Favorite Foods-This one is actually hard. He is going through a phase where he won't eat anything, even the food I make because he requested it. He loves treats-cookies, donuts, and M&Ms. He almost always eats peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. He usually eats noodles. He likes cheddar cheese. He likes buttered toast with no crust.
Favorite Toys-He loves to build train tracks. They always have to be a "circle" (closed track). He just recently is getting really good at building them by himself. Airplanes
Favorite Things to do-He loves to play in the sink, especially with a lot of soap. He loves to jump on our bed. He loves to paint. He loves to play games. He likes to watch tv and "moomees". He loves to pretend that he is a character from a tv show, a cat, a robot, or an airplane. He loves to be told stories. He especially loves stories that have "an Eddie in them". He loves to just hear us tell things that happened to him during that day. He loves to hear stories that happened to me or Ben or other family members "when we were little". He is always telling us "things that happened to him when he was little" that are actually stories we have told him from our pasts. He also loves stories with animals and his favorite characters from tv. He is also enjoying the classic stories, like Goldilocks. He wants to hear every story repeated twice, at least.
Favorite Games-He loves to pretend he is a "bad robot" coming to get us. We have to say, "Look at that robot that's coming!". We have to scream when he gets to us and run away. He likes Uno Attack, Memory, I Spy on the computer, the cake game on the computer, the car racing game on the tv. He likes to build puzzles. He even sometimes likes to work on adult puzzles with me.
Favorite songs-With scriptures every night he asks to sing "Popcorn Popping". When I put him to bed, he always wants me to sing "Miss Molly Had a Dolly-the one with the silly letters" (he tells me a letter and I substitute that letter for many of the first letters of the words in the song). He likes me to sing "There was and old lady who swallowed a fly". The last song he always wants me to sing is "ABCs", the version from Super Why.
Favorite books-I Spy books. He chooses probably seven books from the library each week, and he never "chooses" to take any of them back. His favorite books are always changing, but he has loved "3 Magic Balls" for a long time now. "Sounds on the Go"
What he doesn't like-He doesn't like the dark. He doesn't like Peter to "astroy" (destroy) his train tracks and other things he builds. He doesn't like to get his hair washed in the bathtub; he's worried about getting water on his face.
Favorite TV shows and characters-Handy Manny, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Super Agent Oso, Super Why, Curious George
Favorite places to go-the park, Lake Ella, the library, out to eat
Favorite animals-He still loves cats so much. He has ever since he turned one. He sleeps with his "kitty katty".
Peter put the sticker on his crown. He loves playing with stickers.
You can see in Eddie's eyes that he feels pretty special.
Peter seems to have a special love for escaping (unscaping, in Eddie terms) from his diaper changes. He runs away and hides usually behind a chair, the couch, or the side of my bed. He sits and waits for me to come find him. He just giggles and giggles. He loves hiding in general and will stay patiently in a hiding spot until I find him. Finding him once isn't enough, though. He likes to be found again and again and again.
Peter had his first haircut on August 22. I was tired of his hair always looking out of control, so I cut it. He sat on Ben's lap, eating treats and never cared that I was cutting his hair. Now his hair is shorter, but it still always looks crazy! I learned that he must have some sort of a callic at the center of his head. Those hairs always stand straight up. At least it's not in his eyes anymore, though!
Peter's blanket was made by my cousin, Marietta. It's green and white plaid on one side and covered in all kinds of sports balls on the other. It was the only blanket given to us when Peter was born. It's the only one that was just for Peter, so it became the one I used all the time for him.
Peter sleeps with "gira'", his giraffe. I think I had him before I had kids (but not much before). It was one of the few stuffed animals we had that Eddie hadn't laid claim to, and it's adorable. Peter loves Eddie's kitty, though, and often wishes he had it at bedtime.
Eddie blanket was made by my good friend's, Camille, mom. I used it all the time when breastfeeding him in public because it's bigger than most baby blankets. It's the only blanket that I never used with Peter because it was Eddie's. Eddie got Kitty from a bookstore here in Tally almost a year ago. Eddie has dearly loved cats since before he was one. We couldn't help buying him this one when he fell in love with it at the store.
Eddie really loved playing with his cousin, Jeremy, who is seven months younger than he. Those seven months seemed to matter until this trip (they've never really played together before). Eddie was really sad Jeremy wasn't going on to Raleigh with us.
Peter fell in love with Jeremy's horse. It was love at first sight, the truest and sweetest love that only these little ones are capable of.
I love this one, walking down the hall while reading a book.
So adorable with the rain boots.
I've never seen a cuter melvin!
Peter loves wearing Eddie's undies. Every time he finds a pair, he wants them on over his clothes or diaper. Often Peter will be wearing two or three pair at a time. I love my second child's desire to do everything his big brother is doing.
Giving George "five" (Peter's idea)
Coming in for a kiss!
What a poser!
Sweet!
More kissing
Playdough-Peter is a natural and even gave up trying to eat it very quickly.
Peter is getting closer and closer to walking. He loves walking between Ben and me and initiates it every night at scripture time. He has taken no more than six steps, but I think he will walk soon. In this picture, he isn't walking. He's just standing. He loves to stand and can stand up straight from the floor (he doesn't need to pull himself up on something). He can hold things while standing, clap, rub his tummy. He is quite an expert stander and is so fun to watch. He's so happy and energetic. We love you, little Peter-Man!
The fourth of July happened on July 4th this year. We were so happy to have William's family here. We had a nice summery dinner at home, sloppy joes, corn on the cob, and watermelon. We went to the park to see the fireworks. We played at the playground first. Then we walked over to find a spot to view the show. There was a concert going with pretty decent music. Eddie and Peter loved dancing. My boys are the dance-y-est kids I have ever seen. The "fireworkers", as Eddie called them, didn't start until 10 p.m., and Eddie and Peter were so tired. You can see it in all the pictures. There were a lot of biting ants, too. They chased Will's family away before the fireworks began. All day Eddie had been asking about the fireworks. When they began, they scared him and Peter to death. I held Peter. Ben held Eddie on his lap with Ben's hands over Eddie's ears. Talking Peter through each firework eventually calmed him down. Peter and I sat by Ben and Eddie, and I talked Eddie through each firework. I was distracting him by talking about each one. Soon Eddie was saying what each firework looked like. He started out serious then began to say silly things, like "grandma" and "Wal-mart". While walking back to the car, Eddie said, "I have a kind of fun song, Mom." He proceeded to make up a song with the lyrics being, "Thank you for the fireworkers." The best part is Eddie and Peter fell asleep in the car on the way home and stayed alseep while we carried them to their beds.
