Childhood Logic

One of my favorite things about spending all day

with my children is observing over the long-term how their

brains start connecting and logic develops.

My just-turned-3-year-old, Olive, has some great logical lines, and I keep 

meaning to post them BUT I can usually just remember one.

But I've been trying to pay attention the past week or so and I've made

mental notes.  Here are some:

"When I'm crying, then I cry."

"If it's broken, then it's broked."

"When I'm sad, I'm sad."

It's so cute!  I really try not to laugh, even though that's what I want to do.

But she's so serious about it.  So I wait to laugh.

No Socks

Today while I was fixing breakfast, Olive looked at my feet

& her sister's feet and then realized she

was the only one not wearing socks.

Then she laughed and said,

"My feet are naked!"

Oops

Poor little Olive.

She's been given the opportunity to quit using a binky.

She's devastated.

At least she was when she was put to bed tonight.

 

Hopefully she gets over it quickly, and

that she doesn't start using her fingers when she's upset

(which she did today).

A Couple Firsts

The girls enjoy the stairs in our house.

They have invented a way of going down that I have never seen before,

and it's pretty entertaining to watch from the bottom or the top.

So here you go.
Tomato is a little faster, so if you just want to watch one video, I suggest the 2nd.

 Also, I am the only one in our family who has seen the ocean in real life.

So we thought we'd head to a beach on the sound,

since it's close.

I know it's not really like being at the ocean, but we're planning

a trip to the coast after we get the backyard done.

 Kidney Bean's having a great time.

 We found a teeny, tiny green crab under a rock.

Can you spot him?

Don't feel bad if you can't - he was pretty small.

Good Sister

 

This girl loves being a big sister.  She already knows how to bug and poke and laugh while Babygirl cries, BUT she occasionally is simply loving....here she is sharing a book while I cook.

If Only...

If only it were this quiet and peaceful every time I cooked dinner...

 

Don't let these girls fool you...it's often filled with torment, crying, and threats of time-out.  But the one day (in a million?) that it's like this, it's heaven.

My Girls

My last post contains a real, unmodified picture of Cupcake...I don't have the slightest idea how to do much more to a picture than crop, get out redeye, and possibly change the color (mainly to a different shade, like sepia or blue or something).  She is standing up against the couch and we had about 1 second to take the shot.  But I only had to do it once.  We did it with Tooty, too, when she was the same age.  I know that because it's right before Daddy was deployed.  

She has better foot placement.

I can tell these girls are going to be great friends.  Tooty reads to Babygirl all the time, or shows her pictures, or just torments her.  They both laugh and laugh together and Babygirl has put up with a lot, which I'm sure is the case with most babies who have toddlers for siblings.  I took the chance the other day to let them sit alone on the couch the other day for a picture.  It worked out well.

Can't you tell they are such good friends?

 

Tooty participated in the summer reading program at the library, which was AWESOME!! Each child is given a pencil and a paper to fill out (it's a picture of something and each section of the picture represents 15 minutes of reading).  When your paper is filled, you bring it back and trade it for a prize.  We just did one sheet, which each total 5 hours of reading.  That is a lot when you are 2.  Here is Tooty with her prize, a color-changing water bottle!!

She was super excited.  Can you believe that's the bottom prize?  I don't know what the rest were...I think I overheard a couple kids talking about reading enough to get the t-shirt, and possibly a beach ball.  What a great program!  We are signing up next year for sure.