I'd like to take this opportunity to document our childrens' nack for entertaining us (their parents) without even knowing it. Below are a few of the latest happenings...
Derek:
Daddy discovered him on the brick border of a flower bed in the back yard a few days ago with his pants around his ankles, peeing. When asked what he was doing, little Derek simply responded, "I need mud!"
At dinner a few nights ago Derek was assigning us all characters from Toy Story. Benjamin was "Bullseye" Mommy was "Jesse" and Daddy was "Slinky." When Tyler asked Derek who he was, Derek said he was "Slinky" too. Tyler proceeded to ask him if he, himself, was "Slinky's" head or bum. "Daddy, you're Slinky's tenders," was the quick response. Well then...
His current favorite color is green. His favorite number is 4 and he frequently reminds us he'll be 4 on his next birthday. He rotates between the following movies: "Cars," "Despicable Me," and "The Incredibles." For now that is. We'll see what movies he rotates to next. However, "Cars" is the constant denominator in it all.
He still LOVES to help out and always wants to know what's going on and how he can participate. A favorite new "tactic" is to say he can't do something because he's "sick." Oh boy- already?!
He's taken after Mommy and LOVES peanut butter and trailmix. Mommy think he likes running to (hopefully- time will tell).
Benjamin:
He took his first steps for Grandma and Grandpa Canova while Mommy and Daddy were on a romantic getaway for their 6th anniversary. When coaxed to perform for Mommy and Daddy, his legs all-of-a-sudden became rubber. Stinker!
He has a "swagger" when he crawls. Oh yeah- Mr. Cool! He recently discovered slides and goes down the small one in our backyard over and over, every time reacting like it's the first.
Mr. Expressive cries out when Derek comes to do anything close to him. Even if Older Brother bestows a hug, Benjamin braces himself for the worst. He has a love-hate relationship with wrestling with Derek. He is frequently bossed around by Derek, so the reactions are somewhat merited.
He is Mr. Social and flirts with the babysitters at church- Lucy Schaffer and Maleece Burnett.
He is so kind to books and loves looking through their pages. He loves scrambled eggs, bread, cheese, graham crackers, grapes, grape tomatoes, cucumber, and can already feed himself quite efficiently with a fork or spoon and almost demands he not be spoon-fed by someone. He's still my bundle of squishiness.
*So there you have it, proof that all the horror stories of parenting are pointless. Not that they don't occurr, but really people- the fun and joy out-weight the exasperations! Well, most of the time...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Making new habits, maybe...
I'm not going to try and really catch up since the last post. That would be ridiculous.
Benjamin David Canova arrived on January 11, 2012 and has been a delight ever since. He's always very expressive. We're working on getting him to walk, now that he's 13 months old. He makes lots of silly faces.
Derek LOVES preschool and is always singing songs from there or primary. He currently thinks "Hickory, Dickory Dock" is "Hickory Hickory Dock" and is always correcting us. He now thinks his nipples on his chest are chocolate chips. Today he sent himself to "time out" for accidently biting Mom.
Tyler is in constant jet lag due to working graveyards and actually considered leaving cookie cutters scattered on the kitchen floor after I asked him to pick them up because he didn't know where to put them (their bucket had broken and I suggested old icecream buckets). In what reality is it okay to leave cookie cutters everywhere?- until your foot is bleeding from continually stepping on them?! Anywho, poor guy is really handling it well. He loves wrestling with the boys.
I am always finding cleaning to do, staying up for "one more thing" before going to be (yep, that would be right now). I'm trying to decide how serious I wanna be about marathon training right now and REALLY want the bathroom finished, Tyler. Not to mention the laundry room, yes, that's you again, Tyler. Winter can end now. It's been ridiculously cold and snowy and I could settle for high's in the high 30's or low 40's. But alas, I cannot control the weather.
Okay, enough! I'm going to try and be more consistent with blogging. Not sure why, who really reads this but us?
Benjamin David Canova arrived on January 11, 2012 and has been a delight ever since. He's always very expressive. We're working on getting him to walk, now that he's 13 months old. He makes lots of silly faces.
