That brings us to the dreaded question "What do you do everyday?" Ha! Who knows? I have been trying to spend at least one hour of straight playtime with the boys. No phone, no TV, just playing. I've loved the afternoon rain storms as a chance to get outside and enjoy a little break from the heat.
Jackson will usually pick to build some sort of gun/armor/shield/launcher out of tinker toys, connector blocks, paper, yarn, or sticks. And when we build them, we just sit and talk about whatever he wants. Boy does his mind go! Most of the time it's facts from the PBS show "Wild Kratts". I'm not sure he has ever seen a full episode because we only have the app on the iPad. But, he's full of knowledge "blue dasher dragonflies can fly up down, right or left." "Only male praying mantis can fly- the girls are too big and can't." "Locusts live under ground as a beetle for 18 years". Most of the time I am fascinated by what his mind retains. He also has been a great brother to Tommie and Dallin lately. Sometimes he is the only one that can get them to stop crying.
Tommie will pick to wrestle or squirt things with water. More like dump water on things. So many times he fills up cups and just dumps them on the couch, carpet, etc. Talk about annoying! :) But, he's sneaky about it, so you have to watch him. I bought him a cheap little plastic pool and he'll spend hours just filling it up, cup of water at a time. He talks non stop now. He loves to ask Jackson "you ride the bus?" I counted 20 times he asked that at dinner yesterday. Poor jackson! But, he is obsessed with seeing Jackson get on and off the bus, though he gets scared to death if the driver talks to him. One day, he got all dressed up in pants, shoes and socks (franklins rule), grabbed his own water bottle. And when the bus came, he thought he could just get on with Jackson. It was so sad when he realized he couldn't. Total melt down. Not anger, just sheer sadness. He also says "thank you" for everything- "excuse me" to any burp or anyone else's noises (sneezes, coughs, etc.). He will say it over and over until you acknowledge him.
Tommie is also incredibly sensitive. I can tell it is a gift he has. One day at the grocery store, the man in front of us was incredibly rude and cranky. He kept cussing at the clerk, throwing things in his cart, just complaining of everything. I watched little Tommie stare at him and say "Hi" over and over. I kept trying to shush him, but he kept getting louder and louder. The man finally looked over and said "What?" Tommie said again "Hi!" Still no response so Tommie keeps repeating it. The man says to me "Can't you make him shut up?" and I said "well actually, he just wants you to say hi back". "Fine, "the man says, "hi" , tommie stops yelling, and then he pushes his cart off. When I exited the store, the man was there waiting. He apologized for his language in front of such sweet kids and said that Tommie's smile had "changed him". Little stories like this actually happen a lot.
Dallin is a new boy. He can crawl "normally" now. His "frog-leg-army-crawl" only lasted a few weeks and I never got it on video. I wish I would have because it was so unique. He really is a horrible sleeper some nights, just wanting to sleep with me holding him- standing up. It's miserable. But, other nights, he'll catch back up and sleep 12 hours in a row. When Dallin is feeling good, and sleeps good, he is the happiest. Still he just calms me down so many times. His hair is crazy and won't be tamed, funny how it sticks straight up in the back. But, we love his little toothy grin and how his eyes can't stay open when he laughs (sound like anyone? -james). I still think he looks the most like James. He totally enjoys eating and is so loud at smacking his food. He fights tommie for binkys (ya, i know, tommie is way too old- i can't even count the number of times I said we'd quit it and then buy more :) ). Dallin will quietly crawl over and steal them out of tommie's mouth and crawl away so fast. It gets us all laughing. He is happiest when I let him outside, to roam free, eat rocks, and play in water.
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