Different Personalities

Today for lunch we had easy and yet not so healthy dinosaur chicken nuggets. However I like to think that I redeemed myself by having them eat cucumbers, applesauce and a slice of cheese as well.

Anyway, the point of this post is to illustrate just how different they are from each other. Kekoa played with his chicken nuggets as if they were fierce animals growling "ROAR" until he bit the head off. Makaio on the other hand took a few bites until it looked like a vacuum to him and then he pretended to clean his tray for the next 20 minutes.

So different and yet so very lovable!

It's What We Do

Since we have now entered the climbing on everything phase the boys no longer view their toy box as the thing that holds their toys but rather as a toy itself. It makes for a lot more cleaning up but as long as they are happy, I am happy.

Funny Little Ones

While driving in the car the other day I rolled Kekoa's window down and not Makaio's. Makaio looked at Kekoa and said, "Koa, close window!"

Makaio has started to touch his penis every time I change his diaper and I have been trying to teach him that he shouldn't do that. Tonight he did it again and I told him, "Makaio, don't touch your penis." He then replied, "Bye penis." Sterling and I started laughing which just made Makaio proud of his comment.

I was being lazy and so the boys and I were sitting on the kitchen floor sharing a bowl of Cream of Wheat. Kekoa kept standing up and I kept asking him to sit down. Makaio must have heard enough reminders because the next time Kekoa stood up Makaio said, "Koa on bum mom said."

Makaio's new thing is to say, "Daddy do it." The other day we were at the grocery store and I was trying to get him out of the truck and he kept saying, "No, Daddy do it." It was such a pleasant day.

Like Mom

In the last post I talked about how Makaio has started to imitate things that we do and how much I love it. Since then I have been really sad that I couldn't think of anything that Kekoa does to mimic us. That was until the other day when I heard him proudly declaring "glasses" over and over again. When I looked at him I found him sporting a pair of Mr. Potato Head's glasses just so he could be like me! That really made me happy that he wants to be like me but little does he know that wearing glasses isn't really all that glamorous. For know I will just let him enjoy the glasses because I enjoy looking at him while he wears them all around the house.

Watch and Learn

Makaio has started to mimic words really well and evidently actions as well. Here are some of the funny things he did yesterday.

1. I could hear him yelling (which is very rare for him) "Share" at Kekoa while they were playing in the toy room. I went in to see what was going on and Kekoa had a bowl that he wanted to play with. So in true mommy fashion he was repeating "share" over and over again hoping that it would get him the bowl. Sadly it didn't work but it was cute.

2. Yesterday after they woke up from their nap I came downstairs and Makaio wanted me to hold him. I told him that I needed to use the restroom but that I would hold him when I was done. He quickly grabbed my finger and walked me to the bathroom. I guess he really wanted to be held.

3. Background: Our pediatrician told us to have the boys watch us use the restroom so that they get the idea of what goes on in the bathroom. I have been doing this for the past month.

Generally the boys just try to unroll all the toilet paper or play in the garbage but lately Makaio has been getting a square of toilet paper and wiping his nose. Did I mention that I obsessively wipe their noses? Anyway, yesterday while I was using the restroom he got a square of toilet paper, stuck it between his legs and tried to wipe.

I can't believe how quickly they grow and learn. I love how they teach me what I shouldn't be doing when they mimic my bad habits. What will they do next?