Sunday, February 28, 2010

Monkey see, monkey do


Aaron started walking down the stair because Andrew was...

One busy toddler can cause a lot of destruction in a short period of time. Two busy toddlers can do it more than twice as fast. Their eyes are always watching what the other is doing to see if it's more fun. And if it appears to be more interesting or exciting there will soon be two doing it. Most of the time this is non-threatening and even cute to watch. But it's time when an entire roll of toilet paper is all over the floor and the water from the toilet bowl is splashed all over them and the floor that it's not so funny. Or when a bag of goldfish crackers is dumped upside and then stomped on.
Andrew keeping a close eye on Aaron...

And it's not always the same person initiating the action (or trouble!). If it involves climbing it's usually Andrew that starts it. If it involves throwing or light switches I can guarantee you it was probably Aaron that thought of it.
One of their favorite things to do at the park is dropping rocks into the bbq
When I have an unraveled roll of toilet paper to clean up or buckets of water from the bathtub on the floor I try to remember how lucky they are to have a playmate and best friend-always. Of course, it doesn't necessarily make it fun to clean up. But a smile or hug from them or a sound of their laughter does help.
When one grabs a push car so does the other one

Andrew dumped the goldfish, Aaron helped throw & smash them

2 comments:

Marylynn said...

Your blog looks really cute. I've been trying to work on mine but I for some reason can't figure it out. So when I come down there you will have to help me. A and A are getting so big.

NancyO said...

They must be having so much fun exploring your new house!

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