Quick Update

Obviously I have failed in catching up on my posts over the last month. Ben had a fantastic birthday, details to come later. Hopefully the kids will start napping and being less clingy soon and I will feel up to working on all the posts I need to write. I mainly just wanted to let everyone know that the kids and I will be in TX May 22 until June 29. Don will be joining us on June 16 and will leave with us on the 29. So that should allow plenty of time to visit with everyone we miss. We will even make it down to Austin to see my Uncle and his family! So wish me luck in getting everything done in the next two months I need to. (We will also be gone a week in April to NC, so I have a lot to do!) ~Tiffany

Taking out the trash, and other news

Hello everyone, I was standing in the kitchen holding Ben, who had a tea bag wrapper. I put him down, and to my surprise he toddled his way over to the trash and put the wrapper in there! Then he took it back out. And put it back in the trash. At that point, I cut him off and washed his hands. But still, I was impressed. It was particularly endearing given how he walks, with his legs fixed in the shape of a horseshoe and his arms up in the air. In other news, Ben had his second bath tonight, and again Jackie was a good girl and didn’t jump around too much in the tub. Ben was fussy getting in, but after that he played in the tub for about 20 minutes until his feet were wrinkly and I took him out. He had a fantastic time splashing in the tub and bobbing up and down. He stood up and walked around too. The light-up duck toys were his favorite part; he showed one to me with such a scream of excitement it almost seemed to pain him. Oh, and Ben ate like ten to fifteen tortellini tonight, in a heavy cream sauce with bacon. Man, he can really put it away. -Don

Something new

So Ben did something new last night during dinner. Jackie, not wanting to eat as usual, was standing next to Ben (who was eating, as usual). Ben was eating some muffin that Nunni and Pupi made over the weekend. He was taking bites, and then holding the piece out for Jackie to take a bit too. He did this with his water too. Another thing Ben likes to do is use his sippy cup for eating. For example, he’ll put Cherios on the top of the cup, lift the top of the cup to his mouth, and then eat the cereal off the top off the cup. Silly boy. -Don

Bath time

So I gave Jackie and Ben a bath together tonight, by myself as Tif was at a meeting at church. Now, Ben hates water. When I turned the bath water on, Ben half-stumbled, half-walked out of the room into the office. And when he walks, he looks like he’s just gotten off a horse. I found him sitting in the corner in the dark crying. Poor boy. The other night I had put Muppets on for them to watch, and he started wailing when the menu screen came up with Animal on it. He’d bee-lined for me, and whimpered his way through the show’s intro, eventually calming down. And today, I brought the vacuum in to clean the floor under the kitchen table. He was scared of the vacuum, being careful not to get near it. Later, after I tied up the cord around the back of the vacuum, he starting wailing as soon as I started to move it (the power was off). He’s a sensitive boy. I should also mention that I put Ben on the slide for the first time today. He kind of smiled and giggled a little. After he few more slides, he liked it so much he was trying to climb up the front of the slide. -Don