Okay...so I'm a total blog stalker and I have been inspired by a fellow blogger to post some cute Toddler Stories. The boys are officially back to school now. They started back on the 15th and have transitioned great! Christopher has jumped right back into the swing of pre-school and has been doing great! Alexander has moved to the Toddler II room now, which means the next move will be to Pre-school (AUGHHH!! That's my baby!)!
*Alexander has been starting to potty train at school and has done very well! (No diapers soon I hope)
*Christopher has been dressing himself for awhile now, but always has a tough time with snapping his pants. His new teacher's, Ms. Irene, motto is "To Try First". So after a couple of days of trying to accomplish this task, late last week he did it! I hear that his face was priceless and he was very excited to tell me about it when I picked him up.
* Alexander is now counting almost to 12! He just randomly starts counting (sometimes objects, sometimes just to count) and almost always gets to 12 before he gets confused. Occasionally he gets to about 8 and stops, but he has counted as far as 14 without help before. We are very proud of our little man!
*Alexander has also been recently referring to himself as "De-De". Don't ask me why. We call him a lot of things (brother, Alex, Baby, etc.), but nothing that even sounds close to "De-De". He will say "De-De wants a snack" or "De-De needs juice". We will ask him "What is your name?" and he will respond by saying "Alexander King (which sounds more like aley-ander Ing), not "De-De". We haven't quite figured out where this is coming from, but it certainly is cute.
* Christopher has been a HUGE helper lately. The other day when we came home from school I had to run back to the van to get groceries and when I came back in Christopher had taken off both his and his brothers coats and had hung them on their hooks on the back porch! I know that it sounds like a simple task, but as mother's we take glory in the simple victories right? I was so proud! I didn't ask, he just took it upon himself to help out! He is turning into such a big boy!
So here are some just adorable stories! (Can you note the sarcasm??) :)
Christopher was being just a royal pain one of the last days at home with me before they went back to school. He had already been in trouble several times, once for hitting his brother in the face with a toy sword, and we were getting ready for nap. Now I feel like I should note that we are not common spanker's, we feel like if there is another way to deal with the situation then we will do that, but as a mother of two toddler boys I am well aware of the fact that sometimes a spanking is necessary. So they were going down for nap and he had gotten up several times. The last time I heard the pitter patter of little feet across the floor and a jump into bed. When I peaked into their room he was in a little ball on his bed, but wide awake, so I went over to scold him and fix his blankets and this is how the conversation went:
Mom: "Christopher, do not get out of this bed again. You will get in trouble!"
Christopher: A little smile that said "I don't care."
Mom: again.."Christopher if you get out of this bed again, I am going to spank your bare bottom. I am not kidding!"
Christopher: Emphatically-"Mommy! I am not a bear!"
Mom: "Christopher, I am well aware that you are not a bear, but you will still get a spanking!"
-It was all I could do not to roll on the floor laughing. I mean, seriously, how cute is that?!
Okay..so here's an Alexander story for all to appreciate. :) He has been going through this very stubborn stage. If he has his mind set on doing something his way that is the way that he thinks it should be done! So he had his mind made up one evening that I was going to change his diaper. I was busy working on something else so Sean took on the task. Will our stubborn little boy was not having any of that..he fought and screamed and cried the entire time Sean was changing his stinky diaper. Finally, he got his pants on and Alex took them right back off screaming "Mommy do it!". Sean put them back on and Alexander came running into me still screaming "Mommy do it!" I told him, just like Sean had several times, "Mommy is busy. Daddy changed your diaper this time, next time Mommy will change you, but you do not get everything your way Alexander.". So our little intuitive little one clenched up his face, grunted, and said "Mommy change now!" That little bugger popped his pants just so that I would change him!! Sean and I both just had to laugh..at least his sticks to his guns! I'm sure someday we will appreciate it.
Well...that is our life as parents of two boys! :) We will be posting more after the holidays with pictures as well as an adorable little video of Christopher and our nephew, Josh, at their Christmas program at church where Josh "directed" the other kids and Christopher did a little break dance in the middle of a song and howled during a song about Jesus in the manger (apparently, there was a coyote at his manger!). The both also took a very keen interest in the speaker and would hide behind it listening and then pop up. Very cute! Well...Merry Christmas to everyone!
