The past week has been a funny one. Jason continues to try to eat books but as I watch him place the book at his lips, I see him looking at me gauging my reaction. After I say "yucky" or "we don't eat books" he will sometimes shake his head "no" or he'll smile or he'll quickly pull the book into his mouth. Today he kept putting the book to his mouth (mouth closed) and waiting for me to say something. Over and over and over. Wiseacre.
The photos above are of the boys and the vacuum. For some odd reason, the vacuum fascinated them. Let's hope that fascination is present when it comes time for them to help Mom and Dad vacuum the house. It is a pretty neat vacuum. Funny boys.
The boys have been doing a pretty funny thing where they race around after each other. Sometimes one boy is chasing the other to get a toy back or sometimes they are just chasing each other around. Other times they charge at each other from across the room like those rams on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.
There is a story with this pic. Jason has started to do a new "smiley" face. He ends up looking like a gameshow host but he's much cuter. It's a 2-step process. First he smiles and then he squints his eyes. He typically tosses in a crazy laugh too. I did my best to capture it but the photo at the bottom is pretty close to accurate.
The walking is going well. Kevin does a hopping, sideways walk. He is up to about 4 or 5 hops/steps. Jason is great at going forward. Same thing, 4 or 5 steps. Kevin will grab your shirt or finger and take you along. I suspect he thinks that I am holding him up so he is quite confident in his hopping/walking. Little does he know. Most of the time, I'm scrambling to keep up with him as I typically start in a sitting/lying position on the floor and he grabs-n-goes quite quickly.
Kevin has expressed an interest in the light switch. So, we talk about up/down and off/on. He turns the light on/off in the AM and PM. Yesterday was the first time Jason expressed interest in the light switch. He figured out quickly that he'd need his finger and thumb to flick the switch up and down. Once he mastered it, he moved on. Today he had no interest in flicking on the switch and opted to bat at the plaque hanging over said switch.
Jason is fascinated by the shades in the nursery and looking out the window. He is just tall enough to see outside and seems to like the view that their windows afford. Kevin is just a smidge too small to really see anything other than the trees and the neighbor's roof. But that will change quickly enough. Meal time is a series of "on-off/love/hate" relationships. Today sweet potato is yucky, tomorrow it will be awesome. Same thing with just about any food other than yogurt. Yogurt is always yummy.
The boys have yet more teeth breaking through so their days are full of ups and downs and lots of drools. They are in a lot of pain/discomfort so their moods fluctuate between happiness and un and crying and laughing. I imagine it's a bit like living with a hormonal/crazy woman. I'll have to ask Joe if this is the case.
Tears and tantrums occur at the drop of a hat. Because they are so miserable we are patient and spend a lot of time cuddling and distracting them.
On weekdays in the early AM, the boys take "Destination Vacations". That's a fancy way of saying that I put Jason in Kevin's crib and Kevin into Jason's crib. Jason loves being in Kevin's crib and the past 2 AMs he has stood outside Kevin's crib rattling the slats and jumping up and down and moving his arms in an "up" motion. So, I pick him up and put him in and he laughs like a crazy little baby and then, he starts to trash Kevin's crib and belongings. Jason and I have had the "when we visit someone else's crib, we treat their things nicely" conversation but that has not sunk into his little blonde head. 
Kevin respects Jason's crib and things and I sometimes think of Gallant and Goofus as I watch the two of them. Kevin sitting/standing politely and Jason pulling/yanking/squealing. For those of you who grew up reading Highlights magazine, this might be a blast from the past. Anyway, when I kissed them goodbye this AM, Jason was trying to tear Kevin's crib mirror off the side while Kevin was sitting and watching Jason's crib aquarium play.
