While strolling, mowing, tricycling, or pulling wagons up and down the sidewalk, we've noticed that the pecans have begun falling. I cracked one for Caedmon and now have plenty of occupation for my hands while we're outside, as he can eat them much faster than I can shell them. Isaac wants to eat them too but is at a distinct disadvantage, having no molars, so he normally works on the little bits I give him for several minutes before giving up and spitting them back out.
Caedmon has tried to shell his own pecans and enthusiastically stomps them, but has yet to break through the tough outer layer. He isn't shy about asking me to help, though!
Isaac has been bringing lots of smiles to our faces lately as he continues to pick up Caedmonisms from his brother. He knows that Doug is not like all the other toys and when he happens to find him unattended, he usually picks him up and cuddles him. The past couple of weeks, he also puts Doug's little "hand" up to his nose exactly the way Caedmon does when he's sucking his thumb, except the smile on his face and in his eyes tells us that he is just imitating.
A few Sundays ago in church he happened to pick up their little yellow feathered friend during the service while sitting in my lap. He first put Doug's hand to his nose, as above, then took Doug's little head in his hand, turned him to face me, and made Doug give me a kiss on the cheek, complete with the sound, then laughed. I laughed too!We had a great trip to the zoo this week, too. The guys were excited to go and loved checking out the animals and running ahead of me, when the tired of the stroller. Freedom!
The highlight of the trip for them, I think, was a statue of a tortoise outside one of the exhibits. I'm not sure how we've walked right past it numerous times before without stopping...that won't happen again. They climbed the turtle, patted it's head, rode it, slid off, and did it all over again. They thought it was so much fun. And it was! A breather for me too, pushing those guys up and down all the ramps and all around the zoo was a workout, they're getting big!
We've realized that we are in full-fledged question mode with Caedmon. He talks all the time and a lot of what he says are questions. It's so cute and intriguing to hear what's going on in that little mind! A few recent quotes from Caedmon that have made us laugh:
Neither of us can remember the circumstances, but he very seriously, yet innocently told Daniel, "Dada, shut your mouth." He wasn't being disrespectful, but that's probably the only time he'll get away with saying something like that!
While he examined my wedding ring, I explained to him that I have one and Daniel has one, and we have them because we're married and want to spend our whole lives together. He looked at me with furrowed brows and said, "Oh. Does it hurt?"
And he's working so hard on being polite that he often reciprocates our encouragement. Today, after a big-boy adventure of exercising with his Dad, I told him, "I'm so proud of you!" He said, "Oh, I'm proud of you too!" And I don't remember the reason, but I did something and to encourage his "Thank you," I gave him a hearty, "Oh, you're welcome!" To which he said, with equal enthusiasm, "Oh, you're welcome too!"
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