Colton's firsts!

So yes, this is my 3rd blog in one day but being new at this thing I think it's okay :)
While at Cooper's house today Colton was watching Barney and they started to sing "The Bear went over the mountain." Colton (while sitting in a bar stool) starts to dance and sing HIS version of "The Bear Went Over the Mountain." The only words I understood was bear and mountain but he was actually trying to sing a tune (wasn't on key yet but we're going to work on that)! Then part of the song goes, "to see what he could see" and at the same time you put your hand up by your eye like you're blocking the sun from your face. Neither Heidi nor I were paying attention and when I looked down (in that same sweet off tune voice) Colton is doing the motions and again, all I understood was "see". It was SO cute!! He's never done that before unless he and I were singing the song together and doing the motions. Then when we got home Barney was on (I know by now you think Barney lives at our house 24/7-we really don't watch that much TV I promise!!) and they were singing "The Wheels on the Bus" and Colton's walking around singing "bus round round" and doing his arms around in circles!! How precious! And all this time I didn't think he was even paying attention to me when we sang the song together 800 times in one day!! It was so cute-I'm actually going to charge the video camera so I can get this on tape. Maybe by the time that happens I'll have figured out how to post a video!!
Just wanted to share my cutie pie's firsts with all of you!

Today was our playdate with Cooper and his mommy...not sure if it was better for Colton or mommy since we have been cooped up in the house for several days thanks to the beautiful Indiana weather! It was a balmy 19, yes 19 degrees! We had about 1/2 inch of snow on the ground and a lovely 1/2 inch sheet of ice on top of that! We drove an hour to see Cooper and his mom ( however by this point in the week mommy would have driven 3 hours in order to be out of the house). The boys played well together, as well as 2 almost 2 year olds can play. They both have learned how to communicate using the words "mine" and "no" very well!! However, it gave Heidi and I both an opportunity to teach them how to share...unfortunately they didn't pick it up on the first try so there will be plenty of opportunities in the future to discuss what the term "share" actually means. At one point Cooper grabbed a toy from Colton and Colton yells, "Share, Share." I guess he hasn't quite figured out that sharing works both ways!! Oh well :(

We attempted to put both boys down for a nap. Cooper went down immediately, Colton not so much...in fact, he didn't go to sleep until the ride home :) which was fabulous! So he played and watched Barney (thanks to Colton's Barney fascination mommy has a vast array of songs in her head that she never seems to remember how to sing until in public when she can be most embarrassed for singing "Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun please shine down on me!") Right now after typing that line I would gladly step outside in the now single digit temperatures to sing the ENTIRE song and pray that Mr. Sun actually heard me!
Back to reality, so while watching Barney Heidi assisted me in starting my own blog...which you are now reading! It's in the very early stages. My ignorance in technology and the internet may start to show through as it will probably take me a year to get it like I want it. However, I'm sure those of you reading it are not really paying attention to what color the background is and are more worried about my writings, right? Anyways, I'll work on it and hopefully I can bring all of you just as much entertainment in the day as Colton brings me!!

Playdate with Cooper