Like father like son; like brother like sister

Jeff brought home his matchbox train set that he had played with as a kid from his parent's house and Walter has been in his glory to say the least! He has spent hours playing with it and just loves the fact that his Daddy had played with it as a kid too. He told me yesterday "I like the layout so much that it makes my muscles want to build more."
This week I also made up a batch of play doh, which the kids just love, anyway I was thinking that I should share the recipe so here it is:
*1 cup of flour
* 1 tablespoon of oil
*1 cup of water
*1/2 cup of salt
*2 teaspoons of cream of tartar
*food coring (optional) when I taught Head Start we would also add things like pumpkin spice or jello to go with our theme

Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan. Cook over medium heat. Stir constantly until mixture forms a ball. Knead until smooth. Store in a covered container. Happy playing!



Little Miss Rose E has rediscovered her brothers Thomas sandals(Walter loves these sandals too but doesn't seem to mind because he has bigger and better train things to worry about now with his new layout) and has been wearing them morning, noon, and night for almost a week. A couple of days ago I was heading out to the grocery store so tried to switch them out for boots (to keep her toesy warm) anyway she was just not a happy camper about it(I even tried to let her hold onto to them) and she cried all the way to the grocery store and kicked off her boots any chance she got. I got into the store with a kid who had nothing on her feet (everything else got tossed into the parking lot) and thought at this point her feet would have been warmer with the sandals! Oh and now all of her socks have turned blue!
She is definitely getting a mind of her own these days! I have to laugh because lately when I say something she doesn't want to do such as change her diaper she runs and tries to hide from me (thinking I can't see her standing in the corner of the room). Though she has a mind of her own she is still as sweet as a button. She is saying practically everything now and is even putting some sentences together. Most of her words are pretty clear but a few of them such as Walter's name only we would know what she is saying. So Walter now has a new nick name and it is "butter" because that is what it sounds like when she says "Walter." Walter of course says "No mine name is not butter it is Walter" and I tell him that's because you make our hearts melt like butter (but it still doesn't work).

Everyday her imagination is coming out more and more too. She dug through Walter's art supplies and decided to put all of these items onto the table. Then she lay ed her baby onto the tissue as a bed, wrapped her in lace as a blanket and fed her a bottle. Next I watched as she decorated her finger nails with glue caps. These kids just blow me away sometimes. Oh and one more funny thing is that she loves the song "this little Piggy" so I asked her what a piggy says (she can tell us what quiet a few animals say now) and she said "mmm (yummy)!"