Toddler are so much fun!!

Yes, toddlers also have those lovely fits that your entire neighborhood can hear, but they are still so much fun!! I think Cole is going to be a class clown. He cracks me up! He knows what makes us laugh and keeps doing it. He is very into shaking his booty and dancing to any music that comes on. For example, we were at the zoo a few weeks ago and out of no where Cole stopped walking and started dancing in the middle of the walk way. We then realized there was music playing in the background...from somewhere! I never would have noticed it. Everyone walking by was cracking up.

I love watching him because the smallest things bring him joy. I wish we all could still be like that. All we have to do is get down like we are going to crawl and he squeal with delight and runs around. He thinks we are going to chase him around the house and "scare" him. We hide behind a corner and when he comes around it he screams and laughs hysterically and falls into our arms. I love these little moments.

Jared has taught him how to chest bump and raise his arms for a touchdown for football. So the other day when his friends were over, he thought he would go around and chest bump all the kids. They are all older and just kind of looked at him like "what are you doing?" but then caught on. So they had a chest bump party.

A new thing that he has started makes it so hard to get mad at him! When I catch him doing something he shouldn't, like taking ALL the books off his bookshelf and I say his name in a stern voice he grabs a book and pulls it over his face. Kinda like, if you can't see me I can't get in trouble. If he doesn't have a book, he pulls his hands over his eyes with this huge grin. It takes everything not to laugh at him. It is hilarious!!

His laugh and smile is so contagious. When Eva hears his silly noises and laughs, it makes her smile and coo. I love watching them interact. It's not much because Cole is still kind of leery of her. Last night melted my heart, though. We were in the middle of reading books to Cole before bed and Eva happened to be awake and with us....and in a good mood. As I was reading, I noticed him watching Eva. Then he reached over to touch her arm then held her hand. I melted inside!! It only last a minute, but he was so proud of himself and Eva just got a big smile on her face! I can't wait until they are older and I get to watch them play with each other and interact more. I know there will be plenty of fights, but watching your children love each other is amazing.

So while there are definitely challenges to toddler-hood, there is such joy!!

No more pics, Ma!!

This drives me CRAZY when he unloads the bookshelf, but the look on his face when I catch him is priceless.

I found my old Elmo collection......

 

and Cole wanted in on the picture action.

I love this face. He makes it when he hears noises, like a dog or airplane, or when he is excited:)

Oh, as I was going through pics I completely forgot about this. Cole loves stickers. He puts them everywhere. I left the room for a minute to throw a diaper away and come back to find Eva with a few new stickers. He was so proud of himself. I couldn't help from laugh and of course take a picture. I didn't realize until I was looking through the camera the expression on her face. It says "What did my brother do to me?"