Rolled over

October 5, 2011 babyjohnson

I got a text at school today from Leon stating, “The boy just rolled over!” He had just returned from dropping Clara off at preschool and was on the floor talking to Henry about how pretty soon he’d be crawling and then his life would get a lot more difficult. Then Henry pushed up and gave him a big smile, then rolled over to his back. Of course, he didn’t want to perform for mommy tonight, so I haven’t seen it yet. It will probably be weeks before he does it again. At least we know he can do it. We were starting to wonder if he was only going to stick his thumb in his mouth and fall asleep when placed on his tummy. He is babbling a TON now and has a sort of growl-giggle that makes us all laugh.

Clara came home from preschool singing “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall”…and another one that sounds like “Olla olla Anna” but I can’t figure out what she’s saying. The theme is nursery rhymes, so maybe it’s one I haven’t heard of. Another Clara-ism I forgot to mention last time I blogged was that she sometimes gets jealous when I pick up Henry, hold him, feed him, talk to him, etc. One night she was frustrated that I was feeding Henry at the dinner table instead of coloring with her and yelled, “Feed ME with your boob, Mommy!” And there was the day she told me she needed nut powder for her butt. I made sure Leon knew what he had taught her, and prayed she didn’t say it at preschool. I think we may have solved the smoke detector problem: Clara picked out some stickers to “decorate” the smoke detector with and covered up the “eye” as she calls it (the light that blinks when it’s testing or going off). She seems pretty pleased with the princess stickers that she helped put up there and there was no fighting it at bedtime.

Last weekend I took the kids home by myself while Leon stayed back to work. We packed in a lot of activities, including Clara’s first pee-wee barrel racing on Sydney’s horse Snip, Brody’s 8th birthday party, and riding in the combine with Papa Nick. The weather has been amazing this fall and is perfect for all the outdoor things we love to do.

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