Doing New Things

They are doing so many new things and understanding so much better than just a couple of weeks ago.  It has been fun to see this burst of new things.

They now love sitting in daddy's recliner.  Eventually, I have to turn it around to face the wall because they get too excited on it and start wrestling.  Not enough room to wrestle little monkeys.

They mastered the stairs and found a new fun hideout in the basement landing area.  They could do stairs before, but they would only do it if they really wanted to go somewhere.  Now they will do it just to hang out in a new spot.  They found this light switch which is perfect baby height at the bottom of the stairs to the basement.  They can spend an eternity taking turns flipping this switch.

Winding down with some tv before bed (we don't use tv to wind down.  They were actually just cuddling with Cody.  Night time routine does not include tv)  They have finally noticed the tv.  They only watch it if there is a kid talking or if there is music.  Alex loves classical music.

This is how I found Ben one morning.  He managed to wrestle his arm out of the neck of his sleeper.  This sleeper is way too small as is, I can't believe he managed to do this without waking us up.

Ben licking Alex's hair.

Alex pushed his truck over to the door knob so he could try to open the lock.  He was not successful.  They can open it if the door is unlocked though.

Ben making a face at Alex.  They sat in that bookshelf and bit each other on the nose over and over.  I don't know why this game was so much fun, but they both did the biting and they both let brother bite their nose.  They thought it was soooo, soooooo funny.  I'm pretty sure this is a small glimpse in to my future life with 2 boys.

They like to look out of windows.  They like it so much that I've made standing boxes for each of them under all of their favorite windows.  Cody was mowing and the boys stood there and watched him for about an hour.  They would wave whenever he drove towards them.

First official baby damage to a wall.  It was not completely their fault.  This happened the first time they found our entry landing.  We had put a closet door down there while we were trying to finish the floor of their closet.  One of them managed to knock the door over.  This was where it hit.  No baby was harmed in this activity.

Alex

Ben with his head stuck in tongs.  They have found the utensil drawer.  Ben always picks the tongs out.  They have started putting everything around their neck like a necklace.  He did that with the tongs.  Unfortunately, he didn't realize he had to push them back and lift them over his head.  He kept pulling on the part in his hands.  That just made the tongs dig in to his neck more.  He was not in pain, but he was definitely frustrated.  I had to rescue him.  He was playing with the tongs again in no time.

They have started saying "uh oh" whenever they drop something or throw something (usually down the stairs).  All day I hear random banging then a pause, then a little "UH uh".  It hurts the self esteem a little when I drop something and then I hear "Uh uh"  Yes baby, mommy is clumsy... I get it.  You don't have to rub it in.  :)