Kid Fun

Some fun (and some not so fun) things going on with the kids lately:

Jed's been saying "Ummmm..." a lot. When I realized it, I thought to my self...do we say "ummmm" that much? He's also been saying "Guys!". Well I figured out where these are coming from - Veggie Tales. Bob frequently says 'Ummm, Larry..." or "Hey Guys!". It makes me wonder how much more Veggie Tales he quotes but that we just don't realize.

Riley & Jed both have been sick lately. They are feeling better now. Riley just had a respiratory infection but Jed had croup. He had to take a steroid for three days & is still sleeping with a humidifier& on an incline. He really likes the incline...we might need to keep it.

Jed's learning more about kisses. For the longest time he would just lean in and touch his puckered lips to yours. No smooching sound. Well now he knows that kisses are supposed to make a noise. So, if you kiss him but make no noise, he will lean back in for another kiss and make the sound himself.

Jed weighs 35 lbs & Riley weighs 18 lbs. Riley is actually bigger than Jed was at this same age.

When Jed gets a hold of my phone, he wants to call Papa. I'll tell him that Papa is at work. So then he wants to call Nana. He will throw a fit sometimes if I say no. When his Nana heard this story - she, of course, said to call anyways.

Riley is starting to sit up lately. She's doing a pretty good job - an especially great job in the bathtub with her little bath seat.

When Riley is laying on the floor, Jed loves to straddle her and walk from her head to her feet. As we gets to the end he squeels because he thinks it is so fun.

Jed is VERY rough with Riley. He will make her into a tough little girl. He thinks that he can play with her the same way that his dad plays with him. It's amazing to see him do the exact same things to her that Drew does to him. It seems to me, that while I am the one who is at home with Jed all day long, Drew is the one he imitates most. I probably just don't notice the ways that he imitates me....

Jed is still pushing kids - although it used to be a gentle push...now, it's a full force shove!

So...We have added the 'disobedience chair' to our repitoire of discipline tools. Jed actually understands that he cannot get up until the timer goes off & that each stint in the chair ends with a hug and a kiss.