Wherefore Art Thou Killian?

     My heart always races when I drive up the street to the boys house.  I never know if I am going to get them or not.  I never know who I am going to run into when I am there.  I wonder if Madame X would just tell Beck and Killian to walk down the street until they see me.  That's okay for two year olds to do right? 
     I pulled up and put the truck in park, took a deep breath, and looked to my right.  I exhaled and smiled when I saw that Beck was in hat and coat trying to push the door open.  That warmed my heart.  I walked up to the door and he came out jabbering about something I wasn't really listening to because I was focused on the fact that Killian was already crying.  Snot was running down his face and he was saying Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, while clinging to Madame X.  I picked up Beck and asked Killian if he wanted to come to my house to play with balloons.  He nodded his head yes, and Madame X said that she wasn't coming to Daddy's house so he would have to go with me.  That started the entire Mommy thing again.  So I walked down the walkway to the truck and loaded Beck in his car seat.  Madame X followed trying to talk to Killian about Beck leaving to come with me.  Killian does not like to be seperated from his brother.  After loading Beck, I walked back around the truck and held my arms open and said come here buddy to Killian.  He recoiled away from me just like the girls in high school did, trying to get as much distance as possible between the two of us.  I shrugged my shoulders and got back in the truck.  He clearly was not coming with me today.  At least fifty percent of my children were coming with me.
     Beck started telling me the play by play that was taking place in Finding Nemo as I drove.  I was so glad that Beck had gotten over whatever initially was making him afraid to leave his house to come with me.  I was looking forward to being able to focus on one child.  Beck acted very attached to me finally.  I felt like a Dad instead of a baby sitter!  We played with trains, trucks, balls, and tinker toys.  Beck is quite adept at putting together tinker toys.  Beck read with grandma, and then changed to reading with me.  We watched very little of Cars!  When we did watch Cars, Beck insisted Killian's chair be placed next to his, even though it was empty.  Saturday was all about spending time with one another.  I loved it!  We had a new game of filling cups with water in the sink, then dumping them out and stacking them.  Only to take them down again to be filled with water.  His speech improves at such a rapid rate it makes my head spin.  Beck only wanted to leave my house because he wanted to take a nap, and he wanted to nap in his own bed.  The last two times Beck has left he wants to take two toys with him.  He is always thinking of Killian.  When Beck leaves now he picks up two items and then starts walking towards the stairs and saying "take, take, take" until I give in and let him take whatever he wants.  I probably would let him drive home if he knew how to ask me for that.
     It was the twins birthday's on Wednesday the ninth.  They also had their two year checkup last week.  Beck weighs 26.6 pounds and is 35 inches long.  Killian is 25.8 pounds and is 34.5 inches long.  That is a lot bigger than the 4.14 pounds and 17.5 inches long when they were born.  Beck has complained that his hips and knees hurt him at times so he is going in for x-rays to check for something called Perthes disease (his cousin has been diagnosed with it).  That illness is where the top of your leg bone disintegrates from the hip joint.  The bone eventually grows back as the child get older.  I am currently praying, crossing fingers, and sacrificing goats that the pain he is feeling is just from growing.  I can remember as I grew how it hurt me.  There were times that I felt like my bones were stretching so fast I was a human Gumby toy.  I will keep everybody posted on how his x-rays turn out.  Here's to hoping Killian comes with us tomorrow morning when I go to pick them up.

I know there is a ball in here somewhere

Seriously, where is the ball?

Oh, there is where all the balls are

Loves to knock over blocks

Where did the blocks go?

I love that smile!

Getting ready to be tossed in the air

Can I play in the water please Daddy?

Is this cup made of real plastic?

