The Boys Lately

Kai

Lately Kai has really gotten into coloring.  When there is no structured activity going on, it's not uncommon to find him with crayons and a coloring book.  He is also getting quite good at drawing on his magnet doodle pad (I don't know what else to call it!).  I figure he has to have inherited it from his daddy because it's definitely not from me!

Kai has also grown by leaps and bounds in this last month.  I seriously felt as if he just woke up one day a better behaved boy.  It was so strange.  I wanted to find out who kidnapped my 4 year-old and replaced him with this one.  Although, I do have to say, it's been great to have him so well behaved.  He's consistently sleeping through the night (again, finally!) and he even sleeps in a good portion of the time.  He listens better and has been super affectionate and sweet.  He even is enjoying being my big helper again.  I sure do love my time with my Kai.

Kai is also just super talkative.  But that's not new!  When he's playing he can most often be found narrating everything that's going on, even if no one is listening.  He loves to play pretend and if you listen in on the stories he's telling himself you're sure to smile.  He's got a great imagination and a too-large-for-a-4-year-old vocabulary.  It makes it interesting.

Yesterday we had friends take us to the YMCA as their guests to go swimming.  At first Kai was not having any of it, but after about just 10 minutes he warmed up and had a great time.  He walked around confidently in the shallow kids' pool (about 2 ft. deep) and learned to splash and throw the plastic rings.  Then we went into the deep end (only 3 1/2 ft deep).  We put Kai in a life jacket and he loved holding onto my friend's hands and floating around kicking his feet like a boat.  We spent about an hour and a half there and he was doing great.  He is so ready for swim lessons!

Finally, Kai told his first real joke yesterday.  I had asked him to help me look for something and he replied, "Detective Kai is on the case!.......the PILLOW case!  Hahahahahaha!"  It totally made me laugh and it still does.  I love this kid!

Finn

Finn is becoming more and more of a handfull.  He is full of energy and just a lot of fun...and a lot of work.  He has learned many new words in the last month, including "cheese" when mommy is taking pictures.  Some of his words aren't exactly right, but they sure are cute.  He uses the word "go" for a car and "foo" for a dog, for example.  It's totally cute!  He has also learned to say words like "show" for a TV show, "silly" for when he's silly, "Ho" for help and so many more.  He also has phrases, like "It's just dirty."  I love listening to what he says and how he says it.

Cheese!

Finn lifted his "go" up onto the fireplace and thought it'd be a good idea to try and ride it up there.

At the beginning of July Finn was consistently sleeping through the night.  And then he stopped.  After a couple of weeks of not sleeping well, he finally started sleeping through the night again (knock on wood).  He's learning to eat, but he's still not doing great.  It is better for now, though.  And he's mastered the art of climbing just about anywhere you can imagine.  He can even climb the metal rope ladders on the play sets at the park.  He's my handfull and I have a feeling he always will be.  But he sure can make you smile!