Ring Pops!

Grandma had a special treat for the boys when we visited on Friday ... RING POPS!

Even better ... BLUE RING POPS!

Giddy Up!

Daddy let the giraffe in Pryce's room run wild on Thursday night! The boys took turns taking him for a ride.

Super Everett!

I had Everett's parent-teacher conference last Friday. I was surprised when Ms. Sandra informed me that he has become the "Class Hero". Apparently one of the boys was picking on one of the girls in his class a few weeks ago and Everett intervened. Since then, if anyone is getting picked on ... his classmates go get Everett! I asked if this was a problem ... was he being a bully or a tattle tale? To which she responded no, he just doesn't like seeing someone not being treated nicely. According to David's parents, this might be a gene he inherited from his Dad. Apparently, as a child, David was also known to "police" his peers.

Ms. Sandra said Everett is doing fine at school. He is good about sharing with his friends and using his manners. We still have room for improvement on many skills, but nothing that concerned either of us. When I asked what his favorite thing is to do in the classroom, she quickly responded with - Legos! We are still convinced that we have a budding engineer in our home.

Feeling better

Pryce has been a bit under the weather over the past week. I took him to the doctor on Thursday and found out he had a sinus and ear infection. After just one dose of antibiotics he acted like he felt much better. Look closely and you can see where he has one more tooth on it's way in (which has probably contributed to his fussiness lately).

Another milestone I should make mention of ... it seems Pryce has figured out how to climb out of his crib. One day during his nap I heard him cry. I went in his room expecting him to just be crying because he was ready to get up. I found him on the floor crying. Not sure if he hurt himself getting out of the bed or he just wanted out of his room ... from the look of his room, I think he'd been running wild in there for a while already! On Thursday I had him in his crib while I was changing E in his room. I watched him climb over the rails and hang there waiting for me to let him down. I'm not quite ready to put him in a "big boy bed" ... however, I do go check on him more quickly these days when I hear him banging around!

Wet toes

We sure have been enjoying the nice weather these days. Pryce enjoyed playing with Daddy and the garden hose.

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Big Shoes

School Garden Picnic

The boys' school had a garden picnic today. We brought our lunches and sat outside and enjoyed the beautiful weather!

Here's Pryce sporting the garden hat he made.

Everett with his friend, Alex

Pryce's 18 month checkup

Pryce had his 18 month check up on February 20th.
Wt - 23 lbs 9 ozs (<25th percentile)
Ht - 331/4 " (75th percentile)
Head - 47 (25th percentile)

Pryce is quite the mimic and is picking up new words every day. He has no problem communicating what he wants ... or doesn't want! He's mastered a pretty impressive temper tantrum and is learning to test us regularly. At the same time, he's a very affectionate boy and gives out the hugs & kisses quite generously. When David leaves for work in the morning and P sees him kiss me goodbye, he reaches up to him with his lips puckered wanting his goodbye kiss too! He continues to express his love of music and just can't help but bop along to a tune. While watching American Idol last week, he was particularly "moved" by one contestant and danced through the whole song. Even Everett noticed and said "Look at Pryce dancing!" Dr. Katz said he's doing great and we were pleased when he happily waived and said "Bye bye" when it was time to leave.

Gardening

The boys have been helping Grandad Ray in his garden and were thrilled when Daddy decided they would grow a garden at home as well. They are 100% B-O-Y and would never pass up an opportunity to play in dirt!

When GiGi asked Everett what he had planted he responded with "a plant" (duh! what kind of silly question is that?!?!)

Swwwwing batter batter

The last time we visited Grandad Ray, he rigged up a "batting tree" for Everett to practice his swing. I was so impressed by how determined Everett was and the length of his attention span. He stayed outside swinging at the ball for a long time.

Pryce took a couple practice swings as well, but was usually more content wearing Grandad's hat and helping him in the garden.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Dance Cam

Aunt Debbie gave the boys a Playskool "dance cam" for Christmas. Here's a few clips of the first time they tried it out. Clearly, they need some practice. We couldn't keep them from getting right in front of the TV, and of course they both were fighting for "screen time". The shots are pretty shaky, but that's because I was laughing the whole time. I'll try to get some better footage after they get some practice.

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Another milestone ...

Important milestone here .... I must report that Everett had his very first Slurpee on January 17th on our drive to visit Grandma and Grandad Rankin. He loved it ... of course!

Weeeeeeeeeeeee

We went to cousin, Hanna's 6th birthday party at Planet Pizza on Saturday. Everyone had a great time!

Pryce Dancing

Pryce LOVES to dance. Baba and Gigi bought him his first MP3 player for Christmas and he loves carrying it around and dancing to the music. He never performs quite the same when I try to videotape him ... but here's a sample of his moves.

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New Scooter

The boys enjoyed playing outside today. The new scooter their grandparents got them for Christmas got a lot of use.

E actually said "Momma, take my picture" and posed with his hands behind his head. Too funny.