The month of May

May is coming to a close and it's been pretty nice. Kaitlyn was seen by the new pediatrician and she had an ear infection and I thought it came back, so Jason took her back to see the doctor, but he thinks it was just teeth bothering her because her ears looked good. Josh stayed healthy all month!!!! We were all hit with allergies, but nothing a little benedryl couldn't help.

The big thing that we did this month was go to the Hangout Music festival. We stayed with some friends at a condo on the beach who have a 3 year old too. Friday the kids didn't take a nap, so it was interesting during the day with trying to get the car packed and over to the condo and then unpack. We made it to the concert around 330pm and the kids had so much fun! They played in the sand and ran around. We decided that we needed to bring the sand toys for the next day to give them something else to do. We got back to the condo around 10pm, got baths and then they both passed out. Josh and Jason went swimming the next morning and Kaitlyn got her feet wet, but she wasn't a fan of the pool. Kaitlyn and I went back up to the condo so she could nap and I laid down with her. Jason brought Josh up later and I guess they started to eat lunch and then Josh said he wanted to go take a nap. Jason took him upstairs and I guess he crawled into bed and went right to sleep. (This was a first!) We got to the festival around 330pm on Saturday and stayed until 930pm and got the kids back for baths. We woke up to rain the next morning and we decided to pack up and head back home. Around 6pm the sun came out and Jason found out they opened the festival back up and he really wanted to see some bands, so he headed back out. Thank goodness for the beach, because if it wasn't for the sand, I don't think it would have been a successful weekend.

We're trying really hard to break Josh of his whining habit. We're making progress, so that's very nice. He'll start to whine and then Jason will say, "What did we talk about? If you want something you have to ask and not cry about it." He'll cry for a second or two longer and then he'll ask for it and then we'll give it to him. We're also teaching him to say, "May I please be excused" when he's done with dinner. It comes out as "Please queses (spelling?) from the (mumble)". He's working on it though. We're also trying to stop him from being a bully and taking toys from other kids. We didn't realize he was doing this until we went to the Hangout music festival. We make sure if he takes a toy, we give it back to the kid and make him wait until that person is done before he gets it. This is a hard habit to break, but we'll get it down soon.

Kaitlyn's vocabulary is booming. She's been telling us what animals say, it's not 100% clear, but she's getting the sounds down (and the motion for a monkey). She's so proud of herself when she makes the sounds because she smiles and giggles when she make the sounds. Her newest word is "yellow". Her and daddy read books every night and he called me into her room last week and he said, "Kaitlyn, what color is this?" and she bellows out "Yellow"! It brought a tear to my eye. She's growing up so fast. She's also getting a little attitude on her. Well, I should say, it's becoming more prominent. She's getting her "No"s down and she'll cross her arms and give you a look. You don't mess around when she gives you that look! She still loves her oatmeal!!! You best not run out or else you're running to the store to buy her more.

Josh has been really interacting with Kaitlyn more this month. He's talking to her like a real person. They'll be in their car seats and Kaitlyn will say something and Josh will lean forward, look at her and say, "that's not Boomer, that's a doggie" (if she's looking at a dog, because every dog is Boomer). The other day Josh drank some of my chocolate milk and then he wanted some of his own. He told me "Mommy, I LOVE chocolate milk". He had some when he went to bed and then in the morning I made him some. Well, when Kaitlyn got up, she was walking down the hallway and Josh comes running over to her with his chocolate milk and and said "Baby, do you want some chocolate milk? Chocolate milk is tasty. Do you want some?" Then he looks at me and says "Baby wants some chocolate milk". Kaitlyn could have cared less about the chocolate milk, but I made her some and she drank it. Josh then asked her "Do you like chocolate milk"? It was the funniest sight to see him talking to her like that. It'll be more interesting once she starts talking back and they have an actual conversation.

That basically wraps up the month of May. We're heading to a birthday party and a Crawfish Boil tomorrow. Other than that, Memorial Day weekend should be quiet. Well, as quiet as it can get with a 3 year old and a 1 year old!