Time out... and intro to the wooden spoon!

Nathan now voluntarily puts himself in time out. Its adorably sweet too bad the behavior that surrounds it is not! He had been doing bad things (sitting on brother, pushing brother, not sharing toys... not picking up toys, not eating his dinner!) and he responds to my reprimands by running away. Soooo mama brought out the big wooden spoon. I really only had to pop him once and he now understands that when i say 1 (of the 1,2,3) he comes a running. Amazing how fast they do learn.

Jacob on the other hand, as sweet as a kid he is, is learning to stick up for himself by doing the same things back to brother. He has learned "mine", "no", "stop". So cute though today Nathan and I were singing our A,B,C's and Jacob at 14 months actually sang "Abcdefg" not all that clear but in a great melody. Jacob is has learned a bunch of new words like "gigi","drink", "up" "bang bang"(w/ a hammer in hand),and "dance"(while doing happy feet). I can ask him to go grab a diaper and he does it, he will also throw anything in the trash if i ask him too. He also likes to grab things close to Nathans heart and run away with them. Its fun to watch them play chase.

Our new fun game is making tower, tents and tunnels. We take a big quilt and drape it over the couch or the bed and the chair in Nathans room. It keeps them entertained for hours. They are also loving the fire in the fireplace. Nathan says its "warm and toasty". So cute!

boys getting warm and toasty in front of the fire.. 14 degrees outside!

Picasso at lunch .. he makes art of his dinner instead of eating it.

Nathans "fort"

jacobs "house"

monkey see

monkey must do...."bang bang"

architect?

firewood brought in a bug... and we all had to inspect it!