Cianisms and Brycen.

The current Cian phrases (that I love at times):

Engineer in Training.

 "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"This is so exciting!"

"Mommy, watch this. It's amazing!"

"Mommy, where are you?" He asks every 2 minutes while Brycen is at school. The fear of being alone still haunts the poor kid (and can drive me crazy). At our ward trunk-or-treat night last month, Cian and Daddy spent most of the night eating their dinner in the empty Relief Society Room because of the purple scary minion that was in attendance with everyone else, eating in the gym. That minion made Cian hysterical. Cian also vetoed Daddy wearing the skeleton costume we own because it was too scary. 

"Sometimes me do, sometimes me don't. That me said". This basally explains why we have never been able to figure this kid out. Cian uses this response as an excuse to not go to nursery, not eat the cereal he liked yesterday, not go potty by himself, etc.



As he was watching "Jake and the Neverland Pirates" one day: "Mommy, see that ship? That's Bucky! Caraline is not Bucky!" (In response to Daddy asking if Caraline was Bucky a few days ago).Cian says Caraline in the cutest way, by the way.

"Haha...Daddy said bonkers! Haha!" (It came completely out of the blue while he was playing with cars. We didn't even know he was listening). Love his sense of humor. And his kisses. He kisses both Caraline and I on the cheek often. Especially when laying down with him at bedtime.

At our local library.

While we can't figure out any way to motivate Cian to do anything (that he doesn't want to do)
....Brycen, on the other hand: I offered him a penny for every article of clean laundry that he folded nicely. Seriously, the best $.69 I have spent lately.

My favorite response of Brycen's lately: after eating a dinner that he hated, Daddy asked, "Was it yummy?" Brycen's response: "Pretty not, actually". We have been working on trying to be polite even if we don't like something (to help us when we are eating at other people's houses).  P.S. you have to throw in a meal that is truly different or disliked every once in awhile, it makes them appreciate the good stuff :)

The Kindergarten Thanksgiving Performance was super cute.

Brycen can be such a good brother.

At a parent/teacher conference with his teacher, the first thing she said was, "Brycen is so awesome!". He loves Kindergarten and works so hard. He spends his time at home, working on all sorts of projects. His coloring and reading have come so far. It is truly amazing to watch.