..."

I half expected him to attack me, but no, he was tickling Nile. And Nile was tickling him back.

The boys may be finally learning to play together!