Animals!

Wow - I can't believe it's July already! Where has this year gone? As Isaac gets closer to his third birthday I am seeing so many changes in the way that he plays. The other day we couldn't find him - he had gone upstairs to play by himself. When I called to him to see what he was doing he hollered "me doin' upstairs". He came down the stairs with his arms full of stuffed animals and headed towards the basement.

To put all of his animals in the dump truck - right where they belong - of course!

He is really starting to "play" with his toys and think about different ways to play with them. The other night he was sorting out all his toys in the living room - dividing up which ones belonged upstairs in his room, which ones belonged in the basement, and which ones stayed put. (If any of you know me very well you will know that he gets this from me!) Another time I found him in the living room lining up all his cars in straight lines on the rug - later these same cars were all lined up under the edge of the couch "hiding".

One more quick funny story before I sign off....we were eating breakfast one morning earlier this week and when Isaac was finished he pushed his plate away and declared "me make happy plate - Amen!" That one kept me smiling all day!

Creeper

Tessa has reached the stage of development called "creeping". It's basically scooting around on the belly but not really crawling. I put her down on the rug to go make her some dinner (for reference, I laid her down in the lower right hand corner where the blue hat is) and by the time I came back a few minutes later here she was! She was excited because Isaac had dumped out all of his toys (and they are so much more fun than her "baby" toys!). I'm still not sure how she rolled and creeped her way through the obstacle course of all these toys so quickly, but she seemed pretty proud of herself!

The return of the sippy cup

It seems like the sippy cup is becoming a household favorite. I gave this one to Tessa yesterday and she played with it for about 20 minutes on the floor. Who needs all these toys when you have a sippy cup????

Brotherly Love

Lately Tessa has been longing for every thing her older brother has - especially the "sippy cup" - and Isaac is already figuring out how to torment his little sister. I love how he stands there pretending like he has no idea why she is screaming!