Friends

We took the boys to the Museum of Flight last weekend, with another family who also have 2 boys. They has a 6 year old and a 3 year old, Finn, who is a friend of Simon's from school. The four boys were so funny there, they were so excited and they ran all over the place. Here are a few cute shots:

Then, this past Friday, we had an ice cream social and art fair at school. Simon and Finn buddied up again, with Sammy as well.

Big haircut

While we have taken Nate for about 3 haircuts already, we always chicken out and just have her trim his crazy curls. After 3 people referred to him as a her this past week, we thought it was about time to actually really cut it. We knew he would come out the other side looking much older, so here are a few recent pictures of Nate pre hair cut:

Yes, I put his hair into a ponytail the other day. He was not amused.

On our way to the salon!

Getting mentally prepared while big brother had his hair cut.

The lollipop got us all through...

Ta Da!

Swimming Progress

Both boys are making some great progress in the water! This past week, Nate learned how to "walk" himself along the wall of the pool:




And Simon used a noodle to swim on his own! He was so proud:




Finally, a quick goodbye kiss from Nate!

Communication

Nate still doesn't speak many words, but his understanding of us is increasing so fast. If I ask him if he wants to eat, which he always does, he heads off to his high chair and bangs on it until we put him in. At bedtime, after a book and a song, he will point to his crib, I'll ask if he wants to go to bed, and he will nod and grunt in the affirmative. As the last video showed, he gives kisses when he hears the word "kiss" and says bye bye, but today he also learned to blow kisses. Check us out!

kisses and bye-bye

Cutest video of Nate ever.

videos

Just a couple of recent videos to share:

Here Simon shows us his angry face and tells us what he would do if he saw a monster in the room.



And in this one, King Nate the Great eats with gusto and discrimination.

Silly Nate

Nate was slightly sick last week, so we had a sick day at home. His fever went away quickly, so we just played for most of the day. At one point, he showed me his new trick, how cute is this?