first word!

KAi said her first word, though I think it was an accident. She has been practicing her B's lately so I tried a word with lots of B sounds and she got it. Bumpa. This is what we call my dad. She said it twice but when I tried to get her to say it on the phone to him, she just wanted to play with the lights on the phone instead. Congrats Dad! you were her 1st word!

trimming my plants-toddler style

I was upstairs, putting Kai to bed when Landon comes running in "Mommy, come down here, I want to show you what I did-close your eyes!" Is anyone's spidersense tingling yet? I told him he had to wait until Kai went to bed. After a few minutes, I come out and once again he comes running -'cover your eyes mommy! Don't look!" Mind you, we are on the stairs. He leads me to my Aerogarden-it is full of beautiful cherry tomato plants that are full of baby tomatoes. We have trimmed the plants together before. He had taken scissors and trimmed them again for me. "Mommy, look what i did for you!" The carnage was amazing. Little tomato cuttings were everywhere. He was so proud of himself. He actually did a pretty good job. He didn't cut any one part tooooo short. He just cut off the really long parts that were hanging outside the heating lamps. Didn't even cut off any tomatoes. I'm so glad he didn't destroy the entire thing. I am so close to having ripe tomatoes.

Kai is pulling up and really crawling well. She can stand up if she has a little help with balance. She doesn't need to hold on, just lightly put her hand on something.

Landon visited Chad's school today to see if he likes it for next year. He did a great job and didn't want to leave when I picked him up. I think he will do well there next year.

warming Dad's heart

Landon had just finished watching a movie, when he turned to us and said "Let's go play soccer." Chad just about fell out of his chair-or at least of the couch.Landon and I went and found 3 soccer balls-yes we have that many lying around, I have enough for at least a full team. We all went outside and Landon wanted me to throw it at his head and tried to head the ball. Chad tossed it at his head and I thought he would break Landon's nose. Chad tried to get him to kick the ball a little too forcefully. He didn't just let Landon start doing it on his own-which is the only way to go with a stubborn little boy if it is something you want him to like.. So Chad and I started passing the ball back and forth nd pretty soon Landon joined in. we had all 3 balls going at once and Landon was having a great time and doing a great job. Chad started doing tricks with the ball-chiefly, catching the ball on his back. Of course, Landon had to try-it was very cute.. He would put the ball on his head and try to let it roll down his back. He then started making up his own tricks. He was also trying to dribble the ball like a basketball, but flat soccer balls on grass don't bounce so well. When I put Landon to bed, I always ask him what his favorite part of the day was and he said "playing soccer." He asked if we could play again tomorrow.
Kai didn't have such a good day. She has a nice cold. She went to bed last night at 6:30 and slept until 8:30. She went to bed tonight at 5:30 and missed dinner. We'll see how much sleep I get tonight. She didn't seem to have a temperature. I hope she feels better in the morning.

she's crawling!

Kai started crawling this week. Mugga (my mom) was actually the first to see her do it. She is alos trying to pull up. When Landon andI play with his train table, she tries to pull herself up enough that she can see over the edge. It is so sweet-all you can see of her is her eyes, but you can tell she is smilling.

Landon and Chad went to Duncan Donuts the other day-first time ever, but man, does that boy love chocolate donuts. While they were there, Landon had to use the bathroom. Chad told him to go by himself. The door was heavy and Landon couldn't open it by himself. He comes over to Chad and says-"Daddy, it's locked, I need your keys." Chad gave him the car keys and Landon proceeded to try every key to unlock the door. The clerk was crackng up. Chad finally had to help him open the door.