Don't get me wrong, the Salvateenies are not bad babies. That being said, Max has developed a somewhat gleeful cackle as he knocks his brother and sister to the ground in frantic running-in-circles bouts of energy late at night, and it is entirely possible that Daniel thinks the word for "floor lamp" is "NO!", while Caroline has informed us that is her name. I'm serious. We tell her "no" so often that tonight when I was tickling her, I asked, "What is your name?" and she answered, "NO!" and giggled.
Caroline has become a mountain goat. She climbs anything she can, first judging the distance by pointing her toe and stretching it up to the top of whatever is there, then bending her knee and beginning a well-planned crawl to the top of her personal mountain. She will move boxes around to give herself a sort of staircase to ascend. Changing her diaper the other day, I noticed all sorts of tiny, fading bruises that are the result of her flinging herself at the corners of cardboard boxes during her climbs.
All three of the babies enjoy climbing on the couch and looking out the window - especially when they get to sneak peeks around the sides of our expensive shades (let's see how long they last!). At each edge of the couch, we have a floor lamp to help spread a little light to the corners of the room. Daniel and Caroline love to scale the cushions, stand at the armrest, reach over and grab the lamp. Of course, they don't start moving it around until they've stopped and let us notice them so they can giggle at us as we remind them they're not supposed to touch it.
Max takes great pleasure in knocking Daniel and Caroline down, either tackling them from behind (he's watched the NFL and is expert at grabbing the collar of a pair of PJs and dragging straight to the ground) or from the front (his favorite is an open hand to the face - he uses this one on me as well). Though he's not quite 18 months old, we are beginning to employ the "time out" method for dealing with this, as he is the only one who doesn't like Baby Jail. So a quick couple of minutes in the enclosure will sometimes distract him from his bullying. But not always.
But there is something they can all agree with, and that is how much fun it is to turn the TV on and off. In fact, it's gotten to be such a fun game for them that we recently purchased a new HDTV and arranging for it to be wall-mounted so they can't reach it.
Of course, Caroline will find a way.
In other news, Caroline is still eschewing hair accessories. The only pictures I could find with them in are all from November.
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| Caroline's first attempt at a hair bow - November |
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| The first time she wore a clip out in public (also November) |
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| What she'd rather wear in her hair |
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| Daniel shows off that he can wear something in his hair, too. |
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| Max practices putting a bow in his hair and doing his pageant walk |
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| I think Max has decided he likes hair accessories |
Last Sunday, we attended a memorial service at the ballpark for my Guest Services supervisor. We took over the Lexus Dugout Club so that the babies could roam, hoping this would keep them relatively quiet. It worked, but Grandma and I were very nervous chasing them all around (including Max's mad dash into the dugout!)
I thought I'd show off how well Max positioned himself to keep this bath photo G-rated
The cleaners set up the Teenies' "laptops" on the table for them. I think we've figured out where their seats will be when we graduate from high chairs.
Caroline thought it was FUNNY!
Max's favorite book is his A's Baseball 101. What did I expect? I'm the one who assigned him green as his signature color!
I can only hope that Daniel doesn't take to his signature blue and become a Dodger fan. I got him these orange-trimmed PJs as a prophylactic measure.
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