Bragging Rights

Well, that was easy enough! I will definitely try to post those little moments that make life special more frequently now. My, how technology helps the cause. Thanks iphone!

I wish I could just capture all the thoughts in my head I have had over the last month and somehow manage to get them down on paper, or er... screen. Talin has seriously turned into the silliest boy full of some serious personality lately. Others often use the word smug to describe him. Oh, how he is! He can just have the most deadpan expression while looking you in the eye and doing something he knows is funny. He loves to be a little stunt man, all while having this hilarious, smug expression on his face. He often seems SO much wiser than his almost 19 months.

And again, he is learning things left and right. He can now point to just about any body part (eyes, nose, head, ears, tongue, fingers, belly, toes, etc) knows many animal sounds (pig, monkey (ooh-ooh-ah, ah!), dog, kitty, lion, horse, owl and more) and has really just absorbed a phenomenal amount of awareness recently. He has a serious love for his favorite shoes- Vans with blue hippos. Do not try to put another pair on him- he hates them all! He will grab his shoes and yell "shh" and want them on. And as soon as the shoes are on, he is grabbing the front door knob and ready to get out the door.

And my second bragging right of the day... This weekend Holland had her first little performance from her ballet she has taken since January. She was in a production of, "The Mermaid" and her class was only onstage a few minutes, but her dedication was just great. She just took the whole ballet thing so seriously. She really enjoyed being a little ballerina and now just asks repeatedly when she will get a chance to be in the Nutcracker. But, we are going to take a little ballet break and might sign her up for gymnastics this week!

And again, I have to brag that my two are just amazing siblings. There are the occasional tears or shouting matches, but seriously, 85% of the time they are golden. Holland is such a fantastic big sister who earnestly tries to make her little brother happy. And Talin just has so much adoration for his big sister and lives to have her attention (which he almost always has.) No one can cure the Talin blues like Holland. He can have him from full out crying to laughing hysterically in seconds. I am such a lucky mama to have these two.