Thursday, April 26, 2012

Dress Up!

Our sweet friend Mary P. gave us some costumes that her son had outgrown.  They couldn't have come at a better time since I had to bring the boys with me to work for an hour or so.  They had so much fun trying on the different costumes!  I know Halloween will be a blast this year!!
This is Sam's fake smile!  I love it!!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Easter

Taking a good picture with 5 people is a lot harder than it was with 3 people :)

The boys loved hunting Easter eggs, especially when they discovered there was candy inside.  They weren't too interested in the money but Gus was and so it was a happy trade all around.

We had a great day with family and friends.  Thank you to everyone who made our day special!!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Manners

Some of the first phrases/words the boys learned were 'please', 'thank you', and 'bless you'.  Of course, they sound more like 'pleebs', 'tank you' and 'ess you', but they are very good about remembering and saying them.  Even Gus has noticed that if someone sneezes, the boys will say "bless you" and keep repeating it until the person says thank you.

Since we've arrived home, we've started working on "May I be excused?" and "I'm sorry".  'May I be excused' is pretty long so we've let them shorten it to 'excuse me?' when they are done eating.  The other day Sam did say "May I excuse me?" after he heard Gus ask to be excused so I think we are pretty close to getting them to say the whole thing.

Our newest phrase is "I'm sorry" which actually sounds like "I soggy".  Yesterday, Drew hit Sam in the back and I told him he needed to say "I'm sorry" and hug, but he just crossed his arms and refused.  So Drew had to sit by himself and be quiet until he would say it.  Aaron came home in the mean time and I let him take over so I could finish supper.  At one point, we saw Sam walk up to Drew and say something in Hungarian then 'I soggy' and hold up his hands - it's like he was saying "all you have to do is say 'I'm sorry' and then we can play".  A minute or 2 passed when I heard Aaron talking to Drew and Drew told Sam he was sorry.  Sam came running up to me and said "Mom, Mom, Du (something in Hungarian) I soggy!"  It was the funniest thing and I think Sam was very proud of Drew for finally saying it.