The kids are so fun these days. They have
started playing together and they both get so happy to see each
other. We’re working on “gentle” with Lex because he gets so
happy to see her he just dives on her. She crawls everywhere
now and he loves to get down on the floor and crawl with her.
“We’re crawling now! Two babies crawling,” he says. But then
he’ll turn and push her over with his head. I think he has so
much energy and excitement and he hasn’t yet figured out how to
properly let it out. But he almost always has the best of
intentions.

With our new baby here
every day Eve is seeming more and more like a kid. I carry the
baby around and Eve crawls around after me. When I sit with the
baby in my lap, Eve will crawl right over and climb in my lap
too. Then Lex, seeing what’s going on, will climb in my lap
too! Usually resulting in at least one of the girls getting
squished. :) But they are just so much fun.

I put baby in the high chair today and Eve in a
booster seat for a snack. I gave Eve a cracker to chew on (she
is teething hard lately, there must be a tooth in there
somewhere!) and she was so cute. I had to take turns feeding
them, so while I fed baby, Eve would chew on her cracker. Then,
when I started feeding Eve, she would reach over and give the
cracker to the baby. Then take it back when I went back to
feeding baby. It was so sweet! They both love the baby. Lex
gives her kisses in the morning and looks for her at night. :)
I really love the people my babies are growing into. (I know,
Eve is definitely still a baby, but you can see a little person
in there too!)

It would seem that toddlers and savage
beasts have something in common besides the typical behaviour:
music soothes them. We recently returned from a family shopping
trip around 8PM, and as he often does when tired, Lex said he
wanted to stay in the car and listen to music. So, I let him
stay there while I put the groceries away and I checked on him
once in a while to see if he was still happy strapped in to his
car seat. Each time he indicated he’d like to stay.

Finally, I finished the groceries and some
other minor puttering, and it was time for Lex to come in and
go to bed. He was resistant, and he was so calm and sweet that
I was reluctant to force him. Then it occurred to me that with
about 5 minutes of effort, I could have him lying in the “big
bed” with the some music playing. I asked him if he wanted to,
he said yes. I asked him which CD he wanted from the car,
grabbed it, him, and the audio equipment, and within minutes,
he was happy and calmly lying in the big bed, with Mr. Diamond
sweetly crooning him to sleep.

Ever
since then, he has been happily, if not emphatically, going to
bed for naps and the night. The only exception was when he
uttered the title of this post. One can only imagine he had
something other than sleep on his mind. You know, like
memorizing more words to his favorite song: Bank Job. Get out
of the gutter. =p