Divas pretending to hate the paparazzi

It feels like yesterday when Jake's favourite music was anything sung on Sesame Street. But with the school bus came a bus driver whose method of keeping the kids under control is to crank up the pop 40 tunes. Now I've got a seven year old who knows all the words to such songs as Britney's "Womanizer" or Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl".

Lucky for Jake, Devon has come into our lives and shares many of his interests. Call it what you want (immaturity or poor taste??) but it's made Jake a happier kid.

This video cracks me up. The goofballs just sat there singing with smiles on their faces, waiting for their photo to be taken.

Willy's Sing-Song

I love my boys so much. And after waiting nearly six years to hear Will speak, you can understand why his cute factor has gone up so drastically in my book. Is he not adorable??



So you know, this is not Will's best work. We can't figure out if it's laziness or his own creation of pig latin, but most often he chooses to not enunciate each word properly.

I especially love our bedtime routine. Every night I do the same thing with Will and lately, big brother Jake has joined us. We sing,

Night Night
Sleep Tight
Don't let the bedbugs bite
if they do, squeeze them tight
they won't bite tomorrow night
(Will sings along - word for word, if he's in the mood).

This is followed by:

I love you
You love me
We're a happy family
With a great big hug (insert hug here)
and a kiss from me to you (insert kiss)
Won't you say you love me too
- I love you Will
- I love you Ma



What is especially precious to me is that we can now share inside jokes with Will. I surprised him once with the word 'tickle' to substitute for the word 'kiss'. Now we sneak in tickle opportunities and he sneaks the word in too, while he giggles waiting for my reaction.



I love it!

Happy & Will Knows It

Diane has been visiting with us but she goes home today :( We are always thrilled to have her with us and you can tell by the boys' smiles and giggles that they love their time with her as well.

Check out Diane singing Happy and You Know It with Will. He loves his music.



Don't worry Courtney- (the boys' aide from school)- he still loves your singing just as much.



Note the white wet stuff falling from the sky- that was Friday. You might also notice Will's obsession with keeping his sleeves pulled up.

More Owen.. this time Singing

We'll try to make tomorrow's posts all about Will, in case he's jealous of all of the coverage his bros. are getting.

I can't help sharing these two videos. They both highlight Owen's efforts at speech as well as his attention to the songs that are being sung. Jake is an amazing brother to Owen and Will and we love him for how hard he tries to keep them involved and entertained.

Enjoy!


Erin works with Owen on some speech. Listen to Erin and Owen sing "Puff Puff Toot Toot!"



During a recent visit, Grandma got to snuggle with Owen & Jake on the couch while having a sing-song.