Ricky is a great helper with his baby brother. He puts dirty diapers in the trash and fetches blankets and pacifiers. When he touches the baby’s pacifier, Ricky is very careful to only touch the little handle part and he only uses his pointer finger and thumb. It almost looks like he thinks the pacifier has cooties or something. Apparently we’ve been around our dogs too much, because when Ricky is proud of himself he’ll say “I did it! Good boy!” And, Ricky loves to sing. Theme songs to his favorite cartoons are his usual choice, but he’s recently learned that “um-kin” (“Where is Thumbkin?”) and “tinkle, tinkle” (“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”) are pretty fun, too.
It is always amazing what a 2 year old finds to entertain himself. A couple of Sundays ago, he found Billy’s bib, a shoe box, and his rocking horse. I think he’s a cowboy, but I’m not sure what kind!
Ricky looks like he is caged, and depending on what he’s been up to, he may have deserved it! But even caged he looks cute.
Ricky loves our cats so much, that he pretends to be one sometimes. I think he actually kicked a cat out of their bed so that he could lay in it.
For Christmas, Ricky got this really fun car track and he just loves to play with it. The toy is at Grandmama’s and often as soon as we walk in the door, he says “cars” and runs to the room to play.
Enter yawning Billy. He sleeps a lot still, but when he is awake, his eyes are now bigger and easier to see. When he was first born, his eyebrow area was so swollen, it looked like he could hardly open his eyes.
Here Billy is just hanging out. Then we noticed his left foot . . .
I guess his feet and legs were too long for this footie sleeper!
Billy enjoys his pacifier, but he would much rather suck on his thumb. He just has a hard time finding it still. When he does, though, it is dang cute!
