Brenner's New Milestone

Last night was Brenner's first night sleeping in his "big boy" bed! He has been so excited about it, and couldn't wait to go to bed last night! (Odd for a child, I know...) But we explained that he had to stay in bed, and that when he woke up in the morning, he needed to stay in bed and call for us to come get him. This morning it was so sweet when I heard him in there, calling "Moooooommy! Up Please!" And he was sitting there so proudly when I went in. Since then, he has pretended to go "nite nite" several times throughout the day, as he LOVES to get in his new bed! Congrats, Brenner! :)

Brenner says "By Self!"

Tonight after worship, we all gathered to pray as usual. I was going to to help Brenner pray, so I started him off: "Dear Jesus..." I said. Brenner stopped and looked at me, "Nenner do it by self!" he said. So this is what he prayed:

"Dear Jesus,
Thank you food, stories, Mommy, Daddy, Aile, Nenner, baby.
Bless it please.
Help us...happy hearts.
Jesus name, Amen."

You'll have to fill in the prepositions--he doesn't really use those yet! But I thought it was a pretty sweet prayer for a 2 year old! :)

Aileana Hosts an English Tea

Aile's big idea for the day was to have a "real" tea party. She served us (Mommy and her life-size doll) well! We had yummy tea, and even little plates of goodies and folded napkins! She set the table and poured our tea herself. I say she did a stellar job! Bravo, Aile! :)

Aileana Plays Dress-up

Well, Aile decided she wanted a real-life dress up doll--so she used her brother! I'm not sure how he's going to feel about being turned into a water fairy! :) I'm quite confident he will not appreciate this picture when he gets older! It sure was cute at the time though! :)

The Importance of Mickey Mouse

While sitting at the lunch table looking at his map of the United States placemat, Brenner suddenly called me over to the table. When he had my attention, he pointed at Florida and shouted, "Mommy! Mickey Mouse live there!" Now how in the world did he know THAT?! I decided to quiz him further, so I asked, "Where does Brenner live?" He cocked his head and spread his hands out, palms up, and said, "I don't know!" Maybe we better work on that...

"Stinked" or extinct?!

While playing a game called Matchless with Oma, the nature question was, "Name one of the largest animals that ever lived." Aile said elephant, but then wanted to think of more. Mommy gave her a clue: "What are those really huge animals that are extinct?" Aile answered,"A skunk! They stink!"

The Magic Wand

Aile got a new "magic wand" and wanted to take it with her in the car one day. While waiting in the car for Daddy to come out of the house, Aile asked who was going to drive, since the driver's seat was still empty (for Daddy). Oma said, "You have to wave your magic wand and tell it where to drive us!" Aile waved her wand and made some "magical" sounds, but of course nothing happened. She looked down at the wand for a minute, then said, "It didn't work. I think we need to put some batteries in it!"