A friend of mine once told me that no one will turn you into a liar faster than your kids. You get so excited when little Lulubelle first claps or plays peek-a-boo, then later takes a step or does the hand gestures for Itsy-Bitsy Spider, so you want to share your glee and show off your little genius.
No matter how subtle you are about baiting them into doing their new accomplishment (because you don't want them to feel like a circus performer) they suddenly become paralyzed or mute. This even happens with behavior that's not much to brag about. An example, Kyle is playing with something that every time makes him scream when he gets to a certain task, so I whisper to Dave, "He gets so mad at this part." And what happens? Nothing.
This morning Grant did the cutest thing that made us, and him, laugh hysterically (he flung himself onto a huge stuffed dog that tumbled over on top of him). So I grabbed the video camera, at which time he decided to move on to the talking Elmo phone which, trust me, doesn't make for fascinating viewing.
Dave is off today since Laura and her two girls are coming from NC this afternoon. Kayla is two months older than Kyle (Annelyse is six) so I can't wait to see what new things Kyle will be doing a week from now. It's always fun to watch them pick up new tricks, err, I mean skills.
Enjoy your day,
Mary Jo
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