Terrific Comes in Twos

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Smarties!

We love our Daddy!
Daddy keeps asking Mommy if the twins are supposed to be this smart! I keep telling him the boys are developing just the way God designed them to! They're extra-special to us (although I know from all my early childhood development and speech/communication classes that almost all is normal as long as the progress is steady). Here's a couple of examples why we think they're brilliant(that I'm sure those of you who have kids will recognize from your own experience):
-If we tell one to take his brother a Teddy bear, He will go get a Teddy bear and run after his brother saying: "Here you go Bubby - Teddy!"
-At about 1 1/2 they started pointing out all tractors. Now they name almost everything we pass on the road - tractors, boats, ambulance, fire trucks, motorcycles, cows, sheep, horses, dogs, birds, etc. (It's like riding with a speech therapist everywhere, because you know that's what I used to do before they talked all the time.)
-They call all white trucks "Daddy's truck!" (his work truck is white)
-They call all burgundy trucks "Grandpa's truck!"
-They will carry something to the laundry room if we say, "Go put this in the laundry room." or to the trash if we say, "Go throw this away."
-They love to pick out what to wear - especially shoes!
-They look down and say "Uh-oh" and grab their diaper when it's full. - Yikes - I'm really not ready to go through that yet!
-They love to play in a fort - our newest was the tunnel made by throwing a blanket over the highchairs - they kept driving Mr. Hippolo through the tunnel.
-They name so many things - you don't want me to list them at this point!
-They learn something new and do it over and over again!
-They'll tell you a full sentence to say what they want. i.e. "I want a plate."
-They know their cups by their bumpy name labels (which are such a great way to label bottles and cups), because they've been used to them ever since we started bottles. Cade's label is green and Carson's is blue. It doesn't matter what I put them on, if Carson picks them both up he will hand Cade the green one and keep his or vice versa if Cade picks them up.
-They love to kiss their animals.
-They laugh at everything.
-They love to be tickled.
-They do lots of motions for little songs!
-They love to jump - their feet only barely make it off the ground now.
-They attempt to sing the ABC's!
-They sing "Jesus Loves Me!"
-They say "Bible" or "Jesus" when they pick up their little children's story Bibles.
-They sit in the floor or a chair for long periods of time (like 2-5 minutes - very long to me) to read books, and they actually say real words here and there now. They always say "Peepeye!" to the baby or critter under the flap when they read their lift the flap books. The other day Carson was reading "Goodnight Moon" and was saying goodnight to each animal - so sweet!
-They love to make all their animal noises - right now Cade's favorite is Lion - "Roar!" and Carson's favorite is Horse - "Neigh!"
-They see the word "Dog" with a picture of a dog and say "Dog - Bark Bark!"

It's so fun to watch all these little emerging literacy skills!
Here we are eating chicken nuggets, carrots, sweet peas, pears, and Mommy's fave - cheese for lunch today!

Friday, September 12, 2008

Last weekend!

The twins were so excited when Daddy got home from work! Then we went to Grandma's house and got to eat her yummy homemade pizza and cheesecake! The canteloupe and bananas were the biggest hit with our little fruit lovers, but the cheesecake and ice cream were a close second!
Grandpa's tractors are lots of fun!
We played and played!
Carson loves to build! Don't think it stands tall for long, because big brother Cade loves demolition!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Night Night!

I got to wake up the boys this morning! Here's our sleepy heads!

The boys know to go put their milks in the fridge before we go get shoes on at the backdoor for Day Care! Cade is saying, "Open the door." which sounds like: "Ope da doe."
Here's Carson handing me a ball tonight after bath!
And Cade is hugging the Carolina Teddy Bear!

We're ready to cheer on the Gamecocks - in the twins' dreams! Asleep way before it started! But they did get to say, "Go. Go!" again several times tonight while we were saying, "Go Gamecocks!"

Dinner after Church!

Sunday night after church our Sunday School class prepared dinner for the church. Really all the Daddies did the work in the kitchen - cooking burgers, hot dogs, and fries! Cade and Carson wanted to help!
Here's the children with the other Mommies!
And here's the children playing!
The twins love to climb up into their rocking chair and rock together!
They really are so funny! The other day Cade was walking backwards so he could watch his shadow move on the wall as the light was shining on him! And one day Carson was kicking a ball around the living room saying, "Kick. Kick." Every time he kicked the ball. Our little soccer player!

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Grad School Friends Get Together

And of course all the pictures are of the 8 children! Thank you, thank you, thank you Dana and family for letting us invade your beautiful house and awesome yard! We had so much fun!!! Dana, Megan, Jana, and I enjoyed watching our children get to know each other! We wish Caroline could have been here from California and we were so sad Madison got sick b/c we wanted to see her with Ashley who I'm sure is adorable pregnant with her second baby girl!