Monday: 28 months

Joshua turned 28 months today.

He wanted to sit for his picture today.  And drag his quilt around.  I finally got him to lay down, but he was crying.  I took pictures and then comforted him.

Joshua's newest favorite word is "can't".  He uses this when he actually can't do something or when he just doesn't want to try.  I still make him try, and often he can do it.

He is still a rather picky eater, but crunchy beans are still a favorite so I at least get some sort of vegetable in him.  Sometimes he'll eat his fruit, sometimes not.  Same thing with the meat.  He often won't even try the food on his plate.  He gets very upset if he thinks it is time to eat and the food isn't immediately ready.

Sleeping  - we took the side off his crib and haven't had any trouble with him getting out of bed by himself.  He sleeps from about 8pm to 7am with a nap in the middle of the day.  However, he still wakes me up several times during the night because his blankets fell off.  We tried something new last night, because two nights ago was terrible, and it worked a bit better.  However, he had only had two slices of strawberry for dinner so he woke me up to remind me that he wanted to finish his donut for breakfast and that his blankets weren't quite right.

Joshua loves to run around, especially if he is being chased or running with Isaac.  Really, he enjoys doing anything with Isaac.  There are still frequently bears in/near the house, and this last month there were some ghosts too.  He likes to play with Duplos and SnapCircuits and likes to color.  He usually enjoys reading.  He is starting to enjoy doing stuff in the kitchen with me and can almost be trusted not to make a huge mess.  He also likes hiding with Ben and that is currently his go to game after dinner.  They hide in the corner of the couch and...something.  I'm not really sure what goes on.

Joshua is quite resilient and if something got hurt during playing usually just needs a quick hug and then any tears change to tears of annoyance because he wants to go play again.  He knows the phrase I seem to say the most: "rub it out" and has told me to do the same thing a few times.

Saturday/Sunday: happenings

Saturday Isaac got to go on a sleepover at Larry and Cheryl's with Scarlet and Autumn.  He was excited, but we did have the following odd conversation:

Isaac: Can you take a picture of yourself for me?

Amanda: Well, there were be lots of pictures of me at Grandma's house.

Isaac: But I want one from today.  So I can remember what you look like.

Joshua was very sad to have to come home with me, but it was good to have some one-on-one time with him.  He made a faucet for Ben to drink from.

Today I picked Isaac up and he was so sad to be leaving.  He stopped listening while we were getting ready to go and then was teary for a while.

We had a second Thanksgiving with some of Ben's coworkers and the turkey was delicious.  I think it was the best I've ever had.

Friday: cleaning

Amanda: ug.  The kitchen's a mess.  I'm not even sure where to start.
Isaac stands up from where he's eating.
Isaac: you should start with the toys.
Amanda: ok.  Is that what you do when you clean your room?
Isaac: I just start with something easy.  Let me know when you're done and I'll help you figure out the next step.

Thanksgiving

Ahh, it was a nice day today.

The boys and I went to church this morning.  Isaac made it through the whole service for the first time.  We were near the back, but not completely in the back; hopefully he didn't distract the people behind us too much.

Then we had dinner with Ben's family.  There was good food and a nap and we played some games.

Joshua didn't take a nap today and really did pretty well.  Near 6:30pm he started going a bit crazy, but I wasn't sure if it was normal crazy or tired crazy.  We went home for an early bedtime.  I did take the side off of his crib this morning; I figured that he would be so tired tonight that he wouldn't get out.  (I do have the side nearby though, in case it doesn't go as smoothly as I hope.)

"Give thanks to Him and praise His name.
For the LORD is good and His love endures forever;
His faithfulness continues through all generations."
Psalm 100:4b-5

Wednesday: Thanksgiving prep

They both did an excellent job with their respective fruits.  I was rather impressed.

Tuesday: books

I've tried to buy three children's books in the past two months.  Two were out of print.

I don't know if I'm doing something right or something wrong.

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Monday: not what I expected

This morning, if you asked me what we'd be doing from 7-8pm tonight, I'd probably guess chores.  That's not what we ended up doing.

We played Taker Monsters.  Isaac started by taking our slippers and running them to his room, and Joshua just ran behind Isaac.  Then Isaac took my socks.  Joshua got stuck on Ben's sock, but finally got it.  Ben and I suddenly had to find more things, since this was an easy game for us and the boys were happy.  Pillows...spare blankets...dirty clothes.  "Taker monsters, please don't take our dirty clothes," we would say as the boys happily took something and ran off with it.  We caught them at one point and tried changing them into bringer monsters, but it wasn't until it was time to be done did they change into Giver Monsters.

In other news, the stuffed animal from my childhood had an exciting day.  He visited Joshua a few nights ago to try and help with the wind scares, which didn't really help.  Today Joshua got him out of the crib though.