Some of my favorite things

Jenna and Hunter took their very first bath together tonight.  It was so precious.  They love each other so much.  Jenna loved sitting up in her tub seat and Hunter put water on her little head with his hands.  I’ll just have to monitor how long the bath takes because I think Jenna was getting pretty cold while I scrubbed her brother from head to toe.  Had to dowse her with warm water!!

Jenna is also sitting up by herself really well now.  I love how she throws her arms up and down, hitting her belly, when she’s sitting up.  Like she’s saying “Yay me!!!!”

Hunter now gets to walk to the park instead of riding in the double stroller with his sister.  I love how he runs ahead of us on the path and stops when we tell him to because he’s getting too far ahead.  And I love how he stays close to the stroller when he realizes that Jenna is cackling at his goofy running and hopping.

I love how they have to see each other as we walk down the stairs together ever morning.  Jenna and I go down a few steps ahead of Hunter so that she can look up at him while he figures out which way he’s going to come down – jumping is the favorite these days since Jenna laughs and laughs each jump/step.

Jenna absolutely loves to sit in her high chair with 3 or 4 toys on the tray and either bangs them as loud as she can, or sees how fast she can throw them all on the floor.  It is a wonderful game to see how fast Mommy can then find them all and put them back on the tray, only to be thrown again less than a minute later.

I love that my son knows more than I realize he knows.  I thought he said something about a trapezoid on the way home from school the other day, but I wasn’t sure.  So today when we were playing with his magnadoodle thing, I decided to draw one and see if he knew what it was.  “Trapezoid” he said.  I told Daddy to come see how smart his son is and he repeated the feat for him.  He also named the typical shapes (circle, triangle, square, star, heart) as well as oval and diamond.  When I drew a hexagon, he called it an octagon, so they apparently have taught him the general shape, but he doesn’t know yet to count the sides.  The only word he recognizes is his own name, at least from what I can tell.  And Mickey Mouse, if I say the letters for him, but that’s cheating because I sing him the song all the time.  :)

I love nuzzling Jenna under her chin with my nose to make her smile or laugh.  She’s so ticklish and has the best giggle.

I love how Hunter puts the word “silly” at the end of most of his sentences, like “Don’t do that silly” or “That’s not right silly.”  I call him silly way too often apparently.

I love my kiddos.  What more can I say??