sleepy hugs...

Tonight, about an hour after the boys had been put to bed, Rylan started crying. I told him to be quiet and close his eyes and to go sleep. 5 minutes later, he started crying again. I went in his room, sat on his bed, and asked him why he was crying. Rylan replied, "I want mooooo-mmy! Dont leave, mommy!"

He was so sweet and sad, i couldnt help but lay down next to him. I put my hand on his little face, stroked his soft skin, and told him to close his eyes. he wriggled and wiggled until he got his skinny little arm underneath and around my neck, and pulled as hard as he could until i was practically laying on his face. i snuggled my nose on his tear streaked cheek and just whispered to him. he was half asleep at this point, with his eyes closed. but every time i tried to move an inch to back away, he just squeezed his little arm tighter around my shoulders and pulled me closer.

now THIS is what parenting is all about for me. those random, little moments when it is just me and my sweet little boy, listening to him breathe, watching his chest rise up and down, and smelling his sweet skin. How much i love my little boys!!!

Rylans new speech skills...

I was just reading over Rylans speech therapist's notes for the day. She always takes such great detailed notes! anyways, today she wrote down a bunch of sentences that rylan said in their session... and i thought i would share... so do me a favor, imagine little rylan, the cutest little kid you ever saw, little tiny framed kid glasses, with his adorably sweet singsong voice, and then read all the cute things he said!

RYLAN- "He turned it off!"
"Oh, no! A thunderstorm!"
"Whoa! Whats that!"
"I got two airplanes- here's one!"
"They're little!"
"I want a towel too!"
"Its too big for you!"
"Eat my finger!"
"Watch out! A purple plane!"
One of these days, i am going to get out the video camera and record his cute little voice! I hope i never forget it!

fireflies...

So the boys LOVE listening to music in the car. this morning, on our way to our new friend katie's house, the song 'soul sister' by train came on. the boys got all excited, because at first, they thought it was the fireflies song (by owl city). heres the little conversation they had about it in the back of the car...

CADEN- "HEY- its firefly song!"

RYLAN- "no- it not firefly song"

CADEN- "it IS firefly song!"

RYLAN- "no, it a GIRL song!" (i think he was sorta remembering that i told him the name
was called soul SISTER)

CADEN (just to be controversial)- "NO, its a BOY song!"

And on and on they go, back and forth for about a minute. Now this may not seem a blogworthy post to you- but for two little boys who have been in speech therapy for over a year- and just started talking in full sentences like 2 weeks ago- this was HUGE!! and they wer going back and forth, like a regular cute conversation, over some random song that was playing on the radio! it was so stinkin cute!

NOT!

MOMMY- "Ok rylan, its your turn to get washed! come here and stand up."

RYLAN- " NO mommy!"

MOMMY- "Rylan, it is time to get washed. Now you are going to get washed whether you want to or not!"

he looks up at me, and with a half smile he says...

RYLAN- "NOT."

And then he continues playing. little stinker!

Tonight, after we had put the kiddos to bed, about twenty minutes later, i heard little chattering sinsongy voices chittering about the bedroom! rather than go in and tell them to be quiet, i figured id just listen to them and see what they were chattering about!

They were playing doctor (the 2 year old kind, not the 7 year old kind- if you know what i mean! )

Caden would say-

CADEN- " Im sick, ry, im sick."

RYLAN- "Im a doctor! come here!"

He then proceeded to sing-

RYLAN- "I got medicine- i got medicine- i gonna eat it! (he slurps two or three times, really loudly). I drink it ALL GONE!"
Caden proceeds to tell rylan again that he is sick, that he needs medicine, and rylan just keeps singing about how he drank it all! not talking, but that sweet little singsongy voice that little kids have! it was too cute. although i felt bad for poor Caden and his pretend 'owie'. I hope Rylan went over and kissed him all better after i stopped listening!

you can do it!

Yesterday, the boys were playing in the backyard. Ethan was diligently trying to fold up the slide on one of the smaller playsets, and flip it upside down so it rested on the little landing. He has done it before, but for some reason, was having a hard time getting it all the way up this time.

All of the sudden i hear little Rylan chipping in...
RYLAN- "You can do it! You can do it!" over and over again in his little sweet sing-songy voice.
Ethan finally gets it all the way up, and rylan says

RYLAN- "Good job, ethan! good job!"

It was so cute to hear him cheering ethan on! Sweet little Rylan!

so proud...

We just got the boys brand new big boy bikes (upright ones with training wheels and all that- in preparation for our Yosemite trip later this summer).

The boys were riding bikes in the backyard, and Caden climbed up onto his new big boy bike all by himself (they are kind of tall and need help sometimes). Rylan watched Caden do it, then turned to him and said...

RYLAN- "I so proud you!"

We are missing a few of the articles there (am, of) but its the thought that counts! So adorable!