Now that they have all this freedom, they have destroyed their room several times. We have had to move their bookshelf into to the hall, tape up their dresser and put pretty much everything else in the closet or in the guest room. Their room was once fun and very cute, but now is BORING! Despite all of this, Todd and I have had so much fun listening to them on the monitor during nap time and at night.
To go along with that last sentence, Dylan and Kiera are talking so much. Here are some fun stories about our conversations.
1. After being in their big kid beds for almost a week they discovered how to open their door and ESCAPE! We could hear them on the monitor whispering to each other, "Sister (or brother) open door!" After 2 hours of leading them back to their bed we decided to 'lock' them into their room with a child gate so that they cannot open the door. Now don't worry, this contraption is removed every night before we go to bed. Now when Dylan was not able to open the door he yelled very clearly and for the first time "Daddy, are you ok?" When Todd answered yes, he tried the door again then "Mama, are you ok?". I answered yes, this went on for about 30 minutes until they both finally passed out.
2. Trying to get the kids to ask for something politely is something that we work on all the time. One day while we were all in the car, Dylan asked (yelled out) for something. Todd asked him to say 'please', so Dylan said 'please'. Todd then asked him to say the whole thing, so Dylan said "Whole thing". After laughing for quite sometime, I think we finally were able to give Dylan what he asked for.
3. Tonight was the first time that the kids said "I love you" without cueing from us. Dylan was in Todd's lap and said "I love you, Daddy", "I love you, Mama" then the best part he then said "I love you, chocolate milk!"
I doubt that all of you reading this enjoyed our stories as much as we did but I had to share. These two keep us laughing all day long. I love being their Mama!
