William says, "I sad"

William's latest expression is to tell us when he is sad. We hear "I sad" when he doesn't get his way mostly, when you ask him why, you rarely get a response back, he will just tell you he's sad. This is the face that usually accompanies the "I sad" statement.


On the flip side, we had a lot of messy fun last weekend making Christmas cookies with all the cookie cutters. It was a whirl wind of flour, dough, cookie cutters and rolling pins. From all the play-doh experience he has had he was a pro at using the cookie cutters, and I could barely keep up with his shape creation. Though I managed to get them on the sheets and baked, and only over cooked one batch. After nap we are going to attempt to decorate them with icing and sprinkles.


William expressed his first interest to go potty on the toilet this week. He just sat there, but boy did he think he was hot stuff. We went out and got a potty seat and he tried that out too. Thus far no success, but the interest is appreciated. I give it another year yet, but we can start working that direction.

Murphy's picture hasn't made it onto the blog in a while, so I thought I would share what he has been up to lately. He is nine years old and still acts pretty young. He can do figure eights around the furniture, but not for as long as he did when he was a pup.

He has gotten a little more emboldened lately and has twice pulled William's bowl of snacks off the train table and gobbled them up before being discovered in the act. Sneezing by William or myself deserves investigation, but if Adam sneezes its not worth getting up from our nest of blankets on the couch. He still has impeccable timing, as soon as everyone is settled down to watch TV or read a book, is when he decides it is best to desire to go outside.

It's true his position in the house has sunk a bit since William came home, but there is still a special place in my heart for my Murphy.

This is his, "Yeah I know I'm cool" pose.