Little tinker

Walter played a little game with Rose E today where he took her from room to room and let her touch things as he told her in great detail what they where. He had just finished telling her about the horse when I took the picture. She then had a blast pulling herself up on it and rocking it. Walter has gotten a kick out of the little games she has been playing lately. At meal times she has been taking her bib off as soon as I put it on her and Walter will say "you tinker(stinker) then she laughs. If Walter is standing next to her crib when she is in it lately she has been patting and pulling on his hair and before I know it we are all giggling. Rose E has also started to imitate the coo coo clock and now everytime she hears a clock she says coo coo, coo coo. Her word of the day was "fish" today. She has been working hard on that "shh" sound and noticed a fish on her sippy cup and proudly said "fish!"

Cars and Trains it doesn't get any better than that!

Cars and Trains it doesn't get any better than that for this boy. Walter spent a long time playing with his "race track" in the dinning room today and when it was all done he assigned cars for each of us to play with and then of course he made a train layout in the middle.

Speaking of the dinning room today at lunch he crossed his spoon over his fork and said "look Mama that a cross for Jesus." Then I said why do we think of Jesus when we see a cross and he said because "he died." It was also cute today because he was paging through his drawing book and asking me to read what he had drawn on different days and when on a page that didn't say anything he said "Mama draw words" so I said what do you want me to write? He said "xyz."

Lastly, I had to snap a picture of him after he built his 35 piece puzzle today of Thomas. He was thrilled to see the end result.

Snow, snow and more snow

Well on this April fools day we woke-up to six more inches of the white stuff (I wish I could say April fools day but no such luck). At this rate it feels like we are still going to have snow for the fourth of July! Yesterday was suppose to be the last day for the snowmobilers on the trails but since most of the trails are still ride able they have extended the date. Jeff and I have been taking the kids for walks almost every night after supper lately and last night was a cold one. We are so ready for spring! Walter wanted to bring some toy boats with him but decided it was too hard to carry them in his mittens so I said we would leave them at home and he could have them when we got back then as we where leaving I heard him say "bye boats love you too." Then we had the kids pretty bundled up but there was a bit of a wind with a little bit of snow and every time a gust of wind would come Rose E would scold it with a coo.

A few weeks ago it was cute because when we got back from one of our walks Rose E saw a squirrel in the yard and signed is it a dog?!? We signed squirrel and now every time we go outside she signs that she is on the look out for squirrels.

This morning I went to snap some shots of the kids but my memory card was all used up but it was cute anyway because Rose E kept looking at the camera and saying "cheese" with a big smile and Walter kept suggesting that I put the wrong kind of batteries in it. Everyday it seems that Rose E is picking-up new words, it is sooo exciting. Her attention span is getting longer too. Today I brought out a leap frog toy that counts and teaches colors and both of the kids where entertained by it for a long time. Rose E is also starting to show more interest in books like her brother. She has certain times of the day for books and one of them is when I change her diaper, it is cute because she will sometimes sign what kind of book she wants (one with doggy's, kittys, flowers, etc). I never knew of a kid who likes books as much as her brother though. He can sit for hours and read. Lately his favorite books have been Froggy books, Curious George (which he is turning into with all of the questions he has been asking lately), Richard Scarry books and of course Train books. Speaking of trains, today I brought out the paints and he painted his usual, train tracks and when I asked if he was going to paint the trains too he said "the trains are sleeping in their train shed"(what a character)!

Walter's true love!

I snapped a picture today of Walter with his Thomas trains. Boy does this boy ever love trains to say the least. He knows all of the train lingo and spends most of his day in someway playing trains! This morning he went through a decorative bowl in our kitchen where his Daddy had emptied his pockets the night before and he made a train out of the coins, a bridge out of a dollar bill, a train station with his watch, and mining buildings with reciepts! He will make trains just about out of anything and everything! He also likes to carry his Daddy's train magazines around and point out the different locomotives and train cars.

Walter has also been showing a big interest in what words say so when we went to Walmart today we pulled up to the Walmart parking lot he said "that say Wal Mart and look Mama Subway eat fresh."

Rose E's new love

For the past week Rose E has taken a liking to this little people police officer. She has slept with it, eaten with it, played with it and she even took it with her as we ran our errands today!

As many of you already know we have been teaching Rose E sign language and it has been a blast! She has been able to tell us so much more than she would have been able to otherwise and has been repeating a lot of those same words too. Anyway, I had to laugh this morning because she requested breakfast by candle light!

Walter's Cheese Body

It has been fun watching this boys imagination soar! Today at supper he told me he made a "cheese body" with his cheese. When I asked if it had a name he said "mama it for eating!"

Sunday Attire

I thought I would add a picture of Rose E and Walter all dressed-up for church today. Somebody commented at church that they look like they are from the Beverley Hills. I thought in my head, sometimes I feel like I have celebrity children in public because they get so much attention! It was also cute today in church because Rose E was looking around and saying "here kitty, kitty."