5 on Friday

As always, here are 5 special reasons I'm loving my boys this week:

1. Justin's starting to understand the concept of numbers and now likes to count his numbers on his fingers and toes.

2. Let me first set the scene: Carlene has a routine when it comes to feeding the kids at day care; she puts them in their high chairs and then gives each kid a bite of whatever they're eating until it's gone. On Thursday Justin was wandering freely during breakfast and would "check in" with Carlene in between watching Sesame Street to get a bite of his food. Carlene was in her routine and turned around to give J a bite but he was too busy counting to 14 to eat. But when he finished he screamed for his food. He definitely knows the feeding drill, but I guess finishing his counting was more important.

3. Justin's love of tickling has spread to his feet. After I got home from work, J ran up to me, sat down on the floor, pulled off his socks, put his leg on my lap and pointed to his foot. I guess I took too long because he grabbed my hand and started tickling his feet with my fingers.

4. After I changed Nathan's diaper and got him dressed I walked back into our bedroom to finish getting ready for work. Nathan walked in about a minute later carrying a book, plopped himself down beside the bed and started reading. Well not out loud, but he was flipping through the pages staring at them intently.

5. I was trying to text Carl while feeding Justin & Nathan and they started fussing to show their dissatisfaction with the interruption of dinner time.   But Aiden came to my rescue, picked up a spoon and gave Justin a spoonful of yogurt. When he finished he grabbed a baby wipe and wiped J's mouth.  I guess he wasn't sure if he got it all so he leaned his head into J's face to double check that he had cleaned it all off.