Learning to Smile

Henry learned how to smile for the camera this week. We also discovered Jack’s old overalls now fit him.

Jack is regressing in his smiling techniques. So we worked on his smile in the mirror for awhile and made some progress.

We also made them a reading “couch” in the dining room this week out of extra pillows. We spend a lot of time there. Henry prefers to read books when he drinks his sippy cup of milk, so 5 times a day we’re sitting on the couch reading. He knows lots of animal sounds now, and also points to all kinds of objects in his books when you ask them where they are. He is very opinionated when it comes to which books we read. He has his favorites and he is faithful to them.

Driving Around and the Dishwasher

Henry learned how to make his Lightning McQueen car go forwards and backwards this week, quite an accomplishment. So he drives around a lot right now. Or pushes Jack around.

He also loves the dishwasher and discovered he can climb on the door when it’s down.

Look at his face. He knows he’s not supposed to be up there.

Valentine’s Day

The boys woke up to a Valentine’s treasure hunt. Nathan drew clues for Jack that showed him where to go next… he loved it and Henry thought it was fun to go to the basement first thing in the morning.

The first clue took Jack to the basement and the ball cave.

Next he headed to the laundry room.

And he finally found their treasures (new paints for Jack and a Mickey Mouse for Henry) in the living room.

Next was a breakfast of strawberry milk and cinnamon rolls, and then Jack was off to his party at school, which he loved. He also got to ride home with his friend which was also very exciting.

Snow Day

It finally snowed today! Jack had a great time playing outside. He made two snowmen, one with the neighbors and one with me. He also went down our sledding hill lots and lots of times and helped me shovel the driveway. He bundled up four different times to go outside. And he also discovered he really likes eating snow.

 

Henry was not so sure about the snow. I think he enjoyed standing at the front windows and pointing at it more than being out in it.

Overheard

This afternoon, Jack and Henry were playing in the living room. Nathan and I were in the kitchen, at least during the beginning of the conversation.

Henry: Screaming and yelling

Jack: “Henry, you made a bad choice and now this is your consequence.”

Henry: More screaming and yelling

Nathan: “What is going on?”

Jack: “Henry was banging his maraca on the window. I told him that was a bad choice and I had to take it away for his consequence.”

Needless to say, Henry got the maraca back and Nathan informed Jack (again) that he is not in charge of Henry.

My blogging app on the iPad isn’t working, so I’m a little behind on posts. Here are some pictures of what we’ve been up to lately.

We had an indoor picnic for lunch one Sunday after church.

 

Henry’s love for hats grew.

Jack had pajama day at school.

We created a “ball cave” underneath the stairs in the basement.

Jack got to feed Henry his oatmeal.

And the boys got even cuter.