Watch me!

Such a boy. Joe loves to do all sorts of adventurous things in our living room now – all preceded by an excited, “Watch me!”

Last night, Scott took his turn getting absolutely clobbered by the boys. A parent lying on the floor is just an open invitation to climb on, wrestle, drool on, pick at, poke in the nose and mouth and generally render totally incapable of defending him or herself.

Daddy enjoyed reading while lying on the floor with the boys until the twins saw what was going on and had to be a part of it. They want to touch, grab, lick and poke the book so that no reading can get done. Usually, paperbacks don’t survive the twin treatment, so we have to be extra careful with them.

Joe wanted to stand on Scott's stomach (like he was surfing), then jump and land on his bottom, full force on poor Scott’s belly. Ugh!

A word about Joe’s pants: In case you didn’t notice, Joe isn’t wearing any in the above few pictures. Joe has lately learned how to remove his own clothes, something he particularly likes to do after his afternoon nap. The first time getting the clothes on in the morning is a struggle enough that sometimes I don’t even bother to do it again. Plus, he’s halfway to being ready for getting his bath! Confessions of a lazy mom….

Speaking of being lazy, I love this picture. The twins look like little men with their button-downs and blue shoes. The lazy part is that this is one of the first times that they have worn shoes in their lives. I just don’t have the energy to put them on, make sure they stay on, find and match them, or pick them up when they fall off.

Today on JoeSpeaks: “Wait a minute!” Joe has started saying this all of the time now. It sounds ridiculous coming out of such a small person, especially since he says it so matter-of-factly.

Joe has caught on to my nifty tactic of diversion. “Mommy, I want candy (or ice cream or coffee or whatever he’s not about to get)” I always try to respond with, “How about Strawberries? (or yogurt or whatever seems like it will work)” Now Joe just begins with “How about (insert request here)” It’s pretty funny to be imitated like that.