So this is what 2-year-old Team Berube looks like

The kids are definitely flying balls of energy now. This didn't happen overnight, but I suddenly noticed it more since their birthday.

Walter is climbing into and onto everything.  He loves climbing by himself into his stroller chair, his car seat, and his high chair.  I was so surprised the other day when I turned around and he was sitting in his high chair, proud as can be!  His vocabulary is also expanding.  He has a few more words that he says clearly and many more words he is trying to say.  I've done some googling and figured out his speech is just garbled, which isn't uncommon. The couple of articles I read recommended a lot of singing, rhyming, and patience. Walt loves to sing, so that is an easy one!

Gordon is a regular chatterbox. Today at playgroup he was showing off by naming the animals on a blanket, which included a giraffe and an elephant. He also loves books and will come up to me and ask, not just for a book, but for a specific book by either title or description.  He is a bit more into playing by himself vs. the other two and will often sit in the play pen or ball pit for extended periods just playing.

Adele's motor skills have improved so much in the last six months I can hardly believe I was ever worried about her walking. She runs around like a maniac and is so sturdy on her feet. She also is quite the conversationalist and I would say she knows as many, if not more, words than Gordon, but she just doesn't talk as often.  She loves to read and sing along with mom and dad, though. Especially her favorite song, which she requests by title, "We are Dinosaur."

All 3 of them are doing great at the creche where they go 2 days a week. I've noticed a vast improvement on how they play at home. We can do a lot more structured play and they listen better to me when I instruct them to leave toys in a certain area. They are also loving to help put toys or books away.  When we go to stores and such, I still throw them in the triple stroller. But when we go to friends' houses, play group, or to and from the creche, I let them walk on their own. They are getting quite good at minding me and going straight to and from the car. By no means are they perfect, but that's why I restrict us still to those couple of places.

We tried Play Doh, a birthday present, for the first time. Walt got the idea right away.

Gordon like forming shapes with the doh, then squishing them

Before baths, I've started letting the kids run around our bedroom. I'd love to be able to open up this room all day, but they aren't ready for that yet. Too much stuff they can get into!

After baths, I sometimes let the kids run around for a bit in just their diapers. As you can tell, they enjoy it a little. LOL. They went on like this for well over 20 minutes!

We've been a little tired lately since teething has kids waking up a few times a night. They never stay up for long, but it is enough to make them tired the next day.

We've also had days the kids boycotted their naps. They aren't ready to give them up yet (since they still sleep 2+ hours most days) and it shows with how terribly tired they are on the days they don't nap. Thank goodness for Sesame Street!

The kids are big Sesame Street fans and love to dance along to the music. Here's Gordon:


And here's Adele:


The kids got new pajamas from a variety of places and were SO excited to put them on after bath. I was so excited to get a photo of them in their new PJs.  That, however, was a bit trickier.

Attempt 2 of 15

Attempt 15 of 15 and I gave up!