Week 14

This past week was both fun and relaxing. We had some nice play dates scheduled to keep us busy and we were blessed with some good weather during the week, but it was pretty chilly over the weekend. Corinne has been doing fabulous with learning new words and signs. Right now she can sign "more to eat", "drink", "dog", "all done", and "help". She also says "help", "more", "hi Dada", "go bye-bye", "belly button" (with pointing to it), "dog", "sticker", "book", "ball", "Mama", "all done", "brodder" (brother), and she sings part of the clean up song saying "everybody everywhere....everybody do your share!" She seems to pick things up much faster than Lincoln, probably because he is there to help teach her. I just wish he would teach her to not chew books---but since he loves it when Sissy gets in trouble, he welcomes the book eating.

Monday ended up being a crummy, cloudy day and we laid around the house a bit before deciding to organize our closets, pick out stuff we had grown out of, and space bag others to save. Corinne and Lincoln both enjoyed staying in their pjs until noon!




























And I was thankful that the clouds provided the perfect amount of darkness for afternoon naps. Corinne always wakes up first to sneak in some Mommy and Me time. We usually read a few books on the couch---a favorite is Mr. Brown can Moo Can You? Corinne has perfected the cork sound and the "knock, knock" for a hand on the door.
















Lincoln did a few repairs around the house.



















Corinne decided she wants to be a tool girl too!
















We had Colton over for a water play date. It was super warm that day and the boys didn't seem to mind the cold water.















Although part of me thinks little kids are immune to feeling temperatures when they are having too much fun.















And who doesn't like some yummy hose water?















Here Lincoln, you can have some too!














After wearing themselves out, they decided to bundle up and dry off.















Corinne had her first taste of blackberries, then broke out in a rash on her thumb sucking finger. We will approach them with caution next time around.















Then we geared up for a....














on Saturday with the Lewison family. Unfortunately it was really chilly and a we didn't have many customers. Luckily Linda came over to help drag everything out and keep the kiddos entertained.















Lincoln and Ava were convinced that her small play kitchen was still as good as new and they were not ready to part with it. Turns out no one wanted it anyways.














Corinne had her first treat of Oreos---one of Daddy's favorites.














She gave it a five star rating!














The kids definitely needed a bath after our chaotic Saturday.














I had taken some of the toys hostage last week for some deep cleaning. (I was a bit disappointed to find some mildew growing in the squirt toys. I had hoped that the dry Cali weather would ward off the mold we were constantly battling in Okinawa--turns out I was wrong.) And Corinne was happy to have her tubby time friends back.




























Corinne keeps going to sit on the potty to poop in her diaper. If I was more brave I would start "pre-potty training", but I am not, and it will have to wait a bit. She has also started a lovely fascination with helping me wipe---but only when she poops, which makes for quite a mess!



















QUOTES OF THE WEEK


Quote 1: While talking on the phone with Nathan on speaker.
Lincoln: "Our Daddy's nice."
Me: "Yes, you do have a nice Dada. He's our hero too!"
Lincoln: "He's not a hero. He's our friend!"


Quote 2: When we are about to say our bedtime prayers and I tell Lincoln we need to pray for Chomper because he pooped in my bedroom.
Lincoln: "Hold on Mama. I be right back. I need to go yell at Chompy for pooping in your room."
Climbs out of bed and runs to my room and goes over to Chomper's crate.
Lincoln: Yelling..."Chompy, No pooping on the floor in Mommy's room. That's not nice!"
Runs back into his room and climbs into bed.
Lincoln: With a head tilt and hand out to the side. "I yelled at Chompy for you, Mamom."
Me: "Thanks for taking care of that for me baby."
I guess some of those "You are the man of the house" talks from Nathan are actually working!


Quote 3:
While playing with Corinne's tea set.
Me: "Excuse me, I could use some more tea please!"
Lincoln: "No Mama! That's enough. You need to save some tea for my grocery store!"
Apparently I was being greedy!