Double Trouble

When I look at them I can't help but wonder how much trouble they are going to get into together. Thomas asked if he could hold Nathan so they could play video games together. I love their sweet smiling faces. I also put Nathan in his excersaucer. He loves moving the toys on it so that the music plays.

Swingin'

A few weeks ago I decided to weed the backyard flower beds. Thomas was outside with me playing on the swingset. Several times he called for me to give him "one more push". I told him to wait a minute until I finished weeding the area where I was. Then I heard him say, "Nevermind." I looked over and he was swinging all by himself!! I yelled, "Thomas, you're pumping all by yourself!!" He smiled and said, "I knew I could do it at school. I didn't know I could do it here!" I laughed out loud. He said that a boy at school taught him how. (The same boy who taught him how to snap.) Here are pictures of him on this special day. The following day we went outside to play again and we set up Nathan's swing. They both had fun playing in the sunshine.

All Thumbs!

Guess who found their thumb?!

Back to School

It's been pretty unbelievable about how busy we have been within the past few weeks. In fact, it's been quite a blurr. There's so much to update on that I am going to break it down by child!
News About Nathan:
I started back to work on August 17th. Nathan began going to his sitter that week also. He is in the same home care provider that Thomas went to when he was an infant. She said that he is doing well. He pretty much only sleeps and eats while he's there. He is now taking a big 8oz. bottle near the 8pm time and goes to bed at 9pm and sleeps until about 4 or 5 am. It is so nice to be able to sleep for more than 3 hours at a time. I am starting to feel human again. Nathan is now cooing up a storm and loves looking in the little infant car mirror and smiling at himself. He is such a happy baby and I'm not just saying that because I'm his mother! The picture below is of his first day of "school" at 8 weeks old.

News About Thomas:
Thomas didn't start his school until August 24th so thankfully Ken took off a week to be home with him while I worked. (Ken also was also able to take off the week before that when Thomas had his adenoids and tonsils removed. All is well with Thomas now!) It was nice to practice getting out the house early in the morning with only one kid. I had to ease myself into our reality! We have to be out the door near the 6:45 time in order for me to drop Thomas and Nathan off and be at work by 7:45. It's not as bad as it sounds, but it makes for very LONG days! Thomas started at a new school this year. We went to their Open House last Saturday. He is in the same class as his best buddy, Luke. There are 12 kids in his class with two teachers. We signed him up for Tumble Time on Thursdays to help give his week some excitement. We plan to sign him up for T-Ball in the Spring. He had a good first week. In the beginning he was leery about taking a nap and eating their lunches, but now that we got all of that worked out, I think he is going to have a successful year. I really want him ready for next Fall when he starts Kindergarten. He brought his teachers flowers on the first day just like I did when I went to Nursery School. I love the picture of the boys in front of the school. I actually stopped and "inhaled" the moment when I took the picture. I think I actually said aloud, "Oh my God, I have two kids!"

Thomas, Luke and their teacher Mrs. Garrett.

I wanted to also post the picture of the boys I took on Wednesday morning. Here they are wearing matching monster shirts that the Scheffer family got them. I am so glad they both smiled at the same time! Aren't they cute (even at 6am)?

Thomas Learns to Tie

Thomas learned how to tie! Well....sort of. He didn't learn to tie his shoes. He learned how to tie a neck tie! Several months ago, Thomas became obsessed with the movies The Night at the Museum and its sequel. He loves Ben Stiller's character "Larry Daley". "Larry", the night guard, wears a jacket, "slacks", boots, a set of keys, a flash light, and of course...a neck tie! Thomas often dresses like Larry and doesn't want to come out of character. When he requested a neck tie, which Papa provided, Ken and I were stumped on how to tie it when it accidently became untied. We actually watched YouTube tutorials on how to tie a tie, but we never got the hang of it. Papa had to teach us the correct way. Well, since Thomas dresses in chracter so often we end up re-tying it several times a day. That's when Thomas surprised us this week! He learned how to do it himself! We now have hope that he'll learn to tie his shoes!

Funny Stories

There have been a few occasions that I have wanted to write down conversations that Thomas and I have had. I thought you'd like to have a laugh just like I did...

Story 1: Miller's School Supply
Thomas, Nathan and I recently went to Miller's School Supply to gather some materials for school. If you purchase $35, (which is not hard to do),then you get to go into their chocolate shop and get a free piece of chocolate. Thomas went inside and gave his little ticket to Mrs. Miller. She said, "Hi, Darlin'. What kind of chocolate would you like? Dark or Milk chocolate?" Thomas took a piece of milk chocolate and said thank you. Mrs. Miller replied, "You're welcome Darlin'. Come back and see me." Thomas then said while pointing to his chest, "My name is NOT Darlin'; it's Thomas." Ha! I guess I need to teach him about term of endearment!!

Story 2: The Ring
Thomas has been really enjoying pretend play. He is constantly talking to an imaginary person or animal. When I put Thomas down for a nap last week, I heard him talking and talking. I went inside and asked what he needed. He said, "I need a ring." "A ring?", I asked. "What kind of ring?" He said, " A ring like yours." "Why do you need a ring like mine?", I asked him. He looked up and simply said, " I want to be married." I smiled. "Who are you going to marry?" I asked him. "Myself, " he replied. I expained that you can't marry yourself. I explained how mommy married daddy. He said, "I'll marry you." He demanded for me to go look around the house for a ring. When I brought back a little carnival prize type ring, he said no....that's not the right kind.
"I need one with a stem, " he said. Ha! (The "stem" being the center diamond setting prongs.)

Random Cuteness

There have been a few pictures that I have been meaning to post.

Nathan just loves being with Thomas. They love to snuggle together. Here's a picture of Thomas showing Nathan how to play video games after bath time.













Here's Morris' new resting spot. I find him sometimes laying on the changing pad in Nathan's room. He thinks HE'S the baby!













And here is Nathan loving on his little puppy. OK...I know it doesn't have meaning to him yet, but he smiles when the fuzzy puppy ears touch his cheeks. He smiles so big when we hold it up to him.













Lastly, the other day Mr. Bill and Mary came over for a visit. Nathan showed off his sweet smile!