Luke's Mission

I loved being home with the boys today, but they sure do come up with some interesting things. I am pretty sure that Luke is out to destroy our house. Maybe he thinks that we will get a new one if he does enough damage. Last week he overflowed a toliet in the upstairs bathroom, but failed to tell anyone so it leaked all through the kitchen ceiling! I am still battling the smell of the small portion of carpet that got wet - I think the vinegar did the trick yesterday. Then I discovered his name written on each closet door in a lovely purple marker. Today I walked in while he was supposed to be napping and discovered him putting goldfish down the heating vent! Now in what universe does that seem like a good idea? On my way to check on the vent (which he tried to quickly replace so that I wouldn't see), I stepped on a sopping wet towel. So of course I asked why there was a wet towel in his room - and I don't mean damp like he just dried after a bath - completely soaked! He told me it fell in the tub. So I asked how it got into his room to which he had no response. I said, "Well it didn't just walk in by itself." You can see the wheels turning as he replies, "I think it did." He doesn't appear to do any of this on purpose - he's just curious about what will happen... I'm afraid of what hypothesis he will test out next though.

On an unrelated note, Gabe is recoving well from his first ear infection. Matt had baby and doctor duty yesterday so I took the day off today to make sure he was fullly recovered. Now it's back to our normal routine tomorrow...that is until it snows again :). I've come to embrace the snow days even though I know we will be going to school into June because of them - it's not like we can do anything to change the weather though right?

Cooped Up

So the boys and I have been cooped up in the house for the past few days due to snow days. You can tell its getting to Luke so we got out for a bit today. He's pretty good at home about dancing and finding other physical outlets for his energy that aren't destructive to our home, but that can only last him so long. Luke and I had a fun trip to the Wonderlab today where he saw a robot that was taller than him! It was really funny to watch as he tentatively returned the ball that the robot would spit out at kids. He also made it to the top of the grapevine climbing thingy! He's never gone past the 2nd or 3rd level of it before, but today he watched a couple of older boys manuever it and just followed their lead. You can tell that he's been cooped up inside for awhile with all of these snow days because he was bouncing from spot to spot in the museum. He is of course asking to go back to the BIG museum, otherwise known as The Children's Museum. I think we'll try to hold him off until Gabe is walking (and until I have new teacher passes to use). O and we found Luke's name written on each of his closet doors with a purple marker. Very nicely written, just in the wrong place!

Gabe has decided that army crawling is the way to go and has become a master at this technique! I am pretty sure that he sees no need to change his ways and will just go from his army crawl to walking when he's ready. The GOOD news is that he is still sleeping well (most nights anyway)!

Gabe

Gabe has been growing so much in these past few months! He weighs over 20 pounds, but I'm not sure exactly how much because I never seem to find the time to actually weigh him. Starting yesterday, he began gulping 2 full extra bottles in the day which means he must be growing. Of course this morning, one of those bottles was at 4am, not exactly fun for mommy. It wasn't too bad since we've been stuck at home for the past 2 days (snow). Gabe has been showing signs of crawling for over a month now, but hasn't actually taken off. Instead he finds every creative way of moving possible. His newest preference is an army crawl where he uses his arms to pull himself along. He's quite fast at getting where he wants to go despite his methods of getting there. Gabe's language has also began to explode! He started off saying dada at about 4 months old. Mama took another 2 months or so. He added baba (bottle) and mum mum (a baby snack) a couple of weeks ago. Today he began imitating my speech fairly closely (although not using the real words). When we sing the ABC song, he starts humming the first part and sounds pretty good. Even though we watched Luke do all of these things, it is still amazing to see it happening with Gabe. He just loves to catch onto something new. His sense of humor is definitely emerging - Luke is able to get the biggest laughs just by acting goofy!