fun times

The other night we had a friend over. (You can find his blog here) And he is the most awesome person in the world to two little boys. He got attacked with books before his shoes were off, and by bedtime they were playing games on his phone.

Now, Cowboy has a voice recording app for his phone. He set it up and told the boys to talk into it. So they did. They must not have really grasped the concept, though, since the Boy said "Hello? Hello? It's not working!" Then when it was played back, he tried to answer himself!

When it was becoming evident that bedtime was soon approaching, I handed the Girl off to Cowboyand I took my little boys up the stairs to change into their pajamas. The Girl was just fine until I disappeared up the stairs. The world just collapsed!

Apparently, Daddy came to the rescue and whisked her to safety, but she kept yelling and screaming, stopping only to look over her shoulder and glare accusingly at the reason for Mommy's disappearance (who really understands baby logic? Cowboy was holding her when Mom disappeared, therefore it was his fault Mommy was gone).

For some reason, this household is tired and cranky. Don't really know why.... Kids go to sleep at a decent time, Mommy and Daddy try to do the same, but for some reason the boys wake up tired and we wake up tired.

I was thinking that it had something to do with Daddy being gone last week and we're just trying to get back to normal, but I don't really know.... When little boys are in bed and asleep before 7 and sleep (mostly) through until somewhere between 6 and 7, you'd think they'd be getting enough rest. (Must be those darned nightmares that make for restless sleeps)

This Morning, Boy2 has had meltdown after meltdown. When I ask what the real problem is, all he says is either "because" or "sorry, Mom". Then he and his big brother changed the topic and were trying to tell me that we needed another baby in my tummy. "Another Girl" said the Boy. Boy2 just nodded in serious agreement (the ONLY thing they agreed on this morning!) with those beautiful eyes so intent. We'll see, boys.

The Boy is at preschool and I'm going to take the younger two with me to see if we can register him in Kindergarten for the fall. His speech is going along wonderfully and we see diction improvements (even though the speech therapist is working solely on his "angry cat sound" /f/ some of the other sounds seem to be coming too).

Boy2 like to "practice" speech as well since big brother is doing it too. He exaggerates sounds when he thinks they should be present (even if the sound is not in the word he's trying to say!).

My Girl is talking too. Actually, it's more like growling. SHe was in her exersaucer this morning, happy and jumping, but she was growling. I looked at her, then around at her brothers then to Hubby and said "Do you think she does that because she's surrounded by dinosaurs all the time?" Hubby's response? "Probably."