My Boy

T is such a sweet little boy.

 He loves his sister so much! 

He loves her till it hurts.

He loves to hold her hand and pretend that they are playing ring around the rosie.

He also likes to bite her hand! "T don't bite her... yep, get her hand out of your mouth"

K likes her brother, and somehow she is not scared of him and all of his hard love. 

I never would have guessed in a million years the things I would have to say to a 21 mo old. 

"Don't pick her nose"

"Don't pick your nose either"

"Don't pick my nose"

"Don't sit on your sister in her bumbo"

"Don't pull her hair"

"Don't hit her with a hammer"

"Don't bite her toes"

"Don't pull her toes off"

"Yep, those are her eyes, don't poke them out"

"Don't pull her off the couch"

"Don't try to pick her up"

"Don't put your fingers in her mouth, you are gagging her"

 He's not mad when he does any of this, just curious. He is slowly, slowly learning to be gentle to his sister. Some days I wonder, but he really is.

When I ask T if he wants a drink (knowing that he does) and he shakes his head no, I tell him to nod his head. He puts his hand on top of his head and nods it up and down.

He has to give both T and I hugs and kisses now, when he is headed for bed. 

He has started saying "thank you" most of the time.

He signs "please" almost every time with out needing to be told to do it. 

He love to feed me crackers. If I take one bite, I can count on eating at least three before I have the heart to tell him "no".

The other day when we were going to visit some friends, T acted like he didn't want to go. His daddy asked him if he was shy. That silly little boy nodded his head! He did want to go play with O's tractors though. 

My kids were never going to be shy! (I was when I was little and so was his daddy so I guess he gets it honestly.)

Aunt L is is his favorite aunt and he doesn't like to share her very much. Cousin A got in between him and his Aunt and he was not happy. After explaining that A just wanted to hold his sister he was fine. This sharing thing is hard though!

Little boy, you are growing up too fast! 

I can't imagine life without you.

Thank you, for loving us even when we don't have all this parenting stuff figured out.

-Mama