Derek LOVES preschool and is always singing songs from there or primary. He currently thinks "Hickory, Dickory Dock" is "Hickory Hickory Dock" and is always correcting us. He now thinks his nipples on his chest are chocolate chips. Today he sent himself to "time out" for accidently biting Mom.
Tyler is in constant jet lag due to working graveyards and actually considered leaving cookie cutters scattered on the kitchen floor after I asked him to pick them up because he didn't know where to put them (their bucket had broken and I suggested old icecream buckets). In what reality is it okay to leave cookie cutters everywhere?- until your foot is bleeding from continually stepping on them?! Anywho, poor guy is really handling it well. He loves wrestling with the boys.
I am always finding cleaning to do, staying up for "one more thing" before going to be (yep, that would be right now). I'm trying to decide how serious I wanna be about marathon training right now and REALLY want the bathroom finished, Tyler. Not to mention the laundry room, yes, that's you again, Tyler. Winter can end now. It's been ridiculously cold and snowy and I could settle for high's in the high 30's or low 40's. But alas, I cannot control the weather.
Okay, enough! I'm going to try and be more consistent with blogging. Not sure why, who really reads this but us?
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Winter finally ended, we think...
Yes, it's been a while since our last post. The winter was rather uneventful. We spent Christmas with Tyler's family and Derek wanted nothing to do with helping Mom and Dad unwrap presents once he opened his megablocks. Tyler has finished another semester of school and now only has 1 more!!! Mindy continues to work full time and after some events at work, is looking to return tot he hospital setting. This will hopefully lead to working part time after Tyler's graduation and hopeful career beginning.
After some pondering and exploring, Tyler is looking to go into strength and conditioning coaching. He is planning on studying for and taking a national certification exam over the summer. We are very excited since this a passion of his and something that can potentially bring lots of fun future adventures.
Derek continues to keep everyone in the household entertained. His vocabulary is expanding. He now says the following words: more, bah (ball), orange, ya, shoes, cheese, and the other day he said, "mais" (more in portuguese). Occasionally he'll say, "Dadda" and shakes his head, "no." We're grateful the actual word has not entered his speaking vocabulary yet. :) He loves being outside and probably thought he was going to die of cabin fever as the last few months have displayed all extremes of weather- mostly on the cold end. He ADORES nursery, constantly is throwing the tupperwares from the drawer in the kitchen everywhere, stacking his blocks, and placing his balls in the kitchen window sill- they all have to be touching.
We are finding that our house and yard are a constant project. Tyler recently decided to re-do the pantry on a whim, after Mindy asked him to put away the groceries. We're planning on a garden this summer, and will hopefully finish up the back laundry room before the Millenium. Never-ending, but that's the nature of the beast with an older home, and one that was build strangely (that's putting it very lightly). We love it though and are grateful for our own space and plenty to keep us busy.
After some pondering and exploring, Tyler is looking to go into strength and conditioning coaching. He is planning on studying for and taking a national certification exam over the summer. We are very excited since this a passion of his and something that can potentially bring lots of fun future adventures.
Derek continues to keep everyone in the household entertained. His vocabulary is expanding. He now says the following words: more, bah (ball), orange, ya, shoes, cheese, and the other day he said, "mais" (more in portuguese). Occasionally he'll say, "Dadda" and shakes his head, "no." We're grateful the actual word has not entered his speaking vocabulary yet. :) He loves being outside and probably thought he was going to die of cabin fever as the last few months have displayed all extremes of weather- mostly on the cold end. He ADORES nursery, constantly is throwing the tupperwares from the drawer in the kitchen everywhere, stacking his blocks, and placing his balls in the kitchen window sill- they all have to be touching.
We are finding that our house and yard are a constant project. Tyler recently decided to re-do the pantry on a whim, after Mindy asked him to put away the groceries. We're planning on a garden this summer, and will hopefully finish up the back laundry room before the Millenium. Never-ending, but that's the nature of the beast with an older home, and one that was build strangely (that's putting it very lightly). We love it though and are grateful for our own space and plenty to keep us busy.
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