5 on Friday

As always, here are 5 special reasons I'm loving my boys this week (with special appearances by Aiden & Ariana):

1. I thought I could take Nathan in a jumping contest but that son of mine made me look bad by jumping higher and longer than me. But he's a great sport, he gave me a big hug after I admitted defeat.

2. I walked out of our bedroom and found Justin sitting on the potty in his bathroom. I asked Carl if he put J on the potty and he said no; when I told him J was sitting on the potty he asked "did he do something" so I walked in the bathroom and saw that J had pooped. I was completely beside myself; he never told us that he had to poop or pee but he went into the bathroom, pulled down his Pull Up and pooped all on his own.

3. Nathan was collecting blocks and trying to stack them. But he was walking around trying to stack the blocks sideways in his arms so every time he picked up a new block and added it the pile it would fall because his arms are so short. But he kept laughing and smiling whenever he found a new block.

4. Justin knows/recognizes patterns. He was watching Puzzle Time on Nick Jr. and they asked if the right pattern (triangle square) was on the screen and J yelled no, no, no when he saw triangle circle and then circle square. When the right pattern appeared he screamed yes, triangle square.

5. I was helping Justin get dressed and he told me "me so happy" so I asked him why he was so happy and he said "me so happy, I'm so happy, I just don't know".

6. When I drop the boys off at Carlene's AJ gets excited and tells the boys "come on in" while waving them in the house and patting them on the back.

7. As told by Lalla: Ari saw me checking out your blog and when she saw Nathan's picture she started yelling Nate Nate.