Friday, February 6, 2009

25 Random Things: The Boys

So, I love these 25 Things, things ...I saw one of these for someone's kids and I loved it. These days are so fleeting (though some days feel less fleeting than others :) and I really dont want to forget anything.

So, here are my 25 Random Things about my Boys :)



Tyler ...

1. Loves his Geotrax trains ..they are all over the living room/dining room/kitchen
2. Is built like his daddy, long and lanky
3. Looks like daddy, has my personality
4. Needs one day a week at home, jammies on, no errands
5. Loves his Joey Beal
6. Has an amazing memory ..the kid is like an elephant
7. Started talking before he was a year old, in full sentences and hasnt stopped yet
8. Loves his quiet time
9. Loves to use his imagination, "lets pretend" is his favorite game
10. Is destined to be either a beat boxer or one of those guys who does sounds for movies, he adds sound effects to everything
11. Loves to take a bath
12. Hates to soap up, go figure
13. Loves to help make chocolate chip cookies
14. Could make scrambled eggs by himself if I let him
15. Is fiercely independent, but still needs me :)
16. Loves to sleep with us, we have to have a talk every night at bedtime
17. Says sweet bedtime prayers where he thanks God for everything
18. Loves peanut butter and honey sandwiches
19. Misses Canon if he takes too long a nap
20. Loves "school"
21. Can spell his, and Canon's name
22. Has better hand/eye coordination than me
23. Can beat Adrian at MarioKart (0.1% of the time)
24. Is okay when he loses ..he has an amazing level of confidence
25. Continually amazes us with his wit and level of understanding


Canon ...

1. Has the softest skin you have ever felt, even still
2. Loves to take baths
3. Is not afraid to try 3-syllable words like "ephant" (elephant)
4. Loves his Ephant (a stuffed animal my mom got his for his birthday)
5. Will stop to cuddle with anyone willing to do it, 100% of the time
6. Loves his brother
7. Has an amazing sense of humor
8. Loves to color
9. Can draw awesome circles
10. Loves to spin in circles (are the too related, hmm?)
11. Has a really cute lisp ("whath that thound?")
12. Asks "whath that?" ALL the time, reading a book takes forever
13. LOVES to feel like a helper ..he gets very serious when holding his part of the trash bag
14. Loves bible class
15. Loves to "fay" ..aka, pray
16. Knows the letters "m", "o" and "c" by sight.
17. Loves "The Letter Factory" ..his favorite part is the menu when Leap Frog just says the letter sounds over and over again
18. Hates wearing shoes, they will never remain on his feet for the full length of a car trip
19. Is learning to count to "free" .."one, two, one, four!" ..we are still working on it
20. Loves to have his picture taken
21. Loves to run .."mark, thet, GO!"
22. Loves babies, especially Wes and Riley
23. Gets in trouble on a regular basis using the kitchen chair
24. Cannot be trusted for a second alone
25. Makes me smile on a regular basis :)

There are so many more sweet details to remember, and I will try to remember more later. But they are sweet, sweet. They are rotten, as well.

For these are the moments that are creating memories to treasure for always...

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