Who's your favorite Uncle?...

This question has been asked of the tribe quite a lot lately. You see my brother, their Uncle Bob, likes to ask them this question each time he sees them. Being that we stay at my mom's house when I'm working he sees them quite frequently. Well this question has turned into one BIG joke. You see we have a set of funny bones in the family, namely Avery, that likes to tease her Uncle Bob. She knows how important it is for him to have each of them say he is their favorite that she teases him ALL the time. I think in the beginning he just wanted them to be able to say his name but now I really think he wants to be their "favorite". On Thanksgiving Uncle Bucky, Daddy's brother, had his name thrown into the hat as well. SO now not only does Uncle Bob have to contend with Uncle Rick he now has Uncle Bucky to worry about. Just wait until Christmas when all the Uncle's are around. Uncle Bob is going to have some MAJOR competition! LOL! Little does Bucky know that after spending the afternoon with him when asked Brendan said he was his favorite! awhh... Whatever this is, joking, teasing, brainwashing, etc... these kiddos thoroughly enjoy the attention. They LOVE being asked this question & love yelling out a name, sometimes it's the name he wants to hear & some times it is not. When their is four kids the ratio shifts quite frequently. Three could swing either way but Avery is a lock, she almost always gives an automatic "Uncle Rick" response. Funny thing is that Rick does not have to do anything to get them to say his name. You think it could be due to the fact that he is her Godfather? It is strange that she is the one that usually always shouts out his name! hmm... It does not matter what Avery is doing, she will not even turn her head she just shifts her eyes, and says "Rick". TOO, TOO funny! Like I said it has become quite the joke! She really does see how important it is to him & she, as my mom would say, wants to get his goat. I have to share a funny story that happened recently. One morning I dressed both of the "twins" in the same exact dress. Being that they are identical it is VERY hard to tell them apart. I was trying to get an extra leaf put in to Grandma's table so Uncle Bob helped me. In fact the entire tribe tried to help! There sitting at at the table across from one another & next to Uncle Bob were the "twins". For the life of him he could not tell them apart. He later said that he decided he would ask the one next to him who their favorite Uncle was and if she answered him he would know it was Lindsey. Well he asked the question and the girl to his right said "Uncle Bob". He then said "Hi Lindsey!". She smiled & then giggled. Little did he know that the real Lindsey was seated across the table next to me! She had fooled him yet again! We all had a good laugh over that! See what happens when you keep asking...

Who's your favorite Uncle?...

priceless...

Lateley we have had some "priceless" moments in our household. Our little Brendan has become quite the talker of the family. He will try to say practically anything. For the most part we can understand him the best. His new phrase or word has been "Whatzup dude". He must seem to like the feel of it roll off his tongue because he says it ALL the time! It all started when my mom's neighbor Jim would come to visit all the munchkins and ask Brendan "What's up Dude!?". He just LOVES when Jim says it & has copied him ever since. I think he particularly LOVES the dude part. I catch him saying it when he is alone. He will get a HUGE smile on his face & then start to giggle after saying it. He must know that we get a kick out of hearing him say it. In the beginning he would say it whenever we asked him to. You know like it was a special trick and we wanted every other person to hear him do it. Yes, we turned in those kind of parents, the ones that have their kids perform right then & there for friends & family. Well he no longer does it on "command". It's like he has to be in the "mood" or something. LOL! I must say that it just cracks me up when he says it. Makes me realize that he is not going to be my baby boy much longer. That he is growing up SO quickly & I need to capture these moments. Oh how I love snuggling with my little man! We will sit down together & carry on "conversations" all the time. He will try to say almost any word I throw at him. Some words come out perfect, others like cantelope are not so good but just as funny! He loves to copy anything we say. UH OH! We better watch out what we say around him! LOL! The "dude" part, well that is just PRICELESS! He is TOO TOO cute! I just love these moments, especially the ones that I just HAVE to write about! they are...

priceless...

my little monkey...

We have a monkey on our hands! Miss Camryn has realized her heritage & started scaling EVERYTHING! They inherited a new "hand me down" toy called a "Kangaroo Climber". Well, it is what it's called, a climber! IT taught them how to climb & they LOVE it! It it a large plastic/rubber square with holes for their feet & it even has a slide. Now they have 2 slides at Grandma's house. Oh Boy! Anyhow, ever since they stepped foot on this contraption they have been tempting fate. They think they can do ANYTHING! They climb all over it & dive bomb into Grandma's chair which is next to it. They are little dare devils. They really do abuse poor Grandma! Now Camryn has a new "trick" which is climbing over the top of her crib & into her sisters crib. The first time she did this was last weekend on Daddy's watch. He said he heard laughter coming from their room during nap time so he went in to investigate. He found Camryn in Avery & Lindsey's crib. Yes, they still share a crib. I tried seperating them at nap times but they would have none of that. They LOVE being near one another. Well apparently Camryn wants to be near them too! LOL! Luckily she did not fall onto the floor during her scale of the crib! Unfortunately, she continued to do this the next day on my watch, like 4X! I finally asked her to show me how she did it & she proceeded to show me her technique!! She wrapped her feet around the rails of the crib & then pulled herself over. She is not a light weight & for her to do this was some feat. She is talented!! Heck they may have their mattresses on the floor by next week! I just do not know what I am gonna do about...


my little monkey...