Bathtime, anyone?

A few nights ago Brennan was sitting on the potty-chair (another futile attempt. Let's just say the chair has never needed to be cleaned... yet!) so I decided to give Asher a bath since I'd be hanging out in the area anyway. Brennan thought it sounded like a good idea and wanted to join him. I told him that the water would be shallow and he wouldn't be able to splash, but he still wanted to. So, they've officially had their first shared bath. I just had to take pictures of the moment. I can't get over the size difference though. Brennan looks like a giant compared to Asher.

Asher Sucks! (Literally)

Asher's gotten into a big sucking phase. Of course, we offer the pacifier but he apparently prefers human flesh because he doesn't embrace the the pacifier very often. I tend to hold Asher facing outwards, but I'm learning my lesson. See the picture below? That little number took Asher about 5 seconds to create on my arm. When my body is within a 3 inch radius of his mouth he just goes to town! (No wonder nursing is still painful so often)

Can't help but forgive him though.

Spiderboy

One afternoon Brennan was going through our movies and found Spiderman II. He wanted to watch it so I told him that it was a "Dad movie." He insisted so I said o.k. figuring he'd lose interest after seeing it was boring (compared to a kid movie). Even with a kid movie he's done within a few minutes.

That's why I was so surprised when he watched the whole thing. Any time Peter Parker was himself Brennan would ask me over and over "Where'd Spiderman go?" until Peter in his Spiderman outfit were on.

Eventually Brennan ran upstairs and put on his Spiderman p.j.'s and pretended to be Spiderman himself as we watched the movie. I thought his new rainboots added a particularly interesting flair to the ensemble however.

This is what happens when Brennan poses for a picture. I don't know why he closes his eyes when we tell him to smile for the camera, but he does.

P.S. Brennan refers to himself as Spiderboy. I love it!

O.K., so I finally get a minute to post, and I can't find the camera. (Brian used it last, and he's not home.... I think he may have taken to work anyway). I've thought of lots of stories since the last post, many of which with pictures, but I can't really remember most of them now.

One item: Brennan's had a birthday! He's 3 years old now. If you ask him how old he is he answers "I'm 3 years old on my birthday" We celebrated with family on Sunday the 13th (his actual birthday). Brennan was kinda grouchy that day because he wanted to open the gift in the lightening McQueen wrapping paper real bad. In hind-sight, maybe I shouldn't have been such a stickler to wait until after dinner. On the other hand though, I believe children need to learn the concept of waiting... you can't always get what you want the moment you want it. (Side note: I went to a meeting the other day where our keynote speaker was 2007's National Mother of the Year. She is from my home ward growing up. Something she said has stuck with me: Allow your child to be disappointed. Too often we try to keep that experience from our children, which really hinders their ability to learn resilience.) Anyway...

The next day, Monday, Brian's grandparents visited from Idaho. It was such a pleasure to see them. They gave Brennan a teddy bear for his birthday which Brennan enjoys quite a bit. When he opened his gift he said "This is Brennan's Asher baby." He then said that he needed to feed his Asher baby and proceeded to walk over to the couch, sit down, lift up his shirt, and lay the teddy bear across himself with the mouth at his chest. It was hilarious! He just sat there non-chalantly looking at us with a look that said, "As you were saying..."

Today, Wednesday, Brennan had his friend party. For the activity this year I made cupcakes and set out several colors/flavors of frosting and sprinkles, mini M&M's, coconut, and other goodies. The kids decorated their own cupcakes in place of a regular birthday cake. (I'd already made a cake and we did the candle thing during the family party anyway). It went very well.

O.K. Brian just came home and showed me where the camera was. Time to upload some pictures.