He was about to fall alseep

I think maybe Daddy was having more fun than Beck

Trying to protect himself from me making the dinosaur get him

We read this book about ten times in a row

I love to hear him laugh

We started playing a game where Beck would tell me he wanted an "otta pop" and I would tickle him.  I have been told that I should market this video as a way for people to get in shape.  My abs were on fire the entire time playing this game.  But I LOVED to hear him laugh!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL1lz5p4nXA

Beck building with Tinker toys.  You will hear him say "too big, new one, okay, come out"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkuNd2frVuo

You will hear Beck say "tall one, knock it over, get it, too big, high, too tall" while building his blocks to knock over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svIJ987QJIg

Random Video's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9p9a4hMD9Q

I have been trying to get Beck to say the noise all the animals make.  He will say them right up until a camera shows up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f4aRqxAQJw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpMeGNtAf74

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZWjt6ey1Fo

Killian wanted to eat noodles, but it was so close to time for him to go home and eat dinner I didn't want to feed him.  This is what I had to listen to until he left.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmzbAQETlAU

Video's from Monday

Be forewarned, there is a lot of video of Beck playing with a balloon. 

You will hear Beck say whoa, boon (balloon), get it, down, gilla (guerilla), mow-cycle, nother one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFAoqnzpiHc

This video is almost five minutes, so pull up a chair.  You will hear Beck say nope, no, ba-lue (blue), awight (alright), two pink, purple, can't do it, open, down, okay, ticky (sticky), out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTkxOAe_d88

You will hear Beck say big 'un, down, my bind's (blinds), ga'mas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyP4u_p63mw

You will hear Beck say high, hold dese, down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj7XbRA0Ors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAwA1p0XHK8

Shocking to say the least

     The following events that take place are true.  Only the names have changed to protect the innocent.  I ended up with only fifty percent of the twins today.  Anyone want to guess which one it was?  Wrong! 
     I rolled up and both boys were outside.  Killian already had his arms in the air for me to pick him up.  Beck was handing me books that he wanted to bring.  I was already holding two Mylar balloons to begin with.  As soon as Beck handed me his books that he wanted to take he held his arms up like he wanted me to carry him as well.  So the two balloons, two blankets, two books, and two boys made our way to the truck.  As soon as I put Killian in the truck he had a fit!  I go home! I go home!  He shouted to me.  So I shoved the balloons into the truck.  Sadly one balloon blew away during all of this shouting.  I picked Killian back up and went and rang the door bell.  Killian promptly leaned towards his mother.  Then he said "banket" and took one of the blankets from me.  Then he started crying and grabbing at Beck saying, "Bet, Bet, Bet" and Beck put his hand out and said, "NO!"  I asked Beck if that meant he wanted to go with me.  Beck pointed at the truck.  Madame X said well let's see how long that lasts.  I think she was betting he wouldn't make it to the truck.  I was betting we would be turning the truck around by the end of the street.  I got in the truck and handed Beck a french fry since that has become our tradition.  I can't wait until he is older and our tradition is prime rib.  But alas, for now, it will have to be McDonald's french fries and a Coke.  Beck started shoving the fries in his face faster than I could give them to him.  He would eat one in three second and then say, "nother one!"  I got to eat three of the fries and Beck ate the rest.  We made it all the way home with Beck as happy as can be. 
     We mostly played with a balloon that I blew up for an hour and forty five minutes.  I spend all this money on toys, people give me toys, and Beck just wants to play with a balloon that I paid two dollars for a twenty pack.  The other fifteen minutes he wanted grandma to read to him.  A funny moment arouse when Beck looked at grandma and pointed to the twins ride on fire truck and said "sit!"  Mom looked at me and I started laughing.  So grandma figured out a way to get on the fire truck.  You might think that would be good enough, but nope, it isn't.  Beck then said "go!" so Mom stood up and started to push the fire truck and Beck said "noooo, sit".  At this point I am laughing hysterically while grandma tries to figure out how to placate Beck.  Grandma gets back down on the fire truck and cannot figure out how to make herself move while sitting on the fire truck.  I really wish I would have had the camcorder for that moment.  I was almost in tears with laughter.  I will never be able to look at another fire truck without laughing.  The day was cut short when Madame X asked me to bring Beck back home due to Killian being really sad.  I was amazed at how happy Beck was with me, and without Killian.  The outfit Beck is wearing is one I am told he will not sleep in, but he really wanted to wear today.

Isn't a ball supposed to shoot out?

