Coffee Talk

I walked in on Peter and Olivia having quite the breakfast conversation the other morning and it was absolutely adorable! Olivia was telling Peter all about her cereal and how she eats it with a spoon instead of a fork and it's in a bowl with milk. I was only able to understand every third word or so but Peter was absolutely entranced. It is so cute to watch them together! I stood there for a couple of minutes before either of them noticed that I was there. It was precious!

a room of his very own

A couple of weeks ago (I am a little behind on the blogging) Peter started sleeping in his room. I know that it doesn't bother him in the least, I don't even think that he has noticed that he's sleeping in his crib but I miss him! The weight limit on the bassinett is 15 lbs and I know that Peter is pretty close to that so it was time for him to move on to his own room. Peter's 4 month well baby visit is in a couple of weeks and I can't wait to see how much he's grown.

Markers are no longer allowed!!!

The other day Olivia told me she wanted to do art so I got her some paper and markers and set everything up on the coffee table in the living room and went into the kitchen to load the dishwasher. Peter was happily amusing himself with his toys. A minute or so later I heard Peter laughing so I looked around the corner to check. I found my little artist coloring with a crayola magic marker all over Peter. Peter found this absolutely hilarious. I of course did not find it as amusing. Olivia went immediately to time out while I snapped this picture of Peter. Olivia apologized to Peter and was allowed out of the corner with a stern reminder that markers were for paper only.



I brought Peter into the kitchen with me so that I could finish loading the dishwasher. I walked back into the living room just minutes later to discover that my darling child had eaten a marker. Her mouth was completely black. I told her to hand over the marker and instead of handing me the marker in her hand she started fishing out pieces of the felt tip that she bitten off the marker. Next stop bathtub, do not pass go, do not collect $200, do not touch ANYTHING. In the bathroom I put her in front of the mirror so that she could see the damage first hand. Poor Olivia pointed at her self in the mirror and said "accident". It is hard to see in the pictures but her entire mouth was black, her tongue was black, her teeth were black, looking into her mouth was like looking into a black hole. I scrubbed her mouth for about 15 minutes and then Olivia and I went downstairs to throw away all the markers.




It goes without saying that markers are no longer allowed in the Leiva house.

Welcome Home

I am so happy for my friends from Ft. Carson who finally have their husbands home from Iraq!