Ricky is very smart (of course, I am totally biased). He now easily counts to 10 and is working on the teens. It sounds somewhat like this ” . . . ten, eee, twelve, ee-teen, ee-teen, ee-teen . . .” Also, somehow he has picked up the ABC song. I must admit, I haven’t sung it too him very much in the past, so the other day when I did sing it to him, I was startled when I stopped after F to clear my throat and he picked right up with G. And, as with most children’s renditions, “L Mmm P” is a dang cute part of the song. I now try to sing the ABC’s to him more often, but to add variety, I’ll sing the ABC’s and then Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and back again. Last night, we were walking along and Ricky started singing, “tinkle tinkle, ittle tar, ext ime won’t you ing wit me” (translation: Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star. Next time won’t you sing with me.)
Billy is very lucky to have such a good big brother. Yesterday, Billy was in his bassinette and Ricky was playing in his room. I was busy and not able to get to Billy when he started fussing, so Ricky ran in to Billy and shoved the pacifier into his mouth then ran back to his room. A moment later, Billy spit it out and started fussing again and Ricky came running in again. This happened two or three more times and then Billy started fussing with the pacifier still in his mouth. When Ricky came running in and saw the pacifier there, he was quite taken back and not sure what to do–so he pulled it out and put it back in!
Kevin was playing a video game with his nephews Sunday and it became much trickier to play when he was holding both of his boys!
Melissa thinks both of her new baby cousins are cute and was very sweet with them this weekend. She couldn’t leave Grandma’s house until she’d held them both. (Billy on the top, Danny on the bottom) Doesn’t she have a beautiful smile? Hee hee hee
Everyday Ricky has nap time. He does not have to necessarily sleep, but he does spend a couple of hours in his room playing quietly if he doesn’t sleep. Today he only had 10 more minutes before he could come out when I could no longer hear him talking. When I went to check on him, this is what I found. Isn’t he cute?