Dad, really?  I'm tired of the camera flash.

"Biggie fwy, 'nother one" that is all I kept hearing

Some video's

Killian had to open all the sucker's before he found the one he wanted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTh5SbWHTSM

This was taken when I just had Killian.  He really likes brooms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClLfDJ9rOa4

Killian also likes to rake the snow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8rL1ytmlYg

The boys like me to push them on some of their ride on toys.  The problem is I am too tall for this.  It wears me out quickly.  Here is a Daddy point of view.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlbctvvE2Gs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVTqqiV1iYs

Monday and Saturday

     I did not get the boys on Saturday due to trying to avoid getting them sick for their birthday party next week.  I did however, get them last Monday. 
     I pulled up and both boys came running out to me.  I thought it was because they wanted to come with me, but I think it was due to the Mylar balloons I had.  The boys and I drove to McDonald's for "fwies" and "dink's".  When I got them home I put the drink in Beck's lap so he could drink while I ran the rest of the stuff to the back door.  I decided to get Killian out first so I walked over to his door and opened it.  As soon as I opened it, I could hear Beck crying.  I said, "hey what happened?"  Beck replied, "I pilled, code, code, I pilled!"  He had spilled his Sprite and was cold with all the ice sitting in his lap.  I ran over to him and got him out of the car seat.  He kept saying code, code.  I told him we would get him some new pants.  So he then started saying "code, pilled, new pants".  I told him to start walking to the back door while I got Killian.  Then Beck changed to saying "code, new pants, Key-yan".  I finally managed to get both boys and all the stuff they come with inside the house and downstairs. 
     When we got downstairs I made Beck lay down so I could change him to some dry pants.  While I was doing that Killian started knocking over all the blocks.  I guess Beck wanted to be the one to do that since he started slapping the carpet while laying down and saying "Key-yan, naughty...naughty Key-yan."  After I changed Beck's pants I helped him up and he said "new pants, not code" and then he ran off to destroy things as well. 
     I had yet another I feel old moment while I had the boys.  I had previously down loaded a few apps onto my phone for two year olds since Beck really likes my phone.  I thought they were dumb apps since they didn't do much, but I had hoped that the boys would at least like them.  Well the reason I thought they were dumb is apparently because a thirty-five year old can't work the app.  Beck started screwing around with the app and the game started doing all sorts of things that I had never been able to do.  It just took a two year old to figure it out.  I was amazed at all the stuff the app did.  I could only ever get it to say the alphabet.  Beck was getting it to flash colors, shapes, the alphabet, and talk to him.  I have no idea how he did that.  Don't worry though, I am still going to mock my father anytime I have to go set the time on his VCR, update his GPS, or help him with his cell phone though.
     I ended up only having the boys for two hours.  At three Beck started saying, "done, I go home now".  I have no idea how I am going to convince them to stay longer during the winter months.  If we could spend all day at the park, I have no doubt I would get them all day.

This video is one of the many games we play...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJTbN_6r6fg

Killian driving his cars...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPX1LrgA_yE

Beck playing Sesame Street...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMMDEEEeb38

Pic's for Suprise titled blog entry

So stupid blogger won't let me upload the photos from Saturday with the post.  So here they are in a second post.

He was stuck head first in this like you would load a snake into a bag.

Beck loves me to attack him with this thing.

Fighting a two front war

Beck will be the bowler.  Killian will be the one that runs down the lanes to knock the pins down

Love to see them smile

New game for Killian

Beck usually makes growling noises while knocking the blocks over

This gets tiring to push in circles for hours

Daddy is going to pull a hamstring doing this for hours

Jumping off a box

Our version of the Olympic Skeleton race

This might be easier if the length of your body was two stairs like Beck's.  Mine is still halfway up the stairs.

Yes that is adult watching the child eat four suckers at a time

Then he gave me all four of the suckers he was sucking on.  Yum!

Watching the "boons" go "way high"

Daddy having a good time with his boys

They didn't get this love from me, that's for sure

Not sure why it is more fun to watch TV so close

Cleaning Up

Clever kid