R's Resucue and L's Mess

R had a very eventful day. He started the morning by being bit very hard by L. Shortly there after, I went up stairs to and found our bedroom door closed. L was downstairs so I knew that R was in our room, however, he had locked the door. Greg was gone and the key that unlocks the door was in my bathroom, which was inside the bedroom. I tried messing with the lock with a paperclip, a nail, and a screwdriver, all of which did not work. In the meantime, R had started to really get scared and he began screaming. I called Greg and his suggestion was to call 911, so that really was my only option. I find it really embarrassing that I had to call the fire department to get my son out of my room. But within a few minutes, the firemen showed up and rescued my little drama king. R was so happy to see them and R and L got a bonus by being able to go outside and see a real "ee-oo ee-oo" up close. The firemen even turned on their lights and honked their horn for the boys.

Who could ever be upset with this face?

L is the messiest eater that we have ever seen. He doesn't throw his food on the floor, but about half of it ends up there by the time he finishes eating. He ends most of his meals by his signature move of running his nasty fingers through his hair. Below is what happens when L is done eating mashed potatoes.

Other news:

We bought a house. Tara and I looked at 40 houses, 10 of them at least twice, and almost all of them with 2 boys tagging along. We actually found a house early on, but the deal ended up going through, so we had to start all over. We found the house on Saturday when we were taking Greg to look at my finalists. This house had just gone of the market the day before in a neighborhood that I liked. I walked in and knew instantly that this was the one. It is a traditional 2 story house with almost all hardwood floors and an enormous beautiful backyard that is perfect for 2 little boys. It is an older neighborhood where all the houses look totally different from one another and it is a really quiet area. We close on June 4 and we'll take the month to move in. I can't wait to be able to let the boys spend as much time in the backyard as they want without having to worry about dogs (because there is a dog-run) and cars.

R and L can now say each others' names. R says "Uke" and L says "Y'an." They prefer "bro" but they can now at least say their brother's proper name.

R's favorite word is "no." He doesn't use it defiantly very often, he just likes to say it alot, especially when he is stalling or trying to make us laugh.

I leave you with 2 pictures of L being a total goof while Tara and I were looking at houses. I stopped at Starbucks on my way to pick her up and the guy at the drive-thru gave the boys a Starbucks sticker. R played with his a minute and wadded it up, but L put it on his head, where it stayed the rest of the day. We went to several houses, lunch, and the Children's Place all with this silly sticker stuck on his head. The other picture is of L eating a lemon at lunch. He actually loves to eat orange slices, and he thought he would like a lemon as well. He ate the whole thing, but made funny faces the whole time.