Conor quote

Today Conor was eating some red hots and he walks up to me and says "Mom feel my breath," he opens his mouth and blows all over me and says..."Isn't it HOT?" So cute. He is also referring to cinnamon bears as Hot Bears. Kevin keeps trying to correct him, but I think it is adorable. I hope he always calls them hot bears.

1st Time Out

Josie is in trouble! What to do with a 16 month old who thinks she is 5? Josie has to do everything Conor is doing, yet she still refuses to talk. She makes it a point to be in the middle of the action or else she will scream until there is no action. She is very very determined. We were playing a game at our tall kitchen table (counter height) because we wanted to keep it away from Josie. Well she figured out how to climb up on the tall tall chairs then proceeded to climb on top of the table. After pulling her off several times, we abandoned the game. Small problem. She now knows how to climb up on to the table and she thinks it is great fun. Josie is an accident waiting to happen. She always has a bump/cut or bruise on her head and now I am waiting for the broken arm or leg. So after struggling with the table I finally put her in her 1st time out. Oh was she mad. I even pulled out the camera to document so you could all see. It seemed to work for a while, but we still have the late afternoon stretch ahead of us.

Conor lost his 1st tooth!

This was a big shock at our house. We didn't even know his tooth was loose. Conor actually didn't know what happened. He bit into that ball sitting next to him for some reason and tugged hard enough that it hurt, so he went to the bathroom because he tasted blood. It never ocurred to him that his tooth fell out. He then comes to me to show me the hole and I was shocked. I asked where the tooth was and he just looked at me like, what tooth? Then he sort of got a little concerned. I reassured him that it is OK to lose your tooth and we were able to find it on the floor. Daddy had to throw in his little concerned medical training (not dental, mind you.) This was not a fun twist, but we all got over it and Conor was soon excited with the prospect of the tooth fairy coming to visit. Congratulations Conor! My first born is growing up...

Teasing Josie

Conor and Josie generally get along quite well, but there are a few times Conor just can't resist teasing her. His current favorite form of teasing is to get a balloon and blow it up then let all the air out so it sputters around the room or blows all over her. Josie can't stand it! She isn't quite sure what to think. She use to laugh then cry and back and forth, now she crys when he even pulls out the balloon, and runs to me for shelter and comfort. Conor laughs so hard he can hardly breathe. I have had to resort to time out to stop the torture. So now he self imposes time out because he apparently thinks getting a good laugh out of it is worth it.