kids are so funny. i remember getting bored so easily as a child and whining to my mom that there was nothing to do. no matter what was going on i always seemed to be bored. like going shopping and waiting forever for your mom to buy whatever she was buying.... my sister and i would hide in the clothes racks..... i am sure everyone did that. (= or going to the grocery store with my mom cuz i didnt want to stay home and be bored, but then i would whine she was taking too long while we were shopping. or after church my mom talking to everyone for like 15 minutes each, just when i thought we were actually going to leave she would start up a conversation with sally or betty or someone. so we would always take the keys and sit in the car and complain how they were taking so long.... why are kids always bored? why do they always need to be having fun? is it because they are so fresh and are so hungry for information and learning that their minds have to be stimulated?

when dahlia wakes up in the morning, it only takes about 25 seconds for her to see straight and then start playing. she wastes no time at all. from the time she wakes up to the time we put her in her bed, she is wired and excited. i bought her a coloring book today hoping that she would do something calm during valens naps, or at least one of his naps. she loves it, and we colored for quite some time. she was so purposeful in her coloring. she was actually trying to color the specific objects different colors and trying to stay on that particular object. maybe that is normal for two year olds, but i found it amazing (= usually during his naps i spend most of the time chasing her down the hallway, where she loves to run and either bang on justins office door or valens door. very annoying since he actually NEEDS his naps to be a happy camper all day unlike certain dahlia jades that we know (= so it is actually more work for me if he does take naps, because dahlia is twice as difficult when he is sleeping than when they are playing together. she is very nice to him now, brings him toys and loves to play with him, it is very sweet! dahlia loves to be tickled and teased, she giggles and giggles and that is the greatest sound in the world! she has such a hysterical laugh and i just love to hear it! she likes to get hyper about an hour before bedtime and that is getting really old. now valen has been getting hyper too around eight which used to be his bedtime.... shes teaching him bad habits!