Funny, funny kids

X-Factor and Z-Man are growing like proverbial weeds. Here are some updates.

Z-Man – Need for Speed -- Our boy is now walking, but since he’s all about speed, crawling is still his preferred method of transportation. Once he steadies his toddle and realizes that he’ll be faster on two limbs instead of four, he’ll be walking everywhere.

X-Factor – Clean Teeth -- Dental hygiene has always been important to our girl. She brushes and flosses without prompting. This morning she decided to teach her brother how to floss, but even though she has the action down, she was a little confused on the pronunciation.

“Hey Buddy, I’m going to teach you how to sloff!”

Z-Man – Future Architect – Our little guy loves playing with blocks. Just a month ago, he was still in the destruct stage. He’d knock down what we would set up. Generally, babies do this until 18-24 months. Recently, however, Z-man has started building his own towers to demolish. He usually stacks three or four blocks on top of each other and then can no longer hold the urge to knock them down and say “Boom!”

X-Factor – She falls down but gets back up again…eventually – Two months ago, our cautious girl fell off of her bicycle and hurt her arm. After the fall, she vowed to never ride again. Sadly this was the same girl who days earlier squealed that the best day of her young life was the day she first rode her new bike. Dr. N and I stayed patient and never pressed the issue. Last week, she began to sit on her bike. That is all she wanted to do…sit. Yesterday, however, she wanted to ride again! I took her outside and she, donned in safety gear, got back on and rode for about three minutes. “Let’s take it slow, Mommy. I just want to go a little bit today and then maybe a little bit more tomorrow.”

Z-Man – Mr. Independent – Z-Man loves to eat. He’s a finger food guy. Until yesterday, I could still spoon feed him yogurt, applesauce, etc. He has since decided that his mouth will only permit entrance to food from his own hand. When I tried to spoon feed him, the little stinker pursed his lips tight. He did, however, accept the spoon and tried to feed himself.

X-Factor – Whistling Pretty – X-Factor has been trying to whistle. She sticks two fingers in her mouths and says Whoo-whoo-whoo, and is pleased as pudding.

Z-Man – Exploring where no baby should explore – He is obsessed with getting into the cabinets. So Mommy became a tool belt diva and installed safety locks. By the way, I know that this is becoming trendy for moms now, but it is so not for me. I do love the drilling, but every thing else…NOT FOR ME…even if I had pink tools. Little Z-man, has been devastated about my drilling success foiling his toxic chemical digs.

X-Factor – Honing her telephone skills – It use to be that if you asked Xylie if she wanted to talk to someone on the phone she’d squall “noooo.” But now she begs me to find someone to talk with her one the phone. I should talk to her friend DJ’s mommy, I bet that would work out for both of us! Mostly, she’s been talking with my mom. She knows how to spell Nina and dial her up on my cell phone. Yesterday, she called her Nannie and Nina.

Z-Man—Honing his phone skills – Z-man has an intense infatuation with the cell phone. Because his big sister is always asking him if he wants to talk to Nina, he calls the phone a nina! Whenever someone is talking on my cell phone he screams, “Nina, Nina, Nina.” I’ve given up and allowed him to play with it often. So far, he’s only accidentally called one person, who was quick to forgive me.

If you are particularly squeamish, skip this next one…I mention pee…a lot. However, nothing gross is done with it, but if the mere mention makes you queasy, well you’ve already stopped reading…(You can tell I crack myself up can’t you?)

X-Factor – It’s not her fault, the pee made her do it – The X-Factor has been a bit over confident regarding how long she can hold her bladder. In the past two days, she has had two accidents. Not at all like her. But her words after her accidents are very well suited for her personality. Accident 1 – “Oh no! I tried to go to the potty, but the pee came out all over the floor instead!” Accident 2 – “Ohhhh, this pee! I went to the potty in time because I promised yesterday to be careful, but the pee still came out fast, and it didn’t go in the potty like I wanted it to. It went on the floor!” I love how it is apparently the responsibility of the urine to find its way to the toilet.