Odds and Ends

A few short stories to keep you in the loop on the little people. Halloween pictures will hopefully be posted soon, but for now here's a few things that are going on at our house:

Scissors. Such a simple word. So many complications in using them. First, there's the simple mastery of moving the fingers and thumb the correct way. Often there's a question of which hand to use, or should I use both hands, and then once I decide about that, which way should I hold them. Then we move on to the cutting. What to cut? Of course, Mom prefers we cut paper. Specifically only paper that she gives us to cut. But wouldn't it be fun to cut something else? Hmmm. What else could we cut? Ah, I know. Hair! Yes, little brother hair is perfect for cutting. What? I wasn't supposed to do that? Oops. Sorry (said with big grin). [Note from Mom: literally 2 minutes of 2 boys alone with 2 pairs of scissors, and now Z needs to grow out his new "haircut" before I actually take him somewhere to professionally have it cut. Geez.]

The Fine Art of Blasting. Two boys sitting at the kitchen table. A says "No, that's not the way you do it. You have to do it like this," as he proceeds to say a combination of "pfffffffffffft" (while saliva sails from the mouth and all over the table) and "pow pow pow" with a bit of "p-chhhh" thrown in for good measure. Z tries to duplicate. "Good job. That's better. But still not right. Do it like this." and the lesson continues. Spit continues to fly. Boys are happy.

Z pronunciations
The kid is talking up a storm, and more and more of it is easily recognized as being somewhere in the English language. And he's even pulling out full sentences. His most commonly heard word by far is "alright". The second most common is "no" (he's 2, remember?).
Milk = Milp
Sticky/Stinky = sssssssssssssstiky
Dog = dog dog
Cracker = crackie
Pancake = cookie
Bagel = waffle (we had both one morning, and he's convinced I have the names wrong)

The boys are doing great. School is great. Science and swimming classes are fun. We're doing lots of coloring, and getting ready to hunker down for a cold winter. Life is good for us, and we hope it's good for you.