Some of the many things I love about my boys #4.
I love Thanksgiving. And I love my boys. So how much more perfect could it be to combine the two? Here are some of the new things I love:
- How when you used to ask Silas to close his eyes, he would "try" by squinting and rolling them upward. Now he squeezes them together so tightly that his mouth has to hang open.
- How happy the boys are to play together after Luke gets home from school
- How patient Silas was during Luke's soccer games
- How Luke is the only kid I've seen at school who carries his bookbag diagonally across his chest
- How the boys put their hands over their ears and shout "CAN YOU HEAR ME??" to each other and to us
- Luke's incessant quest to find a "new" playground ("How about a new one, Mommy? Just go straight, and turn left, and then left again, then right...maybe there will be one there.")
- How Silas says "Mommy/Daddy, I have to tell you something..." and then searches for something to say
- How Luke will sometimes tell me to go wait in the office in the morning so that he can set the table for breakfast, complete with small dishes for everyone, cups of water from the refrigerator dispenser, forks and a frozen waffle on each plate
- How Silas puts his hand out in a firm salute to stop cars while we cross the road (after seeing a policeman do the same thing)
- How Luke loves to get Silas up from his nap ("Mommy, please let me do it?"), and then the two of them barricade themselves in his room and play together
- How the boys make the kissing sound like I do when calling Zoe in from outside
- Luke's new use of the word "anyone", since he's started adding it to the end of a noun ("Pants, anyone?")
- How the boys ask me to please stop singing in the car so that they can hear the music
- How easily Silas can be taken away from something he enjoys simply by saying we'll come back sometime
- How the boys purposely fall off their bikes and yell "Accident!"
- How the boys consistently think we're keeping them up waaaaay past their bedtime since it's been getting dark so early dark after daylight saving time
I'm so thankful for you boys!!!
Comments
Soooo adorable! All the cutie things you observed make me sooo excited to have our little baby!!
Posted by: Sabina Mazac | November 26, 2007 11:11 AM
Another classic & timeless post, Jeanine. I'm afraid to admit that when I read the more physical expressions (e.g. the one about Silas closing his eyes), that I actually find myself doing the expressions trying to work them out. Hard to explain why... but I don't think I'm alone. Anyway, have a great time in Italy!
Posted by: Josh T. | November 27, 2007 04:52 PM
Josh - you're not alone. I found myself squinting my eyes and opening my mouth so wide that my cheeks hurt before I realized what I was doing.
Posted by: Aunt Tiffany | November 28, 2007 05:23 PM