Getting Big

*This post will bore most to pieces, but it is written unashamedly for the auties and grandparents. :) *

The kids are getting so big so fast. It is hard to imagine them in the "happy blob" stage where they were when they first got home, just quietly sitting and not moving around all that much.  It  seems like they started talking over night and they talk my head off all day long :).  Here are a few of their funny and common sayings these days.

Asher:

While out shopping the other day, we observed a rather bratty child acting out and pitching a fit.  Asher tapped me on the hand and said quietly, "mommy, that boy need discipline!" At least he's starting to get the connection that brattyness= unacceptable behavior!

While in Trader Joes (our favorite stomping ground) one of the cashier's asked Asher how old he was.  Very confidently he pointed his finger and said "I'm 5!".  He thinks this rather funny and has been telling people since that point that he is five.

Asher has given himself several nick names over the past few weeks.  When asked what his name is he has been responding with "naked boy", "bubble boy", "Bible boy", and "Mico".  I have no idea where he got these names from with the exception of naked boy which is what I call him in the bath tub ;)  We're working on the naked boy line but sort of laugh at the other names he has been giving himself.

Asher's favorite quotes these days include: "No want it" (we're working on that one ;) "I go play", and "I do myself".

Asher's favorite songs are... in his words: "Tutty-fruity, oh ruddy bopbopbop", "Hosanna in the highest", and "The B-I-B-L-E".

Hosanna:

While having a particularly rough day, I went in to correct some of Hosanna's behavior for about the 8th time in a two hour period.  After talking to her I said "Hosanna, do you know I love you very much?" With tears streaming down her face she said "Yeah.  And Jesus loves me too!"  Yep baby, Jesus loves you too :)

While driving in the car a few weeks ago, Hosanna piped up and said "Mommy, daddy's name is Justin!"  I said "that's right honey, but you need to call him daddy".  She then said "Oh, okay.  And your name is Bonnie!"  It amazes me what she is picking up these days.

Hosanna's favorite quotes these days include:  "I do myself!", "I help you cook, mom", and "I wanna go outside and blow bubbles!"

Hosanna's favorite songs are "Hosanna in the highest", "Oh how I love Jesus", and "The Wheels on the bus".

We recently moved Hosanna into a toddler bed and into her own room.  Her and Asher have been driving mommy a little nutty with their nap-time and bed-time slumber parties.  Even though they are in separate rooms, they still manage to communicate through the walls!  Those two little crazies.  I'm so thankful they have each other and that they love being together.  They are getting more and more into imaginative play and it's so fun to watch them engage one another.