Building

As we move through every inch of our home and decide what to keep and what to get rid of, some of us get a little more distracted than others.  

Interests

For months now, Baby Ev has been overly interested in bathrooms.  He loves them.  He loves the faucet with the water, he loves the flushing toilet, he loves locking himself in.  So for months now, we've done our best to always keep the bathroom doors shut.



But like a shark that smells blood in the water and them hones in on the target, Ev has a sixth sense to know if one of the doors hasn't been completely latched shut.  He'll scamper off.  We'll hear a door shut, water being turned on, splashed around, toilets flushing.  And we will know that this work is not to be blamed on Steve the Ghost.  It's Ev.  Always.



And after he took advantage of a breach yet again yesterday, I was reminded of this sketch.



He may be no more interested in sewage then other people...then again, he may be a little more interested than other people.

The Fun Keeps Going and Going and Going...

My dad got Everett this card for his birthday six months ago.  It is the kind of card that, when opened, plays music, in this case, the tigger song.  Ev still loves to play with it. 

I love how he dances every time he hears music.  He may have no rhythm yet but his body is the kind that just needs to move to music.  It is so fun to watch!

  

The New Life Alert - Studio C

Is it weird that I think this is a great idea...?

...and I'm sure first responders everywhere are happy that I am not available.  

Of course, the one who is legally obligated to show up (my lovely husband) is probably having second thoughts. 

Happy Valentine's Day weekend!

Don't Worry About Me...I've always Wanted to Run a Circus...

Prince Riley just told me that I was amusing.  Which would have been very nice.  If he hadn't used air quotes around the word amusing.



Yep.  My eight year old is a delight.  And yes, you should imagine air quotes around the word delight.



Sometimes I feel like this poor Jedi Master...









Maybe I should look into getting a blind chinchilla...

You're So Vain...

Every time James has a sibling visit, we take pictures.  Then I print out the pictures, one set for him and each of his sibs.  

Every year for Christmas, I try to make sure that his sibs get a photo album as part of their gifts so that they have a place to put their pictures.  

Except that I have forgotten all along to get an album for James.  So he just had a stack of pictures piling up.  My brain finally clicked into place and I got him a photo album.  On the front of the photo album is a place to put a picture.  I thought he might put a picture of him with his sibs.  

Silly me.

He put a picture of himself.  

Of course he did.

I laughed when he showed me.

A few days later he sat next to me and put the pictures in his album.  

I just couldn't help but laugh that out of all the group shots he put a picture of just himself on the cover.  "I've got to get a picture of this," I said.

So he smiled for a picture. 

Then he asked to see the picture.  "Oh, you can't see how blue my eyes are," he said.  "Take another."

He messed with the lights in my room until he felt he got the right amount to show off the blue of his eyes.

Then he instructed me to take another picture.

After viewing it, he declared that you still couldn't see his baby blues quite enough and told me to take a third.

By this time, I am dying with laughter.  

I took the original picture to highlight how full his vanity can sometimes be.  What followed was truly fulfilling to the original idea.

"You do know that I will post about your crazy vanity, right?" I asked.

"Well then you definitely have to take another so you can see my blue eyes," he responded.

No shame.  No shame at all.

And good luck to all the teen girls out there.  If you try to tell him you find him attractive his response will probably be, "I know."

He's so vain, he probably thinks this post is about him...

The Way You Wear Your Hat...

Ev refuses to let us put hats on his head.  But...he loves to put containers on and wear them like hats.