Latest Funny Antics

The more Ryan and Lucie talk, the more we all laugh. Everyday it seems like they come up with something silly, clever and incredibly insightful about the world around them. A recent funny thing is their newly discovered creativity in naming their stuffed animals. It used to be that every animal had an obvious name - the duck is named "Ducky", bunny is "Bunny", etc. Now, out of the blue, their naming skills have evolved. On some days, Lucie's new stuffed duck from Easter is named "Michaels" after cousin Maggie's turtle, Michael (I have no idea why Lucie went with the plural form). On days when the duck is feeling more dog-like, he's called "Beagle". Her dinosaur is now called "Duck".

Ryan's new stuffed animal names are super silly. His monkey now goes by "Monk Jr." so as not to be confused with the stuffed monkey's Dad. His new Easter duck has curiously been named "Goggles". It all started with a stork piloting an airplane from one of his favorite books who Ryan started calling "Goggles". Then suddenly, many things took on this name, including the duck and strangely enough, the hallway light. Every night when we close their bedroom door, Ryan asks that we turn on the hallway light while declaring, "I'm turning on the hallway light!". Now that hallway lights has been named "Goggles", we are instructed to declare "I'm turning on Goggles!" after shuttling the door. It's the silliest thing, but he loves it. I'm sure if our neighbors could hear us each night at 7:00 pm yelling out, "I'm turning on Goggles!", they'd think we were completely loony.

In preparation for our upcoming family trip to Hawaii (can't wait!!), we've been talking a lot about what we'll do and see there. We talk and read about turtles, tropical flowers, palm trees, bathing suits, etc. Each day R & L love to put on their new beach sandals and parade around the house breaking them in. Sometimes when we're out and about, I'll see something (like a palm tree, for example) and point out, "This is what we'll see in Hawaii!". They smile and nod knowingly, but really, they have no idea what I'm talking about. For all they know, Hawaii could be a new bagel shop down the street. They just know I'm excited, so they feel they should be too. That's why I thought it was so funny this morning when Lucie draped her blanket across her wagon, ran over to bring me to it, and said, "Mommy, this is what we'll see in Ha-wa-yee!" If it's special or wonderful (like a wagon draped with beloved green blankie), it surely has to be in Hawaii, right?

These photos are from our Spring Twins Club party. Ryan spent almost the entire morning by the bucket of bubbles, while Lucie hula-hooped and bounced her heart out. The bouncy-house photo isn't the best quality, but I still wanted to post it to show the joy (though fuzzy) on her face.