Easy Does It

For a nice change of pace, things have been pretty laid back and slow this past week or two. Not too much has been going on...just the usual play dates with friends, errands, swimming at the pool and other summer fun. No complaints from this girl!

Drew and Ben are pretty funny, and are showing us their developing personalities more and more every day. For instance, the other day, I had told Ben several times to put his toys back in the toy box, and he wasn't minding very well. So I said "Ben, if I have to get to 'three', you are going to be in trouble. One...Two..." and then Ben looks right at me (while putting toys in the toy box, no less) and says "Free, Far, Fiiie, Fits. Yaaaaaaaayyyy". The moment was lost, and I stood there cracking up. All three of us laughed (but I'm sure they didn't know why we were laughing), and then we all picked up the toys together.

They are both beginning to put two and three words together to make sentances, and it's really nice to be able to know what they are trying to communicate since they can say just about everything. They're pretty obsessed with the movie 'Cars', or anything that has wheels and goes "passt" (fast). Maybe that's why Drew runs everywhere he goes. His favorite phrase right now is "aahhh sern, mommy" (my turn, mommy), and any time Ben has anything -regardless of how long Ben has had it- Drew immediately looks at me and tells me that it's "his turn." It's a process...

Anyways, I've been trying to post video of the two of them splashing in the baby pool we have on our deck. They really have fun with it when we're not at the Y. But so far, Google Video hates me, and won't let me post. Any computer savvy blogging friends out there, feel free to offer any advice. Until I can figure it out, here are just a few random pictures I've taken lately. Enjoy!
"Mommy, look how much I love my pacies!" "Ben, honestly, you look ridiculous!""Oh wait! I didn't know it was cool. I guess if you can do it, then I can do it too."