Brothers

Wren has been particularly sweet on Frost recently. Everything Frost does or has Wren wants to do or have. This makes it hard for Frost to do some of his own things and has reduced the time Wren spends in age-appropriate (normal toddler) games. When Frost had a playdate with Alex recently, Wren came running in distress to tell me "Mummy mummy HELP HELP Wren don't have a gun!" and he loves to "play with guys" which are playmobil figures and transformers.

He notices that Frost does not sit in a booster seat at table and has taken to sitting in the chair next to Frost whenever he can. He also likes to read near Frost and watch him playing Lego Batman on thee Wii. I know this is inappropriate but he jumps up and down and shouts "BatMAN!!!" Here are the boys eating breakfast together.

And here they are in a big cardboard box. Wren used this box as an airplane. All the animals are passengers but after Frost climbed in too it was very squashed.



Frost, the reading addict
You may have noticed in the previous pictures that Frost has his nose in a book. This is not a co-incidence. Frost has his nose in a book almost all the time he is not having his screentime. He has become a reading addict and I have had to ban books at dinner and take away some books because he cannot hear me, get ready for school or do his chores while a book is near. Tonight he read his book [Warriors - Into the Wild] in the bath for half and hour then begged to be allowed to stay up a bit longer to read at bedtime and I caught him sneaking his light on to read some more.

Running and Jumping are EXCELLENT
Meanwhile, Wren is working at prefecting the run and leap. He is able to run and JUMP and land two legged like a frog. He loves to do this and to take a series of hops across the room. Sometimes I jump too and he finds this very exciting. His word of the day was "excellent" - he kept saying things were "excellent." He thinks that the iPod recordings of the Wiggles are pretty great too. I have made a Wren's Favorites Playlist which is available on the dock in the kitchen and we often dance or at least watch the iPod while it plays. His favorite tracks include "Chugga chugga big red car" and "Old Dan Tucker". We also dance to the knickerbocker song. Tomorrow, I will surprise him with a new download from iTunes - "Cold Spaghetti.