What the Kids are Doing These Days

So no pictures on this blog, but I just wanted to live up to the name "bragspot"and talk about my 3 little babies.

I was very excited today because Garrett sang the Alphabet Song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star in unison with me. That was the first time EVER that he has sung in unison on any song. Usually, he sings a line, and if I start singing, he stops until I stop and then he takes up where I left off, etc. I had a huge smile on my face hearing my son with the perfect pitch singing songs with his mommy. Garrett is loving going to school every day. He gets to do lots of fun things. They eat lunch first, then play outside, then have several different stations where they work on developing skills in their individualized education plan. Garrett is also sitting on the potty by himself. Yes, I am sure you all want to hear about that. He hasn't actually done anything in the potty yet, but baby steps are the way to go. Garrett's new favorite phrase is, "Better ingredients, better pizza, Papa John's."

Caiti is my sweetie. She has been adorable lately with very good eye contact. She will come up to me and just gaze in my eyes, grab my face and smile. She melts my heart. She has realized that mommy can be fun to play with, so if she's bored with my working or doing blogs, etc., she has figured out that if she comes up and messes up my typing by playing with the mouse or hitting keys on the keyboard I will give up and play with her. She loves having Garrett go to school because Jason takes a nap at the same time so she gets some alone time with mommy. We love to eat lunch together, play with her babies, read stories and have "nap time." The other night I was on the computer and when I got up, I noticed that Caiti had made a huge mess with the salt. She had grabbed a whole container of salt, poured it on the floor and was playing in it like it was a sandbox or something. I couldn't get mad 'cause that is just Caiti for you. She is in an oober destructive mode right now. She likes to pull out all the books from the bookcase, grab anything off the kitchen counter and pour/spill/throw it on the floor, bring in leaves from outside and put them on the carpet, run off with the trash bag from the kitchen trash can...so I really am working on having a cleaner house...you just can't tell.

Jason is super happy and cute, unless I am trying to work. He has a radar that tells him, "Mommy's working, I think I will start fussing right now." Then the moment I pick him up, his crying magically stops, and he has a big grin on his face. He has his mommy wrapped around his little finger. Jason is such a big boy. He is eating rice cereal and baby foods now. He can sit on his own, roll from front to back, and he does that whole get on your hands and knees and rock back and forth movement that shows that he wants to crawl. He loves the Johnny Jumper that the Durtschis lent us and I forgot to give back. Sorry... He sits in that and keeps me company when I do the dishes.

My kids make me happy.