MAJOR Catch-up!

 Sorry for the delay in posts...for some reason I could not upload pictures to the blog for the last few weeks.

Our sweet little Fernie is VERY busy. She keeps us on our toes! Her new thing now is that she DOES NOT like to be blocked in the playroom. She likes to wander around the house. She will usually carry one thing in each hand and walk around the house until she find something new she wants to carry.  She has two favorite things...cell phones and remote controls (extra ones)!  She is also quite the expert at the stairs - probably because she loves to go up and down! When she reaches stairs she will just sit down and go from step to step.

Trying to escape...with her phone in hand!

 

I came downstairs from laying Fernie down one morning and heard Jack talking to someone...I knew no one was home so I quietly listened and heard "Hi bunny, my name is Jack, Hi pheasant, are you guys friends?..."  And then this is what I saw:

 

Fernie has an obsession with socks.  The first thing she does when she goes into someone's bedroom is head for the laundry basket and pulls out two socks - one for each hand of course! If she sees socks lying around she almost runs for them. 

Jack took off his socks to run around and Fernie did not miss a beat picking them up!

Fernie has also started tantrums...isn't this a bit early?? If you take something away from her (usually the real cell phone or real remote) she will drop on the floor, cry and roll around. It's actually quite amusing!  The other day I let her have a tantrum and pretended I didn't see her, about 5 seconds later she got up and walked on to the next thing!

"Me, a tantrum?!?!?"

Our Jack-man is becoming quite the conversationalist! One afternoon I was putting him down for nap and he said "Papa told me that in heaven you don't have to take naps"....hmmm, really Papa??

Then one night at dinner Jack informed me he wasn't going to call me "mommy", "Mama" or "Mom" anymore and that he was going to call me Brandi and that he was going to call Zack "Squirt".

Jack likes to follow up his requests with "Would that be OK Mommy?" or "How's that mommy?"

 

 

Book time is still a very important part of Jack's day. He LOVES to read!  He will now try to read books on his own. It's amazing what he remembers from what he hears.  (I have to laugh at the remote sitting on TOP of the couch cushion - keeping out of Fernie's reach!). 

 

 

It's fun to see Fernie and Jack interact.  They look out for reach other:

Sometimes Jack will "read" to Fernie.

Fernie will bring Jack his blanket.

Jack will "help" feed Fernie.

Buddies!

They make each other laugh!

 

Now this is TRUE love...using YOUR blanket to give your sister rides!!!

Fernie is figuring out all of Jack's toys. She will pick out this coat and hat and bring it to you to put on her.  Then she will shake her head really fast so the hat falls off!

Fernie loves the remote control car except she can't figure out how to make the car go...

...so pushes it herself!!!

 

Fernie can laugh with the best of them!