Conversations with Toddlers

Once again, swine flu is wreaking havoc in Cunningham Castle. This round took out yours truly. Let's just the say the last few days have pretty much been a haze. However, we did manage to get in a few interesting conversations with the boys:

Jack while talking to daddy: "Max was naughty. I was naughty too, but it's okay because I'm sick" (followed by several fake coughs).

Me to Max after he filled his diaper: "Max, are you poopy?"
Max: "Unh-nuh" (shakes his head)
Me: "Are you lying?"
Max: "Uh-huh, I poopy!" (smiles)

This last conversation with Max he repeated 3 times over the course of today, each time poopy.

Anyway, here's hoping we're all healthy by this weekend so the boys can enjoy Halloween!

Ding! Done!

Yesterday while at the Valley West Mall play area, another dad asked if Max was 2. He was completely flabbergasted when I told him that Max is only 15 months. He said, "But he walks and talks like he's so much older!" Yep, that's our Max.

This morning, Jack had to go potty, and he said, "Max go potty too." Sure enough, Max walked over to Curtis, squatted, grunted, and then said, "Ding! Done!" Good thing he still had a diaper on because it was full! Max is extremely interested in the potty. He loves trying to sit on it. Unfortunately, his body is still too immature to control those things like he would like to.

October? Really?

Another day stuck home with the sickies - yuck! Fortuntately, we have plenty of Children's Motrin in stock to keep fevers down and little boys comfortable. But what would we do all day stuck home again?

We decided to do some exploration with apples today. First we cut our apples in half so they could see the star pattern the apple seeds make. Then I started chopping so we could make apple crisp (saving the star middles for later).

The boys thought the apple pieces were quite tasty (love Honeycrisps!). Good thing the apples were big because Jack and Max kept stealing pieces. They also were quite excited to lick the spoon from the crisp mixture. And sorry, we won't be sharing the apple crisp with anyone because I guarantee you there are swine flu germs baked right into this one.

Anyway, back to the "star cores" saved earlier. Jack used them to make stamps. He chose yellow paint on yellow paper. Once he realized that wasn't the best visual choice, he added red and purple.

It's official - Trystin is growing up and entering puberty. He had his first zit. Curtis is so proud!

I've been trying to take the little boys to the library once a week for storytime, and afterwards we check out 3-4 books. This week I discovered Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle.

After reading the story today, we made homemade pancakes with chocolate chips.

Max LOVES pancakes - he ate 3.

Unfortunately, I think the swine flu has decided to attack our house. Jack came down with a fever of 103 last night, and today Max crossed the 100 mark. They do okay as long as I keep them pumped full of motrin, but still achy and croupy. Jack took refuge in his "tent" in our room.