Harrison's First Kill

No, we are not raising a hunter -- unless gathering (from the garden I swear I am going to start before we move out of this house) is the new hunting -- but he did actually kill something today...

I was upstairs putting Hewitt down for his afternoon nap when Harrison shouts up, "Mama, there's a man in the house." (Calm down -- he did not kill a man.)

I yelled down, "What???" (Internal dialogue -- "There's a man in the house? There's no way there's a man in the house. Why is he so calm about there being a man in the house? There's no way there's a man in the house. Did he see a man walk by out the window and say it wrong? There's no way there's a man in the house. What if there really is a man in the house? I know I checked that all the doors were locked before I came upstairs. There's no way there's a man in the house. I didn't hear the alarm beep to say that a window or door had opened. There's no way there's a man in the house. Should I put Hewitt down before I douse the man in mace? There's no way there's a man in the house. We've been home for 45 minutes already -- surely I would know if there was a man in the house. There's no way there's a man in the house." That conversation with myself took about 2 seconds.)

Harrison yelled up, "It was on my green potty and then it was on the floor and then it was on my green potty again. It is not allowed in our house. Don't worry, Mama. I got it with 'a' toilet paper and mashed it and flushed it down the big potty."

Ah! There was an ANT in the house! But now there's not -- Harrison "got it."

Two Sweet Bedtime Stories

I was a single mother tonight and did baths and bedtimes for both boys by myself -- I was very lucky and got two sweeties instead of two souries (the opposite of a sweetie)...

1. 
   
   I did Hewitt's bath first and got him into pajamas while Harrison soaked, then I let Hewitt roam while Harrison got washed. When I got Harrison out of the tub, he laid down on the bathmat to get wrapped in a towel like he always does, and little Hew crawled over to lay right beside him. I decided not to intervene was rewarded by watching the two of them crack up together for no reason. Both of them lolling about on their bellies and sides taking turns giggling just to make the other one giggle. Neither of them ever said anything -- just looked at each other and laughed and laughed and laughed! I have a video on my phone, and maybe some year I'll figure out how to get it from my phone to the computer...


2. 
   
   When I tucked Harrison in, I said, "Night, night, doll baby." He smiled and said, "Night, night, doll lady." What a sweet and clever little boy!

An extra story that the second one reminded me of but that is not related to any bedtime activities...

Chris said, "Hot mom shout out!" when he got home from work the other day, and a few minutes later Harrison addressed me as "Hot lady." I'll take it.

Hewitt Gets a Haircut

Pre-haircut -- a bit Bieberesque

Post-haircut -- watch out, baby ladies!

Oh, Hewie -- We are really going to miss those rolls...

Smacking on Applesauce

Got the camera out to get a video of Hewitt's latest habit -- smacking! Not sure if he's expressing appreciation for the delicious food or just feeling on a tooth coming, but it's pretty funny. Then once the camera was out, Harrison started posing. :)

Hewie smacking on applesauce.

Harrison copying Hewitt.

Hewitt posing.

Harrison posing like Hewitt.

"Enough of this posing -- give me that camera!"

Dance Party!

Mama's Uncle Tommy and Cousin Annette sent the boys a dancing frog for Valentine's Day. They love it.

Harrison dancing on the stage!

Got some good hip rolls midway through this take.

Lowering the Mattress!

Little Hew took one more step towards becoming a man -- he figured out how to stand himself up in bed. Very shocking to Mama when she came into his room to get him and "Voila!" There he was, standing and waiting (because he hasn't figured out how to get back down yet). If our experience with Hewitt is the same as with Harrison, there will actually be MORE crying than usual the next few days as he gets "stuck" standing up again and again. He'll figure out how to get back down soon enough, though...

Some photos and videos from the big evening -- with Harrison right in there as Chief Safekeeper of the Little Brother.

"Mom, what's going on here?"

"But now how will I accidentally fall out?"

Sneakin' and peekin'

Stripping some screws :)
"I grewed deez grews (I screwed these screws)."

Busted

Harrison and Dada play a game during bathtime that involves Harrison trying to trick Dada into drinking bathwater. Harrison will offer Dada all sorts of "coffee" -- boat coffee, walrus coffee, stingray coffee, insert-your-choice-of-bathtub-toy-here coffee... Only Harrison knows which of the coffees are good and which are "yucky." If Dada ever falls for Harrison's tricks and "drinks" a yucky coffee, Harrison makes a huge deal of it -- "Oh, Dada -- boat coffee is yucky coffee!" and Dada makes a huge deal of spitting that yucky coffee right back out.

Tonight during bathtime, Harrison offered Dada a "milkshake" to see if he'd drink it. Dada asked, "How do you know about milkshakes?" Busted!