I can't upload photos at the moment, but I
can share some rambling about the kids...
Jacob is happily reading everything in sight. He's also very into writing signs and notes. He has reminders in his bedroom for things he needs to do in the morning (all his own idea). It's very cute.
Jacob was super into the Olympics and even pretended to luge one night (photos coming). Benjamin joined in.
Benjamin loves kicking and yelling, "Ya!" No doubt a leftover result of Jacob's karate classes. He's also very into doing things for himself. If you try to close a cabinet door and he's around, "No! My do it!" One crabby night, Greg asked if he was done with dinner, and the response? "No! My all done!"
Benjamin hates the sun in his eyes. When the sun shines too brightly into the car, he just yells, "EYE!" It is awesome.
Benjamin's also very into listing everyone's names. He finally says "Momma" on a regular basis!!! He calls himself "Ben."
Benjamin likes to point out babies, although some of the "babies" older than he is! He's great at helping pick up toys (much better than his brother). He's been sleeping through the night (
finally), but he still goes to bed very late. If we try to let him cry it out, he just cries until he throws up all over his bed. And then doesn't sleep, he's just mad. So that really doesn't work.
Jacob likes reading Dr. Seuss books (because they're the best!) and can even sound out works like "whisper." Right now we're reading
The Tale of Despereaux together at bedtime. It is so much fun! He is learning so many new words and I love hearing him laugh at the voices I do. I am not skilled at voices, but for some reason he finds my "girl" voices to be very silly.
We celebrated Korean New Year and took some time to eat Korean food and look up photos and information online. I told Jacob that I'm Korean, so that means he and Benjamin are both half Korean. Jacob said, "And that means Daddy is half Korean, too!"
The kids are super into yogurt right now. I've been making yogurt at home in my crockpot, which is very exciting for me. The kids love having yogurt as a snack. Benjamin calls it, "Oh-gee." Benjamin had a prescription medicine for a while in January. We had to shake it before pouring it out. He loved getting it out of the refrigerator and then saying, "Shake it!"
Benjamin has also been telling us when he needs to poop. (I know you woke up this morning and hoped someone would talk about poop!) He hasn't actually gone on the potty yet, but this is great news in our house. Maybe he'll potty train easily!
About a month ago, Jacob told me he had an imaginary friend.
Jake: Hey Mom, did you know I have an imaginary friend?
Me: No. I didn't know that. What's he like?
Jake: It's a girl.
Me: Oh! What's her name?
Jake: Laney.
Me: What do you do together?
Jake: Well, we talk at bedtime.
Me: What do you talk about?
Jake: Mostly flowers. She's a fan of flowers. (It was really hard not to laugh at that.)
Me: Oh, and what does she look like?
Jake: She has hair that does this (he drew a girl with flippy hair).
Me: Oh, that's fun hair. Hey.... didn't you have a girl in your class named Laney?
Jake: (sadly) Yes, but she doesn't go to our school anymore. She goes to another school.
Me: (finally getting it) Oh.... I see. What does the real Laney look like?
Jacob drew a girl with straight hair. See? Completely different. Not related at all...
Benjamin is showing signs of being a major sports fanatic. He has been yelling, "FOOTBALL" whenever he sees it on tv, but has also pointed out "bah-geh-ball" as well (we're not sure how he knows that one). His passion, however, seems to be hockey. He gets very excited when he sees hockey on tv and he actually
watches it. The other night, he fell asleep holding his hockey stick (thanks, Uncle Ben!) and saying, "Hockey.... hockey."
That's all I can think of for now.... I will post photos in another post. It will be a game.
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