The boys and I took a trip to the library today so I could return and restock my books. We spent some time in the children’s section so Adam could play with the puzzles. We also checked out a dinosaur book to read before bed, “How do Dinosaurs say Goodnight”.

Adam was a big fan of this shapes puzzle. He knows all of them except the trapezoid, octagon, and pentagon. I’m pretty impressed that he can differentiate between a circle and an oval, and also that he knows the difference between squares, rectangles, and diamonds. I didn’t realize he knew what a diamond was before today.

He’s also been big in to cylinders lately, which he finds hilarious. Earlier today he brought me a battery and kept saying “silly cylinder” as he showed it to me and pretended laugh.

And can we just talk about this one for a minute? He is growing like a weed. Luke is a regular chatterbox. He likes telling stories and blowing spit bubbles (which sounds disgusting but is really adorable – trust me). He has the best toothless smile and loves his pacifier (his thumb and fingers are a close second). The pacifier thing is new to us, Adam never wanted one. Luke however, will protest loudly if his is not available when he wants.

We really lucked out with these silly, smiley boys.

When they rang the bells in church this morning Adam took that as his cue to yell, “All aboard the choo choo train!”

He also got tired of the guys up front picking the music and decided he needed to sing a solo. He chose “Itsy Bitsy Spider”.

He is pretty fantastic.

Dear Adam,

I think it is fantastic that you love dinosaurs so much – however it’s really not necessary to yell “T-REX” and stomp on every pile of nicely folded laundry you see.

Love, Mama

On Tuesday I was sitting in the chair with Luke and Adam climbed up and sat next to us. Once he got settled he asked me if he could hold Luke. It was adorable and I was a little sad that I didn’t have my camera or even my cell phone handy so that I could share the image here. Then I remembered the webcam on my laptop.

It was pretty sweet and both boys were content to sit there for at least 5 minutes – which might not sound like a long time, but trust me with Adam’s energy level and attention span it is.

Speaking of Adam, the poor kid has been a tad under the weather for most of the week. He’s got a little bit of a cough, a runny nose, and he’s teething. Thankfully he’s down to the last two 2-year molars; one is partially through and the other is thinking about it. Once they are both in he will have the complete set of baby teeth.

Oh, and speaking of teeth, when Luke was born I was afraid of Adam would try to give his snacks to him. So I made a point of frequently reminding Adam that Luke is too little for him to share with. Adam seems to have learned the lesson well, since any time I ask him if Luke can have some of his food (fish crackers, chicken, fruit, or any of the 4 other things my obstinate toddle will currently agree to eat), Adam will respond with, “No, no teeth!”

I’m sure it won’t be long until we’re dealing with a cranky teething Luke. Hopefully we can get all of Adam’s in before he starts.

Can you guess what Adam and I did today?

Since we had so much fun seeing the dinosaurs on Saturday, I decided that today we should make one of our own.

I think Adam ended up with almost as much paint on him as the dinosaur did.

I did the cutting and the eyeball gluing, but he painted it all by himself. He used a brush for most of it, and his hands for the rest.

Mama, Do you see something on my face?

Right there underneath my nose.

I look pretty good with a mustache, don’t you think?

Thank goodness for washable paint.

Today we took the boys to a dinosaur exhibit at our local community center.

Adam loved it. He had a blast looking at the dinosaur bones and really liked the fossilized footprints.

Luke wore dinosaur socks for the occasion. Actually both boys were dressed in dino gear. Adam had a T-Rex on his shirt and Luke’s outfit had a Stegosaurus on it. Between you and me, I think Dave was a little jealous that he didn’t have a Triceratops or Pteranodon shirt to wear.

Most of the artifacts were for looking and not touching, but they did have one table full of items that were hands on. Included on this table was a piece of petrified dino poop.

I didn’t take a picture.

I didn’t touch it either.

Adam and Dave were most interested in a dinosaur egg.

It wasn’t a large exhibit. I think they had three or four rooms of dinosaur artifacts and then another room dedicated to gems and minerals. It was the perfect size for Adam’s attention level though and all of us really enjoyed it.

And while Luke might not know too much about dinosaurs yet, I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before his big brother fills him in on their awesomeness.

With the weather turning cooler I’ve been on the hunt for indoor activities to entertain Adam (and myself). So last night after a quick trip to the dollar store I was prepared with a craft for the two of us today. I picked up a pack of chenille stems (apparently the term “pipe cleaner” isn’t politically correct anymore) and a bag of 125 googly eyes (we’ll be making 62 regular faces and 1 cyclops).

Add in a paper plate, some glue, and a black crayon and we were all set.

I think Adam’s favorite part was lining up the googly eyes and playing with the pipe cleaners. He was pretty pleased with the end result though and we sang a lot of “Itsy Bitsy Spider” today. He liked making the spider dance to the song.

Before nap time we relocated Mr. Spider to his new home, where he’ll be living until at least Halloween, maybe longer.

I sort of like seeing the little guy there.

One of my goals for this Christmas is to make as many of the boys’ gifts as I can. I have a list a mile long of things I want to make for them and it seems like every time I finish one project for them I find three more I want to make. Hopefully getting an early start will allow me to cross a lot of fun things off of my “to craft” list. My sister (Hi Stacy) told me I should share the crafts on the website as I complete them, so blame her if this bores you.

Tonight I made a chicken puppet. Be jealous.

It’s just barely big enough for my hand to fit inside, but should be a good size for Adam. I found the idea online, and the nice lady that came up with it even included a pattern to download. I am looking forward to completing the set (8 more to go). One of Adam’s current top three favorite songs is “Old MacDonald” and so I think he’ll really get a kick out of these.

In case you’re wondering he’s also a big fan of the “ABC Song” and “Happy Birthday”. I lit a candle earlier to help make our living room smell like something other than the disgusting diaper I had just changed and Adam started to sing “Happy Birthday”. He gave me a really dirty look when I moved the candle out of his reach and didn’t let him blow it out.

Also, guess what?

Chicken Butt.

Guess what Mr. Three-Month-Old learned to do today?

Roll over! Roll over!

I had my camera out to get some pictures of how he props himself up on his elbows now and lifts his head up to look around while he’s laying on his stomach, but he had other plans. I moved him back to his belly and he did it again, little stinker.

He’s pretty pleased with himself, don’t you think?

Of course because I had the camera focused on Luke, big brother had to sneak in on the action.

Boy, those two don’t look anything alike do they?

♥

I know I’m a day early, but since the boys and I will be at my parents’ house tomorrow I figured we might as well take Luke’s Bear in the Chair photo today. So here is my Luke-a-Duke, in all his almost 3-month old adorableness.