the computers were acting up

My dad complains about how the computers go back to misbehaving the instant Jim walks out his door to go home, as if the computers know that the cat is gone and the mice can play. It happened here while Jim was gone. The internet connection got slower and slower until it broke yesterday. Which is why this post is really late, but it works out because I had no pictures until today. Jim had the cameras with him and they both broke on the trip (I guess the landscape was ugly or something). So no pics except the videos below. We went blackberry picking for family home evening tonight. It was really fun. The babies had a blast.

This blog is mostly text because I'm going to have to describe in words instead of pics. Sorry. Probably for grandmas' eyes only. They both have been playing together more and taking care of each other, mostly Whitney taking care of Tucker, but he notices her distress too, and hits her to make her stop crying. Whitney likes to wash Tucker's hair and this week started trying to rinse his hair. I had to put a stop to that one after Tucker sat up rapidly, sputtering, on the first try. She also pats his head or his belly to comfort him. Their nursery leader said Whitney came and patted him on the tummy during his screaming fest to comfort him.

They both know how to say cheese and bubbles. They also are getting really proficient on putting the 3-D shape blocks in their holes and love to do that together.

Whitney is the queen of keeping track. She knows who's sippy cup is whose and which bed Piglet or Bear should be in. She is really taking off in words. She says dog and truck and points to them as well as milk, oh no, bubbles and papa. She loves to repetitively point to the cat or teddy bear in books and have me say them over and over. Since the air show, she has started looking for the planes when she hears them and points to them when she finds them in the sky.

I babysat a couple of kids, one of which is 5 months old. Whitney took good care of that baby. She pushed him gently in the swing, gave him her favorite bucket and ball when he was crying and patted his head gently. She loves deep water, mostly swishing her legs and lower body through it. She did try to run in the deep water without holding my hand and fell back. I caught her as her mouth went under a little. It scared her enough to hold on to me any time she got deeper than knee depth. She also likes to have Bear with her. Some days she puts Bear back in bed for the day, but other days he goes everywhere with her. She figured out how to give Bear a ride on her car handlebars. Her new game she invented is to get her baby animal farm music box, push the buttons to get to her favorite songs , and carry it while she runs in a circle in the dinning room, dancing to her boom box.

Tucker has gotten really good at staying in time out (for hitting his sister or the dog) and sharing his toys with Whitney. He is also getting better and better at climbing. He loves to put the bubble stick in the bubbles while we play. He wanted to play bubbles, but my hands were full, so he climbed up on a bunch of stuff my husband has stacked up to reach them. Very ingenious, Tucker. Bummer. The skill I've been dreading is getting more and more developed! He is really good at cleaning up. He even laid on the ground to look under the car so I would know to get a ball out from under the car. He consistently matches lids to their containers when he unloads the dishwasher and knows to how to put the key in the car door. he also put my garden glove on and tried to pull a weed with it on, but gave it back to me. He doesn't understand why I would use that.

He locked himself in his room. It was very traumatic for him. Daddy had to break in through the window to open the door. Good thing the window was open. He cried a long time after that and gets upset now when he shuts himself in a room.

I accidently put Whitney's sized diaper on him after bath. He slept through the night, but in the morning he was soaking wet, the bed was soaking wet and so was his blanket. But the diaper was completely dry. I guess the diaper tabs popped of in the night. The diaper was in his pj's but not attached to the diaper. What a huge mess.

This week was sunny from Tuesday until yesterday. We had a ton of fun going to beach side parks while daddy was out wandering in the desert with his brother.

Having fun together! I'm going to try to learn how to make blackbery jam.