There's hope in our galaxy

Nubbin just drew his first letter and was able to name it correctly... it's the letter, 'O', in case you're wondering.

Yes, I know. 'O' looks like lots of things... an egg, wheel, circle, even a planet and it does have the distinction of being the easiest letter in the alphabet. Maybe I should save my enthusiasm for something more difficult, like 'K' or 'B'...

Rain, rain don't go away

It was raining on Wednesday, so the kids stayed inside for most of the day. At the point when they were bouncing off the walls, I decided to let them play in the rain. Kids are entertained by the simplest of things...

What the 'F**k'

Fafa's vocabulary has exploded... literally. He started saying 'F**k' a couple of weeks ago. The first few times he said it, husband and I silently stared each other down. Each one silently accusing the other of using profanity in front of the kids...

We then realized that he was trying to say, 'truck.' So, every time we're out and about, the 'word' eventually dribbles out of his mouth whenever a truck passes us.

To combat this and prevent other unwanted stares, husband tries to get him to pronounce the 'T'... 'tuh, tuh, truh', says husband. 'fuhhhh...kuh, kuh, kuh', says Fafa. So much for the english language.

'Who's goin' to the beach?'

We went to Sunset Beach this past weekend with friends and had a blast... Thank you Dad and Alison for letting us come to your condo! The kids really got along well with our friends' children. We turned the outdoor porch into a playroom and they played for hours on end.

We went to the beach on Saturday and then mini golf in the evening. Nubbin was scared of the volcano at mini golf (it spit out fire every 15 minutes or so), so he didn't want to play any of the holes that were inside the volcano.

The last picture says it all... we let the kids watch TV while we cleaned up and Fafa fell asleep on the couch... they were all tuckered out... it was a great way to end the summer!

'Fafa, do you want to go to gymnastics?'

Every Thursday, Fafa gets to go to Little Gym with his Sissy. He loves it. I'm so thankful for Sissy since I don't enjoy the whole perky part and the unstructured play sends me in spasms... I'm too much of a rule follower.

But, I think he really needs to start socializing and getting used to the whole playing well with others. We're still working on the playing well part since I got a report a couple of weeks ago that he kicked some kid who was in his way.

Today, he was all ready and waiting by the door, diaper bag in hand. He was impatient because Sissy wasn't moving fast enough so he kept pointing to the door and then looking at me to open it.

A picture is worth a thousand words

Fafa doesn't talk much yet except to mutter 'uh-uh' whenever you ask him a question, but he does take cute pics when I can get his attention, so here are a few...

Higher Education

I started reading 'The Chronicles of Narnia' to Nubbin the other night thinking that he would enjoy a book with a story line.

I got through two paragraphs of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' before he stopped me and said, 'Where are the pictures, mommy?' I gently explained to him that he had to use his imagination which is when your mind creates pictures in your head.

He looked at me and said, 'I don't want to use my mind.' After which, he handed me a picture book about trucks and said, 'Here, this book has more pictures.'

I'm laughing because I genuinely expected my 3 year old to be able to sit through reading a novel (I had high hopes to read a chapter a night)... HE'S THREE! WHAT WAS I THINKING? silly me.