Until now.
We salute SUPER Mario and his brother Luigi.
The boys have had interests, sure--Star Wars, Bakugan, Guitar Hero. But Super Mario, it is almost an obsession. Want to get the boys out of their shell? Ask them about the latest "world" they conquered. Or how they beat the last, baddest Bowser (whatever that is).
Tonight, we came in from dinner and they brushed teeth, took showers, basically got ready for bed in TEN minutes--all so they could play a little bit before bed. Why can't they do this every night? Good question. But so far, the promise of Mario has gotten us a couple of pretty motivated little helpers.
Joshua is "saying" more and more these days. No one really knows what he is saying, though. A couple of words are clear, like "Chason (Jason)," "No!," "Night night," "baby," "bwush tweef (brush teeth)."
While we are still working on his verbal skills, his ability to understand is right on target. He knows exactly when Super Mario is going to on the big screen downstairs. And when his brothers take their place on the couch, he is right there with them.
A busy day at the ball field today with the start of baseball practice for the new season.
Jason is studying Benjamin Franklin in school and Doug told me after practice today they were discussing Mr. Franklin's many accomplishments. That got Jason thinking about electricity.
He asked Doug if electricity had been invented when Doug was a child. In all seriousness, he needed to know if electricity was a benefit Doug was able to enjoy at a young age. Jason's big brown eyes were so earnest while he asked.
Wait, it gets better.
Then he wanted to know if colors were the same, like had red, yellow, blue been invented yet...you get the picture. And then he wanted to know if Doug had "all the numbers" when he was little. Like 17 or 49 were new to all of us.
They are always thinking, aren't they? And at this age, Jason and Michael have no problem verbalizing any of it.
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