Best Brother Ever

A while ago we had Meg in a separate room from Matt.  Things were going ok until she found a spider by her bed.  I get it....spiders are gross, but she wouldn't sleep in her bed anymore.  We put her back with Matt because boys protect girls from spiders.  Daddy is the ultimate spider killer, but Matt will grow up to be a daddy and thus, a spider killer.

Last night we had a major thunderstorm.  We had one set of lightening that hit WAAAYYY close to our house.  I was surprised we didn't hear any crying from the kids.  Meg started coughing after the storm (she's had a cold).  Norman went to check on her and found her in Matt's bed.  She crawled in with him so he could protect her from the storm.  Norman told her the storms were over and that she'd be ok in her bed.  I love that she loves Matt so much!!!  Cutest little brother/sister relationship ever!!

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Matt cracks me up! He's growing so fast and I can't believe how quickly he's changing and picking things up.  He understands that things should be in full sentences, but doesn't know how to put one together.  He just improvises and will come up to you and look you straight in the eye and go "gogalolagogoagalolmo Caillou" or "goodagoodagoodagooda outside".  It's hilarious!  It still kills me that he knows all of his letters.  One of his favorite games is to bring the magnadoodle and have someone draw him letters for him to say.  Keelee first introduced him to the game and he is still loving it!

Matt's also discovered the joys of GI Joe.  He loved playing with Megan's LalaLoopsy and Polly Pockets.  This was quite upsetting to Meg as they are her prized toys.  I got him a couple of GI Joe's (one with a bike, or as Megan will correct me Motorcycle) and he loves to play with them.  They will talk (goodagoodagooda gooda HI) and play together.  The other day he even gave Joe a ride on Mater.  I missed the part where he'd put Joe on the seat and then push the button and make it go forward.  I didn't realize he was giving Joe a ride.

Megan has moved on to full and complete thoughts.  Sometimes the things she articulates to me kills me.  The only thing with her is I have to watch because she repeats a lot of what she hears.  She wants to be like mommy and daddy and as such uses a lot of our same language.  I find her picking up the worst things in me.  When I get mad at her because she's doing something I don't want and she's not listening I apparently say "FINE THEN!" I had never noticed that I do that until Megan would get mad and yell "FINE THEN" and toss her toy or whatever it is she's playing with and now she's mad at me over.  OOPS!

Megan has become more curious over lots of things.  Last week she was asking about mail and if she could mail Grandma Petersen a letter.  I said of course, so Megan spent a little time drawing a beautiful picture of a house and a big potato to send to grandma Petersen.  Here we are taking our letter to the mailbox.  She couldn't believe that it would go from our mailbox to grandma's.

The next week we got a letter back from Grandma with stickers and a note

 I love my mom! I love that she took the time to draw out the pictures for Meg.  Megan was sooo excited to get a letter and loved the note and the stickers.

A few days ago as I was putting Megan into bed I looked on the wall and saw what I thought was spider baby sacs all over the wall.  I FREAKED! I couldn't believe we had such bugs and an infestation right next to Meg's bed.  I pointed them out to Norman and Megan started to laugh and said "Mommy! Those are the fuzzies from my back up blankie! I put them there!". I was soooo relieved! She thought it was funny that I didn't know what they were from.  They aren't there anymore because she doesn't want them or something, but she was very proud of them at the time.