The Lego Store

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." 

Proverbs 22:6

Well, we've trained up P1 to love Legos. He got his first set for his first birthday, and he has really grown to love them. We took him to the Lego store twice this month, and he loved it! He loved digging through the Legos and building little things. Another mom and I were joking how we each had a "big kid" somewhere in the store, while we were watching the little kids in the play area.

P1 loves to play with his Duplos, but he gets really excited when he gets to play with Dad's Legos. He is very good about not playing with them unless Dad is home to help. It's fun to play Legos with P1 and see his imagination at work (or play!).

Oh, and now he thinks whenever we go to the Lego store, we have to get french fries and chicken nuggets after. Because that's what we did the first time, so of course, it must be what we do every time!

Pals

P1 and P2 (or is it Thing 1 and Thing 2?) are good pals. P1 has some trouble sharing toys with friends, but he is actually really good at sharing with his sister. And she loves to play with his toys, and be near him. I love that they get along so well, and I love that P1 is gentle enough that I never really worry about them playing together. It's nice to have them entertain each other!

Going for P1's toys!

Giving P2 a cool hat:

 

Reaching for toys!

P1 likes to play with the laundry basket, and the other day he asked me to put P2 in with him. They had a lot of fun together!

They had so much fun that the next day P1 wanted to do it again!

 

7 Months

This little girl is already 7 months old, crazy! She is sitting up like a pro, and can roll around/squirm to try and get what she wants. She loves to stand up, but wants you to hold her up. She is a good eater, and does well with all the different types of baby food. She is still on formula and can sometimes feed herself with the bottle.

I'll probably jinx it, but she has been sleeping through the night for about a week now! It has been heavenly! We put her to bed around 8:30 pm, and she will often sleep until 7:30 am. Sometimes she'll get up at 5:30 am, but will go back to sleep after a bottle. This is definitely something I could get used to! Now we're just debating whether or not to move her into P1's room.

She usually takes a short nap in the morning, and a long one in the afternoon when P1 is napping. Also heavenly!

P2 is getting pretty feisty though. She is a very determined young lady. She is not easily distracted from what she wants. For example, she loves P1's Duplos and is always fussing and trying to get to them. You can give her a bunch of other toys to distract her, but it usually doesn't work. She is only happy once she gets to those Legos. Fortunately, P1 is pretty good at sharing with her.

P2 also loves her mommy. She usually cries when I walk away from her. It's nice to be loved though. 

I go back and forth between calling her an easy-going baby and a fussy baby. She really is pretty happy and easy-going, but if she doesn't get what she wants she will definitely let you know!

She loves to snuggle with her blankie and suck her thumb.

 

Walking with Dinosaurs

For my dad's birthday, we went and saw "Walking with Dinosaurs." We left the kids home though, we felt they were a little too young. P1 likes looking at the pictures and videos I took though. The dinosaurs looked very impressive. The pictures and videos don't do it justice.