These Are a Few of My Favorite Things . . .

These days, you are likely to find Dylan holding onto one, if not all of these three things: a Nuk, a "'poon" and a bear (or some sort of animal)!

Laundry Lady

Reagan has become my little laundry helper lately.  She gets very upset if I pull the knob to start the wash, put the soap in or put the clothes in without her!  I love the help, but sometimes I'd just like to throw it in fast. 

On this particular day, Reagan wanted to help with the folding.  And yes, the pile by Reagan's feet is the "folded" clothes! And the neat pile in front of her is the "unfolded" clothes!

Oh well, she was so proud to be helping Mom that I just let her do her thing!

Chocolate Cheerios

Our house has a deep love for the new Chocolate Cheerios.  We really can't get enough!

Dylan helping himself in the pantry.

"I'll have these for breakfast, Mom."

Piano Man

I turned my back for one minute while Dylan and I played downstairs, and this is what I found:

Finding the perfect song.

Dylan had to climb up and over all the plastic clothes bins to get to the piano!

This is so fun, Mom!



Our Little Climber

There are usually two places we can find Dylan lately: on top of the little blue table or on top of the toy cabinet.  If there is a box to climb on top, he will find it!

Getting into stuff on the kitchen counter.

Enjoying playing with his farm while standing on top of the little piano.

And two minutes later, back to the blue table . . .

"Mmmmm, snacks taste so much better when you can eat them at the counter!"

Who Can Resist?

I hate to admit it, but I sometimes have a hard time resisting that cute little face.  OK, a lot of the time. 

Story Telling With Reagan

Reagan has always been great at "reading" stories.  Long before she could speak in sentences she would hold a book and babble away.  She still does but now it is so funny to hear her string together random words and phrases to make her stories. 

Tonight she "read" Snow White and the Seven "Door-offs" using a book that has nothing to do with Snow White or the Seven "Door-Offs" (Peek A Zoo).  The story went something like this:

"Snow White and the Seven Door-Offs.  Snow White went to the bushes.  She went in the forest. She rode on the wheels.  Snow White and . . . something. Oh, I love you. "Do you love sparkly?" Snow White yell-ded (I love how she throws the extra "ded" when someone talks - She said-ded, she yell-ded, etc.).  And she lived happily ever after."

I saw a book at Target called something like "If I Could Keep You Little" and one of the pages read, "If I could keep you little, I'd tell you stories every night, but then I'd miss you reading the words you've learned by sight."  Tonight was one of those nights that although I miss the baby she was, I'm so excited to see the little girl that she is becoming.