Ta-co

Mom, why do they call it a taco? Because it can talk and go?

A Natural

I don't know where he gets it! As I explained earlier, he loves James Taylor!

All I can say is that he's a natural!

He's Gonna Blow

Last fall, the boys and I took a road trip. Trevin literally went from reading the map

to car sick on the side of the road in 5 minutes.

I now carry Dramamine everywhere I go!

Yum!

I know it's unhealthy and wasteful, but I'm not gonna lie, I laugh every time I see one of their little tiny mouths taking a bite out of a huge Costco pizza slice!

Whatever Works

Yes, that is a straw in Trevin's ice cream cone! Whatever works, I guess!

Carolina In My Mind

Mekhi loves music. He also has a hard time going to sleep at night. Therefore, he often gets to listen to headphones while drifting off. His favorite CD lately has been James Taylor's Greatest Hits. It's completely normal to hear him bust out with "In my mind I'm going to Carolina"!

I didn't realize how much he was listening to the lyrics until he started a James Taylor conversation with me a few mornings ago. It started like this:

"Mom, how does James Taylor go to Carolina in his mind?"

I responded with an explanation of imagination and then we visited some of our favorite places "in our minds."

After he finally understood the concept, he mentioned this:

"Mom, do you know that James Taylor will be your friend if you just call him?"

I chuckled and sang a few lines from the song before he posed this question:

"But Mom, why didn't James Taylor tell us his phone number?"

I couldn't answer that question!

Dirty

In all honesty, the first couple years of the boys' life were pretty challenging for me. It was a huge accomplishment if I took a shower, did my hair, wore clothes other than PJ's, and did the dishes. I was so excited the summer they were about 1 1/2 years old because I finally had enough energy to attempt planting some flowers! I got out the flower pots, filled them with dirt, and was planning exactly which flowers I'd fill them with. Imagine my surprise when I came outside to find this:

My initial reaction, of course, was not too positive! However, I quickly realized that boys are mesmerized by digging in the dirt. I decided it was best to abandon my hopes for a little spring color in favor of hours of entertainment for toddlers! Every spring I'm still reminded of their dirty little faces staring up at me from inside my flower pots.

Teamwork

Now, that's teamwork!

It's Just Our Age!

While out of town this weekend, the boys found a STOP sign that was smaller than average. Trevin asked, "Mom, would you like to take our picture next to this STOP sign? It's just our age!". Apparently, things that are shorter than normal are 5 years old!

Socks

...and just to emphasize the truth to my last post about the boys' differences, Mekhi wore this lovely sock combination all day today!

Differences

Tonight during the bed time routine I witnessed a perfect example of how different my kids are! Mekhi was walking around the house wearing only PJ pants and 1 sock. While I asked Mekhi where his shirt and 2nd sock were, Trevin came into the room and announced that he picked out underwear that matched his PJ's (a matching pant & shirt set, of course)! One kid is walking around half dressed and the other is matching his underwear to his outfit! They're so different.

By the way, Mekhi eventually did manage to get a shirt on (but it wasn't the one that matched his pants!).