Twin Language!

Brace yourself, I think this is gonna be a long one! Here's Carson and Cade in the Bubble Bath when the power went out the other day - it kinda freaked 'em out! We had to finish the bath quickly and get out to go tell Daddy, who was cutting grass outside! In the process, Mitchell (another Electrical Engineer at his work) called his cell phone. So when Kevin left for work, the boys kept talking about it! Carson said: "Daddy needs to fix that power." Cade responded with a question for me: "And Mr. Mitchell?" Carson answered him: "And the guys at Daddy's work."

Just my twins and their favorite fish!

"Mickey's in the boat, and we're backing up to Georgetown!"

Playing with all Mark Randall's cool toys at his birthday party! Happy 3rd Birthday, Mark Randall!
Luke enjoyed the party as much as everyone else!
We have attended a lot of birthday parties lately, and it makes the boys think they should have a birthday party! Of course with all the fun "water" themed parties over the summer - they think they will get to play in the water on their party (the end of January)! I keep trying to remind them that it is a long time away, that lots of stuff will happen between now and then and that it will be cold. And they just keep asking silly questions: Is Suzi gonna come to my party? Is Mackenzie gonna wear her bathing suit? Austin's gonna slide in the water? Grandma might not wanna get wet? We have to go to Nana and Bopa T.'s first?

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So we've discussed that it's a long way off. And of course I don't expect them to actually get the concept of time. I've gotten the calendar and shown them how many months with various holidays and birthdays that occur along the way. One night about a month ago lying in bed with them after reading and saying prayers and singing, they brought up their birthday. So again I went through every thing that had to happen before their birthday. When we got to Christmas, Carson requested: "Sing Santa Claus", so I sang Santa Claus is coming to town. (Over and over again, at their request!) The next night on the phone with Nana and Bopa T., the twins requested Nana and Bopa T. sing Santa Claus! That was really funny, because my parents were not expecting to have to sing on the phone that night!

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Since then, Cade and Carson have really gotten into the Christmas thing! Let's just say the boys know and sing a lot of Christmas songs now! They'll shout: "Jingle Bells, Hey!" going through department stores! So just the other night in another Bubble Bath, Carson blurted out: "I want a bathrobe." So I inquired, "Do you want Santa Claus to bring you boys bathrobes?" And they both responded: (Carson) Uh huh & (Cade) yeah (and again with a little prompting: Yes, Ma'am)! So I asked them what else they wanted Santa to bring them.



Cade: Baseball Gloves

Carson: Baseballs

Cade: Elmos

Carson: Poptarts

Cade: Cupcakes

Carson: Blue Presents

Cade: Boats

Carson: A telephone

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In that same bath, the crazy boys started to splash too much (which they know they're not allowed to splash water out of the tub), so before Carson made another splash after Cade, I interjected with a stern: "No, Carson." To which Cade replied: "Don't tell CarCar no. He's my brother."

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About 3 weeks ago, we went to the library (not that we don't have half a million books at home - we just like to visit because it's a great place and I think it amazes the twins that there are so many books in one building)! The boys were picking out books from the shelves and checking things out. They saw some cute 3-ft displays of some book characters, and Carson goes: "It's Peter!" And Cade goes: "And Willie!" And I was totally amazed they remembered their names! So, of course, that's what they wanted. They kept saying, "I want a Peter and Willie book." I went to the librarian, but there was no children's librarian on duty and this one had no clue. And then it hit me: Keats. Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day! We checked out that one and Whistle for Willie! They were thrilled!

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One night in the middle of the night (after going to the beach that afternoon), I woke up hearing Carson call for Mommy. I ran into their room and laid down with them wrapping my arms around each of them. Carson proceeded to call out: "I need a blue ball." I thought about it for a second and said, "here's your blue ball, baby" and pretended to hand him something. Then he said, "My ball's broken." And he stopped talking!

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The next morning they woke up early and wanted to go potty in my bathroom (well, really they just requested: "I want to pee pee in Daddy's potty." So while we were so close I decided to finish getting ready. They were with me in the bathroom while I was brushing my teeth. They're always fascinated with my toothbrush holder and will pull it apart and put it together again and again. Well, this time in the middle of brushing my teeth I noticed Cade had put my toothbrush holder right over his "tinkertoy." Yucky little boy - they are such boys!

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Usually Kevin gets them ready because I'm gone before they wake up, but this same morning I was the one getting them dressed. I like for them to choose their clothes, so I asked what do you want to wear today (but it was before I had two outfits in my hands for them to choose). Carson announced quickly: "I want to wear a blue shirt!" Cade retorted: "I want to wear a white shirt." Neither child wanted to change his mind, so we put on shorts that would go with either. During breakfast (yes, they eat breakfast at home and again at Mrs. Charlie's - believe me, I'll feed them when they want to eat - because there's so many times when they don't eat much like dinner or whenever a crowd is around), Carson started crying. When we asked him why, he said he wanted his white shirt like Cade! I think it is so cool that they want to dress alike and that they find identity in each other. They're always looking for each other, wanting to play with the same toy his brother is playing with, asking if the other one did it (when I'm trying to get them to do something like wash hands: "Did CarCar use soap?") I can't think of a better person for either of my sons to share everything with!

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Sometimes in the afternoon when I pick the boys up they are barefooted (most of the time), so I just chunk their shoes in the floorboard of the van and get them out when we get home. Well, one morning as I was driving to work, I got a call from Kevin asking where the twins' shoes were. Of course, the only two pairs that fit at the time (all 8 shoes) were in my van! Oops! Carson cried and cried for his shoes that morning! Bad Mommy!

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My boys are talkers! I think they love to hear themselves talk. From the moment they wake up: "Hey Mommy!" to right before they fall asleep: "Time to go night night. See you in the morning! One more kiss. And right there, too! Kiss me all over. I love you more!" I love to hear them talk - even with the crazy speech errors, incorrect grammar, and country accent! Carson says I do like "ah do" and house is "hayouse". Cade says I don't feel good - I need to go see Dr. Rabon like "I don peel good - I nee go see Doc Ray." Still, both boys are stimulable for all sounds and Carson does a pretty good job correcting when I model! For the most part I understand all of what they say, however silly and nonsensical it may be. But there are times when even I have to ask the other one, "What'd he say?" They always know what each other has said - it must be their special Twin Language!

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They play really well together! They are actually sharing a lot better. Cade will ask Carson: "Where's your puppy?" or hand him a toy and say: "Here's your trailor!" We do hear a lot of: "Me first." "No me." "Don't do that." "He spit on me." kinda stuff and "Hey, watch me!", "Look!", "I'm gonna drop the elbow on you!" and "Hey, watch this!" followed by injuries or cries some times, but all part of being 2 year old boys!

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I love to hear them say some of their little particular phrases! Whenever Carson is looking for something and he finds it, he says: "There's it!" Cade loves to look at me and say, "Hey baby!" Cade also loves to announce: "Kiss you knee." get down from his chair and kiss my leg and climb back in his chair! Carson loves to imitate his Daddy with: "I need to go study." and "I'm gonna pay bills!" Cade imitates more of the fun stuff Daddy does: "I gotta cut grass." "I take the boat to Georgetown and back in the water!" Kevin was dropping the boys off one day and said goodbye and kissed Cade on the head. Carson was already going up the steps, but he turned around and started coming back to Kevin saying, "kiss my" very quietly and Kevin couldn't hear him several times. Finally he spoke up and said, "KISS MY" and pointed the top of his head right at Kevin!

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One time Kevin had the boys in the bed already while I was getting ready for bed, and he called for me. A couple minutes went by while they were reading books, and Carson asked: "Where's Lisa?" They will sometimes say, "I love you, Lisa" or "I love you, Kevin" when they're being silly. But for the most part they don't actually use our first names!

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One night after dinner, we had grapes. Kevin was pretty full from dinner, but the grapes were so good that he ate a bunch. Later, he said he didn't feel good, and he ended up going to bed early that night. While I was laying with the boys, Cade said: "I don't feel good." Carson said: "I probably ate too much grapes." Cade replied: "Gotta chew 'em up!" As if they thought Daddy felt bad because he didn't chew up his food all the way like I'm always telling them to do!

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They are so funny when they tell me: "I have plenty drink." or "That's enough cheese." I love how they know so many concepts. They're always telling each other answers for me and Kevin. Like if one asks: "Can we go to Myrtle Waves?" The other may answer before one of us can: "We might go after nap!"

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They have recently decided that they are big boys! They think they can do just about anything. Potty training was a success! They still wear pull ups at night, but keep them dry a good bit of the time. Every other night there's one wet one, maybe! Bedtime is still a work in progress, but they think they're big boys for staying in their bunk beds all night (even if they still want Mommy to lie with them for a little while before falling asleep)! They sit at the table all the time now. We're working on big cups (when Daddy can stand the stress of spills or when he's not around). I've decided our potties are taller than standard homes, because they can just barely get their tinkertoys over the rim to pee in standing up! And our light switch plates are hung higher than standard, because they can't reach them at home but they can do these things at other people's houses! When I sing Rock-A-Bye Baby and other sweet songs, they remind me they are not babies. They say: "Finley's a Baby!" talking about the sweet little baby at DayCare, and then they request that I sing the songs with her name in there! I still love it when they say, "I'm Mommy's big boy!"

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They love to talk about bad guys, and I think are very prepared for an emergency situation (as prepared as a 2 year old can be)! They can't quite say our address yet, but they know to dial 911 in an emergency! This is a recent success, since Carson first announced 991 (the first time I read the 911 Emergency book that Nana and Bopa T. gave them for their last birthday) and they got stuck on it the wrong way for the longest time. They know to pitch a fit, holler and run away if a bad guy tries to get them! Now we just have to get rid of those fit pitches when bad guys are not around!

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They still love firetrucks and fire stations! They talk about firemen a lot. I recently realized that our new PTA at work is married to a fireman! When she heard me talking about how much the boys love firemen and stuff, she got all kinds of cool stuff for them. They were thrilled to have fire hats and fun trading cards, pencils, pamphlets, badges, and stickers! We hope we're gonna get it worked out to go meet him at work in the next couple of weeks! They are so excited about it, and also a little apprehensive as they keep asking me if I'll be there with them! Probably my next post will have a little more fireman stuff as they've gotten more and more excited about their firehats! I think this is enough for now. I'll try to do better at posting all the recent things I want to remember here and there instead of in one huge long post next time!