Having Fun With Our Big Brother

All three of the kids were wound up this evening, especially Lenny. Whew. I don't know what got in to them. Lenny and Brooke were jumping around all over Dominic while Nathan was climbing all over me. Then they started playing together and acting silly.

Lenny can always make Brooke laugh harder than anyone else. It's very funny to watch them. Here Lenny is rubbing his head back and forth on her belly to make her laugh. She loved it.
And of course he was also playing with Nathan. It doesn't look like much fun to me but Nathan was laughing the entire time. We often need to remind Lenny to be gentle.

This is how Brooke carries things from one place to another. She crawls away with it and then turns to sit on her bottom. I need to get a picture of her while she is crawling with it in her mouth. Nathan just carries things in his hand and bangs it on the floor. He thinks that is half the fun.

Nathan is walking a lot now. It's so much fun to watch his face as he is walking around. He looks so proud. He's doing great and tries to walk everywhere.

I will be sad when he stops crawling though. I love to watch both of them crawling because they are completely different. It's like night and day. Nathan puts his head down like he's ready to charge and then crawls super fast. While Brooke on the other hand, is so poised and graceful when she crawls. Her head is straight up in the air like she's modeling on a runway or something. It takes her a long time to get where she is going but if she does want to get somewhere fast, she can do that too.

We often joke about Brooke crawling so slow. When I have gotten something out of the pantry before, Dominic warns me that Brooke is on her way to the pantry but also says that I shouldn't worry because it will take her a long time to get there. And that's true. With Nathan, there isn't even time for a warning.

Yesterday was a fun day for all of us. Gloria came to visit and we all went to the mall. I've only ventured out to the mall with all three kids by myself a handful of times. If I had a triple stroller and could put Lenny in with the babies it would be much easier. But who wants to push a triple stroller around. Not me. And the mall is the last place that Dominic would want to go. It was nice to have someone to go with and between me and Gloria, it was much easier. We had a great time and Nunny bought some clothes for the kids too. That's always nice.

From the Mouth of a Three Year Old

Ahh, Christmas time. I love it. And now, Lenny loves it too. He really understands it this year and that is very exciting for us. But that also means that he now needs every toy on TV. At least that's what he says. I now know and understand what our parents went through. For every toy commercial I hear, "I need to get that. Maybe Santa Claus will get it for me." If it's a toy for girls, he says that Brooke needs that. And any toy for babies, Nathan needs. At least he is thinking of his brother and sister too.