Smelling the flowers...

Lincoln and Jackson can be a handful.  But last week also had some great high points.  

The boys are learning so much each and every day.  I am amazed at what they pick up even when we aren't trying to teach them!

The boys love to read books, which is great.  However, we find that we are reading the same books over and over again.  So, you have to find new ways to make the books exciting.  So, instead of just saying "Freddie was swimming in the ocean with his friends", it becomes "Freddie the Fish...".  You point out all the pictures in addition to reading the words.  Small things, big impact.
I guess I pointed out the flowers in the books a few times.  Then we started smelling the flowers.  Somehow, it stuck with the boys.  I didn't think much about it until we took the boys outside to water the flowers.  We couldn't believe it when they squatted down to smell the flowers!

What other cute things have they been learning?

Lincoln has kind of learned what "hot" means.  He was impatient waiting for his dinner to cool a few times, and burned his mouth.  When this happens, I usually tell him it is hot, and blow on his food to cool it.  Soon, he would blow on his food, imitating me.  Again, I didn't think much of it until I was getting something out of the oven, and I asked the boys to move away because the oven is hot.  Lincoln started blowing in the direction of the oven!  Way too cute.

The other new development - the boys are infatuated with dogs.  The weather has been so nice, and a lot of people are out walking their dogs.  When we are outside, if a dog is within sight, both of the boys go crazy.  They are jabbering non-stop (we aren't sure what they are saying, but they are clearly repeating it over and over again), pointing at the dogs, and if we would let him, Jackson would probably go and get the dogs.  It almost makes me want to get them a puppy....almost, but not quite.