prayer: both kids seem a little sick, again. landon was complaining of an upset stomach. dave and i have been discussing reducing his dairy again. not fun cooking times. auburn is still dealing with cold issues, after 2 weeks of it.
playfulness: i have much to write about. my goal is to post tonight, and again tomorrow night. but, who knows what tomorrow holds. here we go.
landon has been working on dressing himself recently, and has done fairly well. he frequently gets his clothes on backwards, but he's getting better. the funniest incident is when he forgot to take his pajama top off when he put his shirt on. he laughed at himself when i pointed it out. i guess what makes it funnier, is that i was notorious for doing such things when i was little.
one of his big accomplishments recently has been his ability and speed with which he has put all the pieces of perfection in the correct places. i actually was amazed at how quickly he figured it all out without any help.
you all know that landon loves to assume new identities. some of his most recent favorites have been dash, from the incredibles, and brother bear, from the berenstien bears. he's even gone so far as to insist that his ss teachers write the name of whoever he is that day on his paper instead of landon. just the other day, he was pretending he was sir hiss on disney's robin hood. here is a picture of him in the laundry hamper. he was pretending that he was the snake in the basket while robin hood and little john were pretending to be gypsies and robbing prince john.
the other day, landon informed me "i have a little sister growing in my belly!"
about 2 weeks ago, landon was running around his classroom at sunday school being silly. there were 2 six year old girls watching him. one leaned over to the other and declared "he has a crush on you!" i laughed heartily. the funny thing was, when they left the room, landon asked where they went. i guess he was basking in their attention to some degree, but i doubt that their assessment of the situation was anywhere near being accurate.
we purchased landon a new car seat last week. while putting it together, it became evident that it was going to be a source of contention between the kids. it even got to the point that auburn pulled landon out of it once we put it together and let him test it out in the living room. also in regards to this new seat, landon told me "i've got gum on me!" when i told him that he needed to get out if it after we finished our errands last week.
auburn has had equally as many funny moments recently. as you all know, she can be quite the girly girl. she loves to wash her hands, but frequently asks for hand cream after she's dried them. i don't remember if i've mentioned that her sunday school teachers found her using a crayon to try to put eye liner on. she also loves to have her nails painted. after finishing her nails last week, she walked off with her polish. when we took it away, she became very upset.
for her first birthday, she received a cabbage patch doll named marlene. daddy started calling it aunt spazzy. so, we've had name wars, me calling it marlene and dave calling it spazzy. last week, auburn made the final call when she asked me for "paddy". it took me a while to figure out what she was talking about, but i guess i now know whose side she's on!
i had to laugh last week when she fell down on her hand, stood up, and lifted her hand to me making a kissing sound. of course, i complied and kissed her boo-boo. i guess i can handle her siding with her dad about names if i still have the power to make owies go away with a kiss.
now for more pictures. here are more pictures of landon's new room.
landon enjoys water painting at his table while auburn naps, and they both love to sit and color.
landon has also enjoyed his new "reading room".
auburn has been doing pretty well in her big girl bed. i love watching her run to bed when we tell her to. it's very cute.
landon and auburn were playing beauty and the beast in the next picture. this was taken after they "danced."
after seeing landon playing hockey with his roller skates on...
auburn decided she needed to find some as well. she ended up using landon's car slippers (that appeared to have wheels on them) and a spoon from the kitchen as a stick.
well, that's all folks! until tomorrow.....
