Are you otay?

Gavin speaks amazingly well for being two. At least to us he does. James wasn't talking like this till at least 2 1/2. We love hearing him say sentences and respond to us- it's just so cool!

One of his favorite things to say is "Are you otay? Are you all better?". If I do anything that sounds distressing he asks me this. And the "all better" part is so thoughtful... like, "Are you... all bet-ter". This kid is so much fun. He is finally evening out with his terrible twos... or we've adapted a whole lot better. He still has his days but we're getting through them easier. He is such a treat and we can't get enough of him.

Holy Ghost

This is not a spiritual post.

It is Halloween time! And James has decided that all ghosts are the HOLY Ghost. I thought maybe he just did it once accidentally... no. It is eveerry time.

Point to a ghost, "What is that, James?"

James: "The Holy Ghost!!!"

Reading Corduroy and the Best Halloween Ever. In the end of the book, Corduroy decides to be a ghost for Halloween after giving up his dino costume for a friend. Every time, James says, "He's the Holy Ghost!"

Seriously. This kid is so dang funny.

Brothers

The other night when I was putting the boys down, they were being a little goofy. When we are reading stories, we are always on James bed. It's Gavin by the wall, James in the middle, me on the edge. I was reading "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (a collection of nursery rhymes), and James all of a sudden starts stroking Gavin's cheek. They break out in a fit of giggles. Of course it is repeated then! They keep doing this. Funniest part is watching Gavin's recovering face- he was totally trying to get a straight face for the next giggle-fest. So funny!! I have never seen him TRY to not laugh... to get ready to laugh!! Oh man... crack me up.

Right now we are watching Super Why. Gavin came down about 10 minutes ago. James was on the opposite end of the couch. When he finally realizes Gavin is hear, he jumps over to him, snuggles in the blanket next to him. "Gavin, you are Awaaake??" (said with much inflection, of course. it is James). Then he proceeds to stroke his cheek and wait for laughter. And laugh they did.

If You Try

James has an adorable voice. Adorable. And his inflection... well, it just adds to the adorableness. I need to get it on video more. The other day, I was doing something on my phone... can't remember what... and James comes up to me with his Magne-Doodle.
James: Mommy, you can draw Captain America... if you try!

Said with the sweetest, goofiest smile and inflection ever. It's his new "I-want-my-way-so-I'm-being-sweet" voice. And it usually works because it means he isn't whining and crying to me to get his way. Which is just... getting old.

Such a sweet boy

More more more

Holy cow, I need to start writing down what the boys are saying every day and write in here every day. They are so cute and funny. Exhausting and energetic... but cute and funny nonetheless.

Jack-jack is officially a walker as of last week. He took his first steps around a month ago, and walking a tiny bit, but last week was a huge leap in walking. He is now 100% walking more than crawling. Barely crawling anymore. He started clapping on Sunday. Um, adorable. Aaaand he waves. So basically, he's not a baby anymore?? No, I won't let that happen. He may be huge and doing little boy things, but he is still my baby.

Gavin is in the throws of the terrible-twos, though I think he is adapting a bit. We still have our worse days, but they aren't every day like they were in the beginning. Thank heavens for that. Oh, man.

James's imagination is amazing right now. He is creating stories and building houses for his toys, he makes robots out of blocks. It is wonderful to see. He is also starting to get his own catch-phrases, for lack of a better description. Cracks. Me. Up.

It's funny- Brad can handle Gavin's little meltdowns and two-ness easy. I can handle Jack's bad days of crying easy. We cannot handle the opposite. Ah, meant for each other :)

Ready For Bed?

More like riled up for bed :)

Tonight just has to be documented. The boys LOVE to have pillows thrown on them. We'll do it for a little bit, but we usually move on in a few minutes. Not tonight. Gavin could not get enough. Over and over, he would walk over to me, "throw" (more like give) me the pillow, run and giggle over to the couch, get up, and wait for me to throw the pillow back at him. He was literally drunk on laughter. It was adorable. 

It took a while for James to even notice we were playing with the pillows, oddly enough. But once he got with one or two, he was in on the fun too. It was definitely a memorable and fun night, full of laughter and fun. Perfection.

Scary

For some reason, I "rented" three Disney movies at the same time from the library like a month ago. I guess I just didn't think they would ALL come at the same time! Learned my lesson, requesting one at a time from now on. Anyways, we had Hercules, Mulan, and Toy Story 2. Hercules was definitely the favorite for James, but Gavin really liked Mulan. James liked it, too, but soon HATED me putting it in. Whaaat?? It was so weird. He would act kind of bizarre when it was being watched. He finally started talking to me and I figured it out. He was scared of her:

The Match Maker

Really?? Of aaaaallllll the movies he has watched, I canNOT believe this is the one "villain" he is scared of the most. I guess he doesn't like her yelling and being mean to Mulan. Crazy. So we will NOT be buying that movie anytime soon :)