Silly Boys

When did my boys get so "grown up"?

Andrew

I am so proud of my big boy that my cheeks hurt from smiling so much!

Just when I start to ask myself, "I wonder if Andrew is developing on track?" he goes through a major developmental spurt and he proves my worries wrong. Andrew has just recently started coloring more "inside the lines" and he is getting much better about tracing letters, numbers. He has known how to spell his name for a quite a while, but he was pretty resistant when you asked him how to spell it -- until recently. This week after dinner one night he proudly spelled his name, Tyler's name, recited his days of the week and months of the year. On top of all of that, Andrew's vocabulary seems to have really expanded recently and his sentences are becoming longer and more complicated. He never ceases to amaze me!

He is also really starting to understand actions and consequences. In particular, he learned this lesson after he drew on the bathroom wallpaper and stamped all over the room with his Spiderman stamp. Yes, that is right - he STAMPED and WROTE on the wallpaper in the bathroom! His punishment? No movies or fruit snacks in the car for a week. That's right, we grounded him for the very first time. Turns out that no movie on the car ride home is more a punishment for me, but we are still sticking to the punishment. Needless to say, we will be removing the wallpaper and painting the bathroom soon! It was something we wanted to do anyway, but the timing has been accelerated a bit.


Tyler

Where do I start? This little boy is growing like a weed and is hitting major milestones left and right!

Tyler finally got his 1 year old shots this week (that's the good news), and we learned that he STILL has a double ear infection (that's the bad news). Tyler is on yet another antibiotic for the next 10 days. If this round of antibiotics doesn't work we are going to an ENT to talk about ear tubes. I have several friends whose children have ear tubes and they all rave about them, so we will see.

In more exciting news, Tyler has learned his first word (other than mama and dada). He says "dog" consistently whenever he sees a dog and of course he points at Major and Indy and says "dog". Clearly, he is a genius!

He also does something that will make your heart melt -- he gives kisses! He will even pucker up his lips for a kiss. Say it with me, awwww!

Doug

I can't forget the other two boys in my life. Doug and Major, of course! Last night we went to Pei Wei for dinner in the Burb and Andrew asked him to play Raffi (Raffi is a children's artist and he asked for music because he knows he is grounded from the movies in the car). It was too cute to hear my boys sing together. I swear I fell in love with Doug all over again right then and there!

Major

The other Moore boy is on another eating strike. He gained 10.5 pounds last month but he hasn't eaten in the last 4 days now. Ugghh. This cycle is so frustrating!

What can I say, I am so lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful, silly boys!