December stuff

First of all, I've been meaning to write down ALL the words that the babies are saying so far, mostly so I don't forget myself!

Both babies:
Mama
Dada
Bye Bye
Baba
Ball
Balloon
"ruff ruff" (when they see a doggie)
Shoe
Sock
Juice

Violet can also say:
Hi (her favorite, said ALL the time)
Up
Ollie (yes, it's as cute as you'd imagine!)
Dog
Apples

Oliver can also say:
Oh, no! (again, LOVES to say this)
Uh-oh!
No touch
Baby
"roar" (lion, giraffe, whatever...)


We've been trying hard to stay creative here lately- with the weather getting so cold, it's hard not to feel like we're under house arrest. Sometimes I let the babies climb both sets of stairs and run around, just for a change of scenery! Today, I let them play in the dryer (off, obviously) for 10 minutes, and they were THRILLED.
I was thinking today about how Peanut's biting seemed to have subsided, and how glad I was and, of course....


She then bit her brother big time! Our biggest dilemma lately is trying to stop Oliver from pushing/yanking/shoving/pulling/trampling his sister. I really thought that buying two of most toys would prevent this, but whatever the other has always looks better. Even if it's identical. And Oliver ALWAYS wants what Violet has. So hard to teach "sharing" at this age! We'll keep working on it. though- maybe SOMETHING will sink in!


Finally, a video I'm entitling "Who needs toys?"