Blanket Rules

His Highness, Sir Sweetness has established some rules regarding The Beashes.

• Under no circumstances should The Beashes be found in any ones possession other than Sir Sweetness himself.
• No part of your body should be found on top of The Beashes.
• The Beashes may lightly rest on you if Sir Sweetness is in the general vicinity of The Beashes.
• Your nose and/or forehead may touch The Beashes. This action may produce a giggle from Sir Sweetness.
• Your cheek is not allowed to rest on The Beashes.
• Regarding touching The Beashes with your fingers, fingers 1-3 are OK, for full or partial touch. 4 fingers touching The Beashes will make Sir Sweetness nervous.
• 5 fingers touching The Beashes IS NOT ALLOWED, especially if finger number 5 is on the opposite side of The Beashes.

If these rules are followed peace will reign in the kingdom of His Highness, Sir Sweetness.

Basketball Hoop

Yesterday I walked outside to watch the boys play and was confronted with the saddest little boy ever. "Basketball hoop." He lamented to me over and over. I couldn't figure it out, nothing was broken. The hoop was there waiting on him to come play. Then Moises showed me how he created the monster..

So what are a tired daddy and mommy to do with a toddler that won't give it up?

Where in the world?

I am going to take a page from Laurie's book today. Where was I?

Let's see who I can pull out of their shells to answer. Lani is right it is somewhere in Brazil. Maybe the one city in Brazil that everyone knows. This is a touristy spot.

Laurie got it exactly right. This is the "Pao de Acucar" or Sugar Loaf.

We are going on a bat hunt

We are going to catch a big one. What is it with my boys, workers, and bats?! Caeden could not wait to finish supper so he could drag our wonderful company to the dungeon. It is a good thing they were such good sports. Although in the photo Melinda does look awfully worried.
It was an eventful night, full of bat hunts, magic tricks, and car chases, complete with noises...

Oh, what an awful time to have the battery on the camera die! A lot of fun was had by all. So sad to see you go this morning. Come back soon Twyla and Melinda!

Meghan

My skin gets very dry in the winter, especially my hands, because of all the hand washing and dishes. I keep a special pair of gloves by our bed to wear at night. I slather up with lotion and put them on. Caeden found these gloves. He put them on and instantly turned into a doctor. Ordering Camlyn around, stand here on the scale, and issuing flu shots. He was very busy and was playing quite nicely, so I let him keep them for the time being. They quickly turned into an obsession though and would only take them off for the essential things, eating, shower, bathroom, when we ordered him too. I found out why tonight.

He came to me with a dreamy look in his face. Yes, he was smelling the gloves. "Mommy, these smell like Meghan." Meghan is a little girl in his class.
"Do you like Meghan."
"Yeah, Meghan is my friend." He spread his arms way out to the side. "I like her this much."
Maybe we have a first crush? She is a cute little girl, mommy approves.

Talking Talking

Well, the good news is that Camlyn is not quite 30 months yet and he is talking more. The bad news, we don't quite understand everything. He really has been talking up a storm lately. A lot of it I have been noticing is Portuguese, which is good, and probably why I don't understand everything. When we were in Brazil we were able to pick up some books. We didn't have any books in Portuguese when Caeden was little and I think it does help them to learn. A few things I have deciphered, fome and sede is hungry and thirsty. The phrase that really has me stumped? Sabe doo doo. You can tell that he is asking for something or means something when he says it. He really gets frustrated when we don't understand. We need some help here. Sabe in Portuguese means you know. So is he telling us that we know doo doo? Could be, maybe Uncle Justin is right and he already has all of life's mysteries figured out and he is just rubbing it in our faces.

Exercise

Sorry, the light is bad on this. Camlyn is laying on the floor pulling the chair back and forth with his arms. Working his triceps I guess. Why my boys eat so much! This is what they do for fun.