Why do I love Wil?
Well, for starters, tonight he went to bed by himself. He just plopped right down, without a whimper and went to sleep - on MY night, it wasn't even daddy's! Plus, he did it at naptime too, and slept for 3 hours!
Seriously though, I love the way he LOVES his shoes! Each morning, he wakes up, goes right to the shoe box and puts on his shoes.......by himself! Then, he will usually bring me my shoes (which I hate to wear in the house, but I do it for him......until I nonconsciencly kick them off somewhere). Next, Leo's shoes to him, which Leo really hates. Then, he usually takes his shoes off to swap them for a pair of daddy's or a different pair of his. Today, when I put him down for a nap, I took his shoes off. He cried, so I put them in his crib with him. When I checked on him, he was sleeping in baby position, butt in the air, wearing his shoes! I love this kid!
He loves to sit in his booster seat and buckle the straps. Then, he screams because he cannot undo them, so I have to walk over and undo them, repeat, repeat, repeat! AAAAHHHH!
Oh my goodness does this boy love dogs and horses! He is fascinated and jumps up and down if he sees ANYTHING with a dog or horse on it!
The giggles that come out of this baby's mouth when he is playing with his brother!!!! They chase each other around and around, laughing the whole time. Also, Leo enjoys dumping water over Wil's head in the bathtub. It freaks him out everytime, but once he knows it's Leo, all is funny again! It's really priceless!
Side note, other things Wil is doing by the end of his 16th month: jumping, dancing, (I MUST get video of this, it is pure Shaffer form!) defending himself against his brother with shrill screams, "NO's," "MINE's", and pushes, kissing with his mouth closed (Finally!) complete with a smooch sound, and still always smiling! He also climbs everything at the playground and can do things Leo wasn't at 2! Maybe he's our little athelete! He is really so smart!
Why do I love Leo?
This kid is a crack up! The other evening at the playground, he marched 
right up to a little girl and said, "Hi. I'm Leo. What's you're name? Well, we're gonna be friends now, come on." He took her by the hand and they played so nice for 45 minutes! He's a slick little guy. I pray that he uses his slickness to become a successful business man, and not a gangster!
right up to a little girl and said, "Hi. I'm Leo. What's you're name? Well, we're gonna be friends now, come on." He took her by the hand and they played so nice for 45 minutes! He's a slick little guy. I pray that he uses his slickness to become a successful business man, and not a gangster!Leo is suddenly very interested in knights. I bought him a shield and helmet to dress up with. Smart mom skipped the sword....I'm slowly learning :-) I let daddy make him a sword though. So he comes home and dresses up and pronounces "I'm a knight. I only come at night, I'm nocturnal!" Then yesterday he says after he takes off his costume, "Now I'm just a son. Get it, I was a knight, now I'm a sun and I'm you're son. Ah ha!!!" (Part of what makes it so funny is how funny HE thinks he is!" So today, we made him some armor. We had a blast together, creating it with care. He is so cute!
I took Leo to Trader Joes where they have kid shopping carts. Oh what fun! He was a crack up at the check out stand. He says "Good afternoon, ladies. I'm here to check out." "Thank you ever so much. Glad to see ya today!" Too funny! He also insisted on buying the ladies at Alex's bank some flowers, then he insisted he buy me some too (awwww!) Then, when we pulled up, I accedently went to the wrong door and didn't realize it. Leo peers into the window and says, "Hey, where are my ladies? This is the wrong place!" Oh, Mr. Smooth!
Today he told me he really wants a new toothbrush. A really girly looking one with flowers and junk! When I asked why he wanted a girly one if he is a boy he said, "because I like flowers!" Well, ok then!
Best story lately happened at a friend's party. Just so happened to be all friends from our church. Alex was sitting playing cards with some guys and Leo pops over to say he wants to play. Alex tells him that he cannot play because he doesn't know the rules, to which Leo replies that he does know the rules. Then, someone asks Leo, "Well, then, how many cards do you need to play?" Leo says, "Well, I would GUESS the same amount as my dad [insert sarcasm here]." So Leo weasled his way onto dad's lap to play. Then, as Alex discards, Leo screams "Damn it!" Sigh......
Things Leo is doing at 4 years old: Making us crack up every single day, testing our patience every day, testing the rules everyday, reading, reading, reading! I cannot believe how many words this kid recognizes from out of nowhere! Today he read "moon, dinosaur, and off" compeletly out of context, just randomly! He is really so smart!
4 comments:
Katie, I love reading about the boys! I love them so much. I love those moments when they are sleeping so sweet! Leo, where does he know all those big words! He always surprises me.
Ok, so I am pretty sure Wil is super advanced for his age since he can put on his shoes!! What's that all about?! WOW, and watch out for the shoe obsession... that was me when I was a baby and it carried on into adulthood!
Leo...OMG! That kid is such a spitfire! He must never meet Haley for fear that they will try and conquer the world together with their quit wit and little dirty mouths! LOL! I am not surprised that he is reading so well since he has such a wonderful teacher for a Mommy:) Way to go Leo and Katie! Leo, pass it on to Haley who won't sit still to look at a letter, please:)
I love the title of this post and may steal it some time when I'm not tired and have not been home with 3 kids for 2 months. It's a great idea! Right now, after 2 months home with them my answer to "Why I love my kids" is .... "because they go back to school in a week"!!
Hugs and love to you all and your fabulous boys (Alex included of course).
Katie, those are two awesome little boys you have there!! I LOVE reading stories about Leo...he's SO funny!!! And how classic that he chose to swear in front of the church crowd!! Wil and Emily sound very similar on the daredevil front!!!
Katie, those are two awesome little boys you have there!! I LOVE reading stories about Leo...he's SO funny!!! And how classic that he chose to swear in front of the church crowd!! Wil and Emily sound very similar on the daredevil front!!!
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