Swinging finally

All last year I encouraged Ashton to learn to pump his legs and swing himself. I encouraged him but I continued to push him often and I would tell him that he was cut off at five and after his birthday I was not going to push him anymore. Well his birthday came and I refused to push him. Last week Ashton and Ransom wanted to swing and I agreed to give Ashton two pushed and was it. Well, I am happy to report that he was able to keep himself going and even go higher. He did a great job pumping his legs finally!

Maybe next week he will learn to ride his bike without training wheels.

Happy Birthday!

On St Patrick's Day we celebrated Tahlia's Birthday with her. We had a lot of fun getting ready for it.
Tahlia had a great birthday and loved all of the attention. We found her second tooth on her birthday too.

Cookie Monster

Tonight after dinner Laura shared her Smiley Face cookies with us. Yummy! This is what happened. John picked up his cookie and took a bit and Tahlia was yelling and "grabbing" with her fingers. John asked her if she wanted some and pretended to give it to her and then did not. She screamed and then John broke a piece off to give to her and she continued to cry and yell. She wanted the cookie. So John gave it to her and she instantly stopped crying and was laughing. She was so so so happy! How cute is she eating the cookies from Pittsburgh. (Yeah they are that good!) She actually turned the cookie over to lick the icing off. Thanks Aunt Laura for sharing and to Ethan for sending them. We love them!





Last week Tuesday I realized that Tahlia had cut her first tooth, and it happens to be a sweet tooth! If you look carefully you can see the one and only tooth in her mouth. Yeah!

Bubble Gum!

So yesterday I went to the gas station to wash the car. Well I went in to buy the wash and Ashton begged me to get gum. So being the kind mommy that I am I got bubble gum! I know just a little different from our norm. So as we sat in line waiting for our turn to go in I taught the kids (aka Ashton) to blow bubbles. He was so proud of himself for blowing some bubbles. He was doing a great job, his bubbles were just a little camera shy, so I helped him a little. (Please don't tell him that I told you that last part!)




Kids say the darnedest things. Recently Ashton has been rating his love for us on a number system. 100 being the most and 1 the least. When he is very happy with something that we do for him or with him he says "I love you 100!" Then we get a big hug and kiss. I am only guessing that it started us telling him "I love you TOO!" Not to be confused with two.
Yesterday Ashton had a doosy. He spoke and I was on the floor rolling. We were watching Extreme Home makeover and there was a lady that was born without legs and was confined to a wheel chair. It was a moving story. So in the middle of the story Ashton turns to me and says "Does she not have legs because Jesus didn't have enough?" I did not mean to embarrass him but it was great. I love the way kids think of things, it always gives me a fresh perspective.