Update on the boys

My two boys. How I love them. And how they have changed. Sorry that its been awhile, but let me fill you in on the boys and what they have been doing lately.

 I'll start with Luke. Here are some of the things that I hope I never forget about him at this age:

• All the cute things he says and how he says them. He calls Will, "Bill", he says upstairs and downstairs with a very southern twang. His favorite words right now are christmas tree, santa, turkey and pop-tart and uh-huh(which means yes). He can say all the important things he needs in order to get what he needs. He is still learning to put words together to make phrases. He is not making complete sentences yet, but we know that they are coming soon.
• He calls his paci "poppy". This can be very confusing when he is in the room with one of his 2 Poppies! We are hoping to give the poppy up soon. Right now, we use it at home and to sleep. But this one is attached, very attached. 
• He loves to snuggle and to give us a "tiss". He loves to hug and will even pat you on the back when he hugs you. Its really sweet!
• He can count to 10, thanks to the fact that we play hide and seek almost everyday. He also seems to think that you have to say "ready or not, here I come!" after he says 10! 
• He loves his brother so much and is constantly looking for him around the house when he is at school.
• When he wants your full attention he will take his little hands and move your face so that it is looking right at him. 
• He will say "mommy" 18 times in a row, in order to make sure I know that he needs something!
• He hates having his picture taken.
• He hates the Chick-fil-a cow or any other dressed up character. This will make our upcoming Disney trip very interesting!
• He is happy pretty much all the time!

And now for the big boy Will. I hope I never forget at this age that Will likes to:

• Dance! This kid loves to dance and to shake his booty, as he says!
• He loves to sing and is always coming home to share a new songs with us.
• He loves school and all of his friends there. He has always been such a social child and school has just enhanced his love of people. He is constantly coming home to tell me about a new friend in his class. Just this past weekend, we got to go his first class birthday party. Three of his closest school friends were there and it was fun to get to see how well he played and interacted with them.
• He loves to pray and has become our go to guy at meal time to lead the family in prayer. Mike and I enjoy hearing his heartfelt prayers as well as sneaking a glance at the passionate look he has on his face.
• He is all about being a big boy these days. So that means he likes to do a lot of things by himself. He likes to dress himself, buckle his seat belt, and pour his own bowl of cereal among other things. I am so proud of him, but a little sad at the same time. So, I jump at the opportunity to help him now since I am not sure how much longer he will need me for some things.
• He love riding his bike and being outside. I think he would sleep out there if we let him!
• He has a passion for learning and for books. Going to the library is very important to him and that makes me very happy. He listens intently to the things we tell him and I am amazed at the things he remembers!
• He loves God and wants to know more and more about him. He is always asking questions like, "How big is God?" that we can't quite answer, but we love his desire to know more about Him.
• He is happy pretty much all the time!

Halloween 2012

This year our Halloween was simple. It was just the 4 of us walking through our neighborhood. We live in a large neighborhood and through taking frequent walks we have met several people, so we hit up all of their houses for the chance to say hi, chat and catch up briefly. 

We went with ready-made costumes, because they knew who they wanted to be in September and frankly because I am not very creative. Will wore his Woody hat for about 4 houses. Luke refused to wear his Spiderman mask and opted for a baseball cap. I guess that made him a little more individual than the other 25 Spidermans we saw that night.

 After about 1 hour and 15 minutes we came home with 2 pumpkins, or cunkins and Luke calls them, full of candy. We figured they had achieved their goal to get as much candy as they could.  Now, if only I could get rid of the candy that was left before we all get cavities!