Buttons buttons

David loves buttons. He always points out the buttons and snaps on everyone's clothes. He has some pajama shirts that have some big buttons on them and he has been undoing them for a while. There were a couple mornings that we walked in to find a bare bellied boy.

I showed him how to do the buttons a few times and then last week, he decided to give it a try. David refused help and sat for probably 5 minutes working out the buttons. After a minute and several tries, he got the first one. The second one was easier but still took a few tries. The third took a few more tries because it was higher up, but the last one, he got the first try! All the help he required was pointing out which button went with which hole. He did the rest all on his own!

Since then, he's done his buttons a few more times. He can almost get the smaller buttons on his button-up Sunday shirt, but not quite yet.

I don't have a picture of him doing it. A video would be better, but we don't have a digital video camera, and my camera doesn't do videos. It sounds like we could get the video from our regular video camera on the computer, but we haven't figured out how to do that yet. Soooo no video....and no picture. Maybe later.

Pizza

We like pizza in our house. 99% of the time when Ashton asks me what sounds good, my answer is "pizza." Even David likes pizza. Usually he just eats the toppings, but hey whatever works.

A couple of months ago, I made a goal to try a new recipe once a week. It hasn't been a perfectly kept goal, mostly it's once every other week that I try a new recipe, but it's been fun. We've found lots of new things that we like. By "we" I mean Ashton and I because David has this thing about mixed foods right now, and most of the recipes I've tried have had foods touching each other.

David's fun comes in looking for a new recipe. He loves getting out my many recipe books and looking through them with me. For days afterward, he'll just go pull book after book and sit with them.

So, back to pizza. One of the new recipes we've tried is stuffed pizza rolls. You can find the recipe here: http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/06/stuffed-pizza-rolls/. We make the dough and marinara that's referenced there. It takes a bit of work, but it's so good! Even David likes them. Oh, and here's a tip to make things easier on you. Do NOT use shredded mozzarella cheese. Buy a block of cheese and cut it into squares. Using shredded cheese, while it ultimately works when it's melted, makes wrapping and sealing the dough around the toppings difficult. Learn from our mistake!

Ready Or Not, Here He Comes

Neal has started rolling around the floor. He enjoys being able to reach things that otherwise would be safe from him. Mostly, he enjoys getting David's toys, particularly puzzle pieces and cards. The things that are forbidden and, therefore, the most fun.

It's taken David a little while to figure out how to deal with Neal's mobility. The first day, I pointed out to David that Neal was getting his cards. So, David grabbed hold of Neal's shirt and rolled him back over away from the cards. Immediately, Neal rolled back toward the cards. Once again, David rolled Neal away just to have Neal roll back to the cards. This continued until I successfully implemented the idea of moving the cards or putting the cards away.

I don't know what David is going to do when Neal starts crawling, but David better get ready because Neal's coming!

Food

At breakfast this morning, David dropped a cheerio. A single cheerio. He jumped off his chair, or rather my lap because it's been a needy morning, to fetch the cheerio. He heard Dusty coming which was enough to send him into a panic as he searched frantically for the cheerio. He couldn't see it immediately and started screaming as he ran at Dusty in an attempt to make her stop before she got his cheerio. Mostly he just stood there screaming. I made Dusty stop, she looked confused since she didn't know he had dropped anything, and pointed out the cheerio to David. He picked up the cheerio and was happier.

I think David likes his food.

My boys

My favorite part about being a mom is getting to play with these cuties:

I can't believe I have 2 kids and that they are 2 years and 6 months old now.  They drive me crazy sometimes, but more often, they make me laugh. I love hearing them "talk" to each other during lunch. I love hearing them laugh together. I even love when they cry together, especially when David's done something to make Neal sad and then David starts crying as well. To me, it shows me how much they love each other and care about what's happening to the other one.

They are curious boys and full of energy. We've started doing "wiggle" songs before scriptures and prayer to help David be able to sit still. Wiggle songs are usually Primary songs that are full of movement. Neal loves "Popcorn Popping" and David loves "My Hands."

Speaking of full of energy, my two year old needs a better direction for his energy rather than pulling everything off the shelves.