The Good Things

As I sit here and watch a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse marathon with the boys I'm reminded of all the sweet joys my cubs have brought me lately. They have been learning so much, and it's been so long since I've really blogged about these things and how much fun we've been having.

This parenting thing just keeps getting more fun. The boys are both into playing pretend, which all started with a little Neiman's shopping bag I brought home filled with new makeup...the boys were so fascinated by the cute little shopping bag (I know what you're thinking...who wouldn't be fascinated by a cute little Neiman's bag) so I took everything out and gave them each a bag to play "shopping" with. Well they went around their playroom collecting all kinds of toys to put in their bags, and next thing I knew they were telling me "bye mama, I go to the beach, have a good day", and they would sit in their little red chairs, which was their pretend car....their imaginations are wild...they would put their shopping bags in the "way back" of their pretend car, and play like they were driving to the beach. Now they are obsessed with any kind of bag, backpack, or anything they can pack things in. The other thing they have enjoyed doing is calling Mickey Mouse on their play cell phone. Reid has lengthy conversations (for a 2 year old) with Mickey and asks him all kinds of questions like..."wanna come trick or treating with us" or "Hi Mickey Mouse, wanna come eat supper with us", or sometimes it is "Hi Mickey Mouse, what you gonna be for Halloween Mickey Mouse, oh a cowboy?". Lot's of pretend play in this house lately!

We're also learning a lot at school...the boys can sing their "A,B,C,D's" better than ever, and will usually tell me "No help mama". I've heard them count to 30...between the 2 of them (they sometimes help each other), and on their own they can make it at least to 20 or so. I learned on the way to school one morning they are very familiar with all their shapes...."Oh look mama it's a Octogan"...and next thing I knew they were pointing out diamonds, triangles and all kinds of shapes along our drives. The octogan is still their favorite, but they love to play "I spye colors" which turns into "I spye shapes, or Mac trucks" or anything they find interesting. Our art skills are also coming along nicely. The boys always have a nice new piece of art they're bringing home, but my favorite so far was Reid's Tractor he drew me the other night....he very intently drew some scribbly picture on the paper and told me "Look mama, I draw a tractor, it says dig, dig, dig (showing me the hand motions)..."and these tracks" he said. I didn't notice right away, but at second glance it actually resembled a digger, complete with mud tracks and all....coincidence maybe, the next Picaso...I'll let you be the judge :) ha, j/k but maybe he will get the Speece artistist abilities, something I never seemed to pick up.

My sweet Grant on the other hand is quite the song bird. Always wants me to "Sing mama sing" (not sure how much longer this will last, but it still melts my heart every time I have a request for "Mary had a little lamb"). He doesn't even need me to sing because as soon as I start a song he belts out every last word on his own. Grant is definitely my lovey bear, always giving the sweetest kisses and hugs, and telling me out of the clear blue "I wuv you mama", or "I missed you mama", and always wants to say a special prayer for daddy at dinner...sounds pretty much perfect right :) this blog is titled the "good things". I mean I'm sure I'm just like every other mom out there, but I truly feel like the luckiest, most blessed girl in the whole world to have 2 happy, healthy, and especially fun loving boys! These are definitely the good things!!

Tha master piece!