So I realize I keep promising a proper update. And honestly this is more for me than anyone else, mainly because I never kept a baby book and this has sort of become my documentation of B&K's first few years. So here goes . . . They have been full-on talkers for quite some time. I think the full sentences started somewhere around Tim's first trip to Germany back in April. He was gone for 3 weeks and when he returned we had little chatterboxes on our hands (not that they weren't always babbling, but now they actually make sense and can sort of carry on a real conversation). They can say both of their names, although K's name sounds more like "tendell". They like to talk about themselves in 3rd person (i.e. "Bennett crying" is a common statement uttered by B-dude). "No-No mommy!" is another favorite saying around here. Or "Bennett (or mommy or daddy or tendell) Funny!" and "Baco sit down!" are other favorites. It is fun when they start to put together a 4 - 5+ word sentence because it starts out one thing and goes on for a while. They both love to sing and now that they no longer share a room it isn't uncommon to hear one or both of them sing "Wheels on the Bus" to put themselves to sleep. They are expert counters (especially Bennett) and the alphabet is starting to come pretty quickly too. They know all of their colors and shapes and are pretty quick to point them out. Kendyll's favorite color is blue. Bennett seems to like Pink (which is sometimes Red) . . . how is that for gender non-bias? :) We're needing to get creative with some child-proofing, which is ironic since we've never really child-proofed much before (that's not to say our house is dangerous, just that we've kept an eye on B&K and taught them where they can & cannot go). They have both mastered turning doornobs for quite some time now, but they have recently grown enought to reach the deadbolt on our back door. Oh what fun it is to unlock & open the back door and run out to play in our water table & pool! Um, not cool when mommy & daddy or A are not around. So the escapees have landed themselves in time out a few too many times. I think we will now need to resort to one of those horrendus door knob safety thingies. Yuck.
What else . . . Bennett LOVES to draw, color and write. He is quite the circle maker. He loves to use the easel and the magna doodle to create new masterpieces.
Kendyll is quite the girlie girl. She loves to brush other's hair, cook something in the kitchen or put on mommy & daddy's shoes. She also loves to be a glamor girl with her mommy-like shades.
They also still love to help with Tabasco (here they are brushing him).
We're gearing up for a low-key weekend. I've decided to do a garage sale next week (esp. with all of the crap we need to unload thanks to "Big boy/girl room swap 2010"). So I'll be busy tagging & sorting. Fun times.
