Its Time To Clean Up

Coleman is such a great "cleaner-upper". He will ask for the "wipe-cloth" all the time so he can wipe the table, his face, hands and anything else that needs wiping. Yesterday I made pizza dough and he helped by pushing flour onto the floor. I told him he'd need to clean it up so he happily got the broom and started sweeping. Then I gave him a washcloth and he went to town, even wiping the flour off my feet. He laughed and said "It feels nice!' as he wiped my toes.

Coleman is very creative with his eating. He likes to have jam on his banana, peanuts with his cantaloupe, raisins with his chocolate graham cracker fish. He is also adventurous with his eating: he loves cheese like his mama. He asked for goat cheese yesterday, and loves the sheep's milk feta cheese we have. Perhaps he'll be a chef?

Eliza's Bath

I posted this video on my Facebook page, so forgot to post it here. Eliza loves her bath time so much right before we put her down for the night. She is getting more and more expressive these days as well.

Coleman is learning that we pick up after ourselves before we move onto the next thing. Today we were going to go outside and play in the pool, but Coleman had been playing with colored pencils. He ran over to the colored pencils, grabbed a bunch and put them back in the box, and continued until they were all put away. I didn't even tell him! I rewarded him with two jellybeans.

Life is beginning to have some order to it 9 weeks after Eliza arrived. She and Coleman both go to bed at 6 each night. She is getting better and better about putting herself to sleep so often I lay her down at 6 and then I'm done! Praise God for an easy going baby. :)

Eliza

Some pictures of Eliza, my little sweet-pea. She's smiling more and sleeping better and better these days. Coleman is learning how to interact gently with her. Although today he did say he wanted to wrestle with her.

Holding hands

Coleman is learning how to hold hands and shake hands, so he's practicing with Eliza. I also showed him how she'll grasp his finger, and he really liked that too. He loves to bring her her pacis too.

Coleman has had two successful visits to the potty in the last 3 days! I'm so proud of him. I'm hoping to move him to his toddler bed in the next month or two.

Snotty Nose

I found this old video and found it so gross I laughed out loud. Enjoy!

Big Brother

Coleman is learning h0w to be a Big Brother. He's wanting to be very hands-on with her. He's also learning how to be competitive to get my attention.

Chasing Sadie

Coleman enjoys chasing Sadie around the house with his lawnmower. Sounds like a horror film for dogs. This is her exercise in lieu of her walks lately. She's a good sport, and I don't let him chase her for too long. I love how he pauses in his chasing to pat-pat Eliza. Coleman has been hugging a little too aggressively at school, but putting his head and whole weight on the other kids. I'm not sure if he understands he's being too rough, or if he is just wanting to hug the other kids. He does this too with Eliza.

Today was my first hard day. Eliza did not want to sleep much, and while she was awake, she wanted me to hold her the whole time. I wish I had 8 arms!