Talking Twins

The twins are becoming quite the talkers. Olivia is excelling; she uses nice long sentences. She's using pronouns and action words. She names colors, shapes, and letters. She's doing great! Her speech is pretty clear. Her favorite word(s): I want, which she somehow combines to sound like one word. But it is I want ____ and I want____ all day now! My favorite word that she says is "poot." Which means "poop." It's so funny. I laugh every time she says it.

Caleb talks a lot, too. But he is quite hard to understand at times, poor fella. Lucky for him he was born to a speech pathologist, so we work on things. He just doesn't use consonants. He sure knows what he's saying! I can definitely understand him most of the time, but that's a mommy thing.

Oh no!

Isaac to me today: "Mommy, my hair is bothering my brain!"

Don't worry. He fixed it so that wouldn't be a problem anymore.

Where does he come up with this stuff?!

Saving the Day!

I was sitting out in the living room, and all 3 kids were playing in the office. They were playing nicely, but I still called out to them and asked "What are you guys doing?"

Isaac's response: "We're saving the day!"

This means they were playing superheroes. . . again. Not a big surprise!

Iceman

We had some freezing rain last week, with lots of ice covering the swingset, fence, and trees. Isaac said, "Maybe Iceman just iced everything!"

Who's Iceman, you ask?

Just another superhero (Isaac's current obsession) that Isaac has created! He's such an imaginative little guy!

Dr. Phil

I had the Dr. Phil show on the other day, and Isaac saw his name on the TV. He thinks, since Phil starts with a "P," he should be "Dr. Pill" instead of "Dr. Phil."

And then he asked, "Does that doctor fix anybody?"

Good question.

Thumbsucker

Isaac has recently told me that he does not suck his thumb anymore. . . but I caught him in the act the other day.

Mommy: "Isaac, I thought you didn't suck your thumb anymore!"
Isaac: "I was just fixing my mouth. It was all tangled up."

Boy he thinks fast, doesn't he?!

Bumpits

Have you seen the TV commercials for the Bumpits? Isaac asked me the other day if I had one. Now I'm a little worried about what my hair looks like!

A Night Out for Christmas!

Isaac: "Daddy, what do you want for Christmas?"
Nate: "A night out!"
Isaac: "A night out is not a toy! Santa can't bring you a night out."
Nate: "You're probably right."
Isaac, after thinking a minute: "Santa can bring you a tent! Then you can have a night out!"

Uh-oh. . .

At school they have a stoplight behavior system. Kids are given a warning, and then they have to move their "clips" (clothespins) on the stoplight if the behavior continues. One day, Isaac came home from school, and he told me that he moved his clip to green (red is the worst). When I asked him why, he told me. . . "I just couldn't stop asking Ms. Jenny!" It turned out that they were doing a fun activity, and he was so ready for it to be his turn, so he kept asking his teacher if it was his turn yet. . . I just loved how he put it! He COULDN'T stop asking!

Curious Question from Isaac. . .

Do penguins have teeth?

Good question, and I looked it up! No, they don't. They swallow their food whole!

According to Isaac. . .

All toilets lead to the sea. . .

Yes, we had been watching Finding Nemo!