A few weeks ago we put Louis to bed at his typical 8:00pm bedtime. Lately he has been turning his light on and playing for awhile, but b/t Brad and I, we usually catch it pretty early and he then goes to sleep without incident. However on this particular night, both Brad and I forgot to run upstairs to be sure the lights were off. Around 9:30pm, I decided to get ready for bed. As I got to the top of the stairs, I saw that Louis’ light was on. I couldn’t believe that he was still up! I was hoping that maybe he played for a little bit and had now fallen asleep with the light on.
I opened the door very quietly but quickly. There was Louis sitting at the foot of his bed reading a book. His eyes were super big – knowing he had been caught. In my not-so-happy voice, I asked him “Louis, what are you doing?”. He quickly lifted his book in the air and said, “Reading my Jesus book mommy”. He had been reading his children’s bible!
I then heard Brad come up the stairs and open the door further. He also asked Louis in his not-so-happy voice, “Dude, what are you doing”. Louis then proceeded to point to his two books he had been reading: his children’s bible and a book on the 50 greatest sports endings in history.
Brad and I were both speechless. What do you say to a 2 year old who is reading and on top of that, reading a bible and a sports book? How do you tell him that what he is doing is wrong? Well, after we got done smiling at our very sweet son and staring at each other with “now what?” eyes, we told Louis that it was very good that he was reading, but now it was late and he needed to go to sleep. He could read this bible and sports book a different day. He more than happily obliged by crawling under the covers and going to sleep. We turned off the lights and they stayed off until the next morning.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Happy Birthday Mabel!
Mabel turned one on Friday night! We are hosting a party for her next week, but I wanted to be sure her actual birthday went well too! It was more about making Louis excited for her birthday than Mabel since she doesn’t have a clue. She got her favorite foods for her birthday (waffles, pears, yogurt) and from what you can see below she loved her cupcake!!
She got the hang of opening presents pretty quickly…but not fast enough for Lou. However, every time he tried to help, she made it clear very quickly that he was not welcome to her presents. It was like she turned 13 rather than 1!!
She is just a blast right now. We turned her car seat around and she is now so happy in the car! She isn’t walking yet, or standing for that matter – she has zero interest in it. She does the army crawl and started crawling a little bit tonight. But like her brother – what she lacks in gross motor skills, she makes up in the fine motor skills and talking. She loves to use a spoon and feed herself. It is messy, but she actually gets quite a bit of food in her mouth. She is talking a lot, and loves saying “up, come, hi-lo, all done”. She really does feel like she is conversing with you. Tonight Louis was playing with a fire truck and making fire truck noises. Pretty soon Mabel was mimicking him and doing her own fire truck sounds. I am amazed at how quickly she picks that stuff up! She also loves dancing. The minute she hears a tune, she starts head bobbing and rocking back and forth. Like her father – she loves rock music!
Happy Birthday Baby Mabey! You have brought a lot of smiles and love into our home! You are such a joy to wake up to each morning and are so cuddly when we put you down to sleep each night. You love action and you don’t miss a thing. We all love you very much.
She got the hang of opening presents pretty quickly…but not fast enough for Lou. However, every time he tried to help, she made it clear very quickly that he was not welcome to her presents. It was like she turned 13 rather than 1!! She is just a blast right now. We turned her car seat around and she is now so happy in the car! She isn’t walking yet, or standing for that matter – she has zero interest in it. She does the army crawl and started crawling a little bit tonight. But like her brother – what she lacks in gross motor skills, she makes up in the fine motor skills and talking. She loves to use a spoon and feed herself. It is messy, but she actually gets quite a bit of food in her mouth. She is talking a lot, and loves saying “up, come, hi-lo, all done”. She really does feel like she is conversing with you. Tonight Louis was playing with a fire truck and making fire truck noises. Pretty soon Mabel was mimicking him and doing her own fire truck sounds. I am amazed at how quickly she picks that stuff up! She also loves dancing. The minute she hears a tune, she starts head bobbing and rocking back and forth. Like her father – she loves rock music!Happy Birthday Baby Mabey! You have brought a lot of smiles and love into our home! You are such a joy to wake up to each morning and are so cuddly when we put you down to sleep each night. You love action and you don’t miss a thing. We all love you very much.
Last days of Summer
August was a fun month in the Budde household. In early August we had the Budde family campout. On the way there we needed to stop and get passports for both the children. Louis was super excited to get it and take his picture. It has since arrived and he is very proud of his “pass-i-port”.
The Budde family campout was a good time. Nearly all the Budde aunts, uncles and cousins were there. We were lucky this year in that the “campout” was held at Brad’s dad’s place. That meant that we got to sleep in the house, in beds and had running water. My idea of camping.
In mid-August we had a bunch of my college girlfriends down for an afternoon while the guys went golfing. There were a lot of little kids there and while it was quick different than our get togethers of years past, it was fun for all the girl’s and the kids to hang out and catch up.
Lastly we made a family outing to a Twins game…one last one in the metrodome. Louis was super excited to go to the game. He marched into the dome chanting “base…ball…game, base…ball…game”. Once we got there he did get bored pretty quickly. Both kids got pretty tired after about six innings and we needed to leave.
The summer ended with a great labor day weekend at the cabin. We only went up for one night but it was a busy two days. Louis fell in love with raspberry pie and Mabel further proved her love for sweets as well. We left the cabin at 6:00pm Sunday night…and both kids were sleeping by 6:10 and slept until 7:30 the next morning. They were truly wiped out.
August was a fun month in the Budde household. In early August we had the Budde family campout. On the way there we needed to stop and get passports for both the children. Louis was super excited to get it and take his picture. It has since arrived and he is very proud of his “pass-i-port”.
The Budde family campout was a good time. Nearly all the Budde aunts, uncles and cousins were there. We were lucky this year in that the “campout” was held at Brad’s dad’s place. That meant that we got to sleep in the house, in beds and had running water. My idea of camping.
In mid-August we had a bunch of my college girlfriends down for an afternoon while the guys went golfing. There were a lot of little kids there and while it was quick different than our get togethers of years past, it was fun for all the girl’s and the kids to hang out and catch up.
Lastly we made a family outing to a Twins game…one last one in the metrodome. Louis was super excited to go to the game. He marched into the dome chanting “base…ball…game, base…ball…game”. Once we got there he did get bored pretty quickly. Both kids got pretty tired after about six innings and we needed to leave.
The summer ended with a great labor day weekend at the cabin. We only went up for one night but it was a busy two days. Louis fell in love with raspberry pie and Mabel further proved her love for sweets as well. We left the cabin at 6:00pm Sunday night…and both kids were sleeping by 6:10 and slept until 7:30 the next morning. They were truly wiped out.
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