Things to remember . . .
- Games. . .I love the games that Anna and Max make up together. The other day they were pretending to be Katie Davis and Taylor Davis--they were running around holding hands and telling each other--"We're going to be late!" We also love game nights--Don't Eat Pete with marshmellows, Simon Says games that burn more calories than running a mile (Max could be a personal trainer), Duck, Duck Goose, Red Light Green Light, and Mother May I.
- Stories. . .I want to remember Charlie's sweet baby talk--he loves to tell stories. Max is also a story teller--I stand at his door every night while he goes on and on, ending every sentence with "AND, YEAH!" which is usually the only part of his stories that I understand. I eventually say "I love you!" and shut the door with him still talking. And Anna wants to be an author and an Indian when she grows up so she is also a very good story teller. Our very favorite books are "Where the Wild Things Are, Fancy Nancy, Pinkaliscious, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight, and Wet Dog.
- Songs . . . Anna and Max love to perform on our living room stage (the window seat). I spend a lot of time being the audience while they sing and dance. We love The Princess and the Frog Soundtrack, Jack Johnson's Curious George songs and Here Come the ABC's. We pretty much can't clean anything without some good music. And we definitely can't have naptime or bedtime without calm quiet music.
- Tears. . . things that make Anna cry . . . when her Ariel doll's head popped off, when she has bad dreams, when Charlie got shots. Things that make Max cry . . . when he lost his birdie blankie, when gymnastics class is over (every week), when Charlie got his shots. Things that make Charlie cry . . . when he is such a hungry, tired boy, and when he got his shots.
- Laughs . . . Things that make Anna laugh--Daddy, the way Max says purple, Max's knock knock jokes, Max's wiggle dance. Things that make Max laugh . . .Daddy and himself, Charlie when he burps. (we have funny boys in this family) And we're still trying to teach Charlie how to laugh, but we think the way he smiles with his tongue out is soooooo cute!
