The weather is so nice here now. We’ve had our back door open all morning. Jackson and Lacey have been playing so nicely outside for quite some time. A few minutes ago I started hearing them singing. I didn’t pay attention to the words, and the melody was not familiar, but they make up songs about most things so this is a fairly common occurrence. Finally Jackson came in and said, “I don’t think the dragonfly likes our singing.” He was a little sad – I kinda laughed – I thought he was just pretending. Well, he went back out and started singing a little more. Then I heard him say, “Lace! Come here, come here! He came back!” I poked my head out there to see what he was talking about…there really was a dragonfly sitting on the ground close to Jackson listening to his singing! Really? Yes – I got pictures, and he let the kids get really close and watch him for a while too. This is such a good time of year!

On Monday Rachelle’s first tooth started to poke through! I was wondering when it would show up. About 2 or 3 weeks ago I realized Jackson and Lacey had at least two teeth by this age. On Wednesday I was surprised to see that a second tooth started popping through. They are slow coming, and I think they are a bit painful because we are getting very little sleep! Its kinda funny, just when I think she is getting into a good sleep routine something changes and we’re back to being up all night. I was so spoiled with my other two sleeping so well. Even with little sleep at night, she is happier and happier everyday because of the “freedom” her new skills are giving her! She crawls everywhere, stands by everything and is getting good at walking along the furniture. She loves to talk lately and it is adorable to see her facial expressions as she’s telling us about things. Her smile and giggle light up the room and its so entertaining and rewarding to play with her. I love this girl!

Jackson:

(Jackson says to me, “This is an easy one mom”) j: How does a swing talk?  a: (in a high pitched voice), “Swing, swing, swing!’

j: How does a hair go to a hair?  a:They want to break their toys!

j: How does a rhyming thing go to another rhyming thing? a: Because he wanted to be a frog!

j: How does a baby go to another baby? a: Because he wanted to visit the other baby, because he wanted to come in and almost break his couch!

Lacey:

j: Funny Faces!!!

j: Shells go in the water!

We made some sandwiches today and these two sat down to eat and this was part of their conversation. Sometimes I forget to write the funny things down that they say or do, so since I was sitting at the computer I thought I’d take the chance to record some of this. Yet, its not really the jokes that I think are the greatest part of this,  the best part (that I just can’t record in writing)  is the crazy laughter that comes after each joke!