Merry Christmas

The boys had a wonderful Christmas. We have been "Christmasing" since last Saturday evening. They got almost everything on their list and have been very busy trying out all of their choices. Papaw Phil got them some dump trucks that weren't really made to be ride-on toys but they both climbed right in and love to be gently dumped out.

They also got "retro" tricycles from Mimi. They are not quite big enough to reach the pedals yet but they like to be pushed around on them.

Other favorites are an ark from Granmomma and Granpapa, a farm from mom and dad, and a bouncy horse from Grandaddy and Gramma. They also discovered lasagna at Christmas dinner.

Giggle box turned over

Jack thinks my mom is really funny. We took this video Friday during dinner. Charlie was laughing pretty hard at the end too but Jack was so tickled you can barely hear Charlie.

Ridiculous weather

Yesterday's high was 75. The boys wore shorts and t-shirts and played outside in their sandbox. They also spent a little time in their new favorite - the laundry basket. In this picture Charlie was practicing his fake sneeze while Jack did his signature nose scrunch.

The Crud

We have had the crud since the day before Thanksgiving. Needless to say, I am way behind in preparing for the holidays. It doesn't help that the high today is supposed to be 76. The boys were pretty puny but they are finally feeling better. They have really taken to the laundry basket and saying no-no-no. Jack also says dog, which is really cute. He says daohhhhhhh guh. About half the time he leaves off the guh entirely as if it was just way too much work.

Squeaky Clean

Although it may look like we've started bathing the boys in the washer (and sometimes I don't think it would be such a bad idea), that's not true. Chip was changing clothes over and just had no other place to set Charlie. When my mom saw him she set Jack in as well and wallah, cute pictures.

Spoons

Charlie has started to eat with a spoon. Last night he had half a container of strawberry yogurt. I have to put a bite on the spoon and hand it to him, he eats it then hands it back for another bite. Every third bite or so he throws the spoon into the floor and we have to get another.

Jack will take the spoon, rake the food off with his hand, carefully inspect the spoon then throw it to the ground. He has just started crawling on his hands and knees and is working on his 13th tooth. I thought the molars were bad but the canines are proving to be worse. (Charlie is just finishing up his 12th.) Jack has really taken to Mexicorn and decided to wear a little last night.

Mom, hairdresser extrordinaire

I cut the boys hair last night. It's fairly easy to cut a little boy's hair as there doesn't have to be too much "style" involved. The fact that they are pretty wiggly does pose a challenge though. It turned out pretty well but Jack decided his would look better with a little product. Lacking access to any actual hair stuff he used mashed banana instead.