Baby Steps

I think that the interesting thing about raising your own kids for the first time is you keep thinking that once they get past "this stage" that it will somehow get easier. We've finally figured out that with each new thing that the twins learn, one responsibility comes, and another one goes away. For example: we decided at the start of the new year to put the twins in beds. Kimball was at the point where he could climb out of his crib anyway, so it was probably time. So, we've spent lots of time helping them learn to go to sleep in beds - which Koria does well, and Kimball not so much (he's always getting out and wanting to play). Well, they're doing better now - and Kendra and I had been thinking "wow - our kids actually sleep in beds now - we just put them in bed and they've got it down." So, you know, we were kind of proud of ourselves for having passed that hurdle.

Well, about a week ago, they discovered how to open and close doors. And any parent knows that any time your child(ren) gains further abililty to access areas of your house, it can be an interesting time. So we promply responded by putting the plastic doorknob covers on all of the doors that we don't want them opening--INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY their bedroom door (from the inside). You know--we didn't want them wandering the house in the middle of the night. So, we thought we had that problem solved. Wrong.


Yesterday morning, at precisely 5:55 am, Kendra and I woke up to our precious children opening our bedroom door. Both of us later admitted that our first thought was "how did they get out of their bedroom?" The answer? They ripped the plastic doorknob-thingy right off. Simple as that.


On another note, Kimball has his first crush - Dora the Explorer. He can't take his eyes off. And Koria is pretty much the same with Diego.


On a second other note, Kendra had our family home evening lesson tonight. We've decided to start teaching lessons about the basics of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Tonight's was on Heavenly Father. May I just say that Kendra's sense of humor can be summed up in her first teaching moment for the lesson. She showed a paper to the twins that said, "Who's Your Daddy?" I'm glad the lightning rods