Playdough!

I made playdough for P1, and he loved it! It entertained him for almost two hours.

Making a snowman:

 

Making dinosaurs:

 P1 wanted to make cookies:

I helped make the bowl and spoon, and P1 filled the bowl with "food".

I made the dog, P1 added the hat:

My playdough man:

The Slide

We went to the park the other day, and P1 loves the big slides. At first he was worried because the slide was dirty, but then he decided it was pretty fun. He didn't play on anything else, he would just go down the big slide, over and over again!

8 Months

Happy 8 months to my little girl! She is a sweet, happy, and loud baby that keeps me on my toes! She is crawling all over the place and getting into mischief of all kinds! She likes to eat books and try to say "hi" to the bunnies. She is cutting her 3rd tooth, this time one on top. She sleeps through the night, and takes 2 naps a day. She is a good eater. She loves music, her brother, and of course, her mommy. Daddy is okay. We love our little princess!

Playing with her brother:

Her hair is getting a little bit longer!

Play date with our friends: 

 

I think we need to get P2 a little doll, she enjoyed her friend's doll!

Crawling!

Sticking out her tongue, must be my daughter!

P1 wanted to join the photo shoot:

Sharing a Room

Since P2 is sleeping through the night, we finally put the second crib up in P1's bedroom. He was actually excited to share his room with P2. She has been sleeping in our room, but she has definitely outgrown her bassinet/play pen.

It is still a work in progress though, considering this is how nap time went down on Sunday:

They just kept each other laughing. It's too much fun to share a room I guess.

"Belly Button Hurts"

P1 can eat a lot of food if it is something he decides he likes. We had stroganoff the other night, and I'm pretty sure he had 10 helpings. But when he eats too much, he will get sad and say his belly button hurts. And he'll want me to kiss it better. One time when his "belly button" was hurting, I had him sit on the couch with his blanket and books. So, of course, now that's what we have to do whenever it hurts. Oh, and maybe watch an episode of "Jake and the Neverland Pirates".

P1 has also been harder to deal with during meal time. I think he is just sad that P2 gets more of my attention since she can't really feed herself yet. So P1 will get really sad, and say that his food is "too bigger" (no matter how small I cut it), that it is "yucky", and "mom do it". Even though he can feed himself perfectly well, he insists that it is too hard and I must do it for him. Many tears are shed, and then he'll try to climb on my lap. And he'll ask for a hug in the 3rd person: "P1 needs a hug". Which is pretty adorable. It sure is funny how independent kids are until they realize someone else is getting the attention, and then suddenly they aren't so independent.

Music

These two kiddos love music! I got asked to play the viola in March, so I have been pulling it out to practice. I was surprised by P2's reaction to it. When P1 was a baby, he hated the viola! He would scream whenever I had to practice it. But P2, she loves it! She will just sit on the floor and watch me. And then she will clap. It is seriously the most adorable thing! And it makes practicing a lot more enjoyable! P1 likes the viola better now, and will request songs when I pull it out.

P1 loves to sing songs. We sing songs all day long. And he'll ask you to sing them over and over again because he is trying to learn the words. He knows "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", the alphabet song, "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam", "The Wheels on the Bus", and many more.

Here She Comes!

P2 has been fairly mobile the last couple weeks. She has been able to push herself up into a sitting position, and has been able to scoot/roll to get all over the place. She has been teasing us with crawling. She will get on her hands and knees and is all set to crawl, and then she will push herself back to sitting, and I'm sure she is saying "Ha, made you look!"

But yesterday, she officially crawled forward. Intentionally. To get her brother's brand new Cat in the Hat book. Now that she realizes what she can do, she has decided she likes to crawl. And now there is no stopping her!