This Summer we ....

added a lot of words to our vocabulary here are some recent phrases words and conversations between my boys:

Eli (while playing with their trains and track): "I on da bridge".
Alex responds: No, tunnel (points to tunnel) this is bridge (points to bridge).

Well thank you, Mr. Smarty Pants! I sat there in shock that he knew what a tunnel was AND that my children just had such a big boy conversation. I explained the conversation to Jared when he got home and he said "I told him what a tunnel was last night." Amazing. I recently read an article about how when fathers make it a point to talk to their children it greatly increases their vocabulary because they will talk to them about different things than mom just based upon different interests. SO COOL!

Recently, I watched Mindy's two girls and Eli took a liking to Kayla's teddy bear. He slept with it, had snack with it and watched his video. I had to draw the line at bathing with it.

While we sat and had yogurt for snack teddy sat on the table and Eli said "You get your feet off the table, teddy, right now!". He has also placed many more demands upon Teddy. Poor Teddy is barked at on a regular basis. This makes me feel bad but they are two and I am having to redirect and correct them often right now so I guess it is only natural that he re-enact this with his teddy bear.

They are also encouraging one another which warms my heart. Alex laid back in the tub last night and kind of floated on his back and Eli said "good job Alex!" They also tell Jared and I this. Jared drank from his glass recently at dinner and was told "good job, Daddy!"

In the midst of all the "MINE, MINE, MINE's!" they are sharing from time to time although infrequently and we are attempting to learn about taking turns.

I guess all the "no, no's" pay off but yikes sometimes I feel like that is all that I say. They have started to parent one another with these words. "No, no alice (Alex)" is Eli's most commonly used phrase currently.

Another phrase that they have gotten down pat is "I not like it" or Eli's statement this week was "I can't like nappy noodles (naps), I can't like it". :)

A few other words they are saying incorrectly that I thoroughly enjoy are:

seccup~ketchup

opemeal~oatmeal

nola bar~granola bar

(this quickly became the way that Jared and I refer to the granola bar also)

habit- as in "I habit?" (have it)

shoes tennis~Eli held a tennis shoe up to me and declared this.

I recently sang "tee dum tee dee a teedle dum tee day" to them from Peter Pan and they think it is the funniest thing they have ever heard.

I also recently introduced them to the "guess what? chicken butt! guess who? chicken poo, guess why? chicken thigh" thing (mature, I know) to them recently and they broke into fits of laughter. I knew they'd LOVE it but the funny part came when I over heard Eli in his room saying "guess who? chicken butt!" and then laughing hysterically.

Recently I heard the boys in their room doing what I can only imagine is the toddler version of "tastes great, less filling" Eli yells "Hot dog" and Alex yells back "ketchup". They did this several times. Um, O.K.

This past weekend we were at Bed, Bath and Beyond and Jared found the massage chairs. I turned a corner and spotted my husband enjoying one and of course hopped into the one next to him while the boys were both in carts. When Jared got up I tried the one that he was in and I declared "ohhhh Mama!" Eli corrected me by saying "no, he NOT mama, his name is daddy." It was cute.

They are big into loving things. They regularly declare "I lub (love) pizza", "I lub Daddy" etc., etc,

They also donned boxes on their heads this week and we taught them "I am a robot, I'm talking like a robot".

Yeah, I definitely have a love/hate relationship with this age. It is hysterical at times but sometimes it leaves me hysterical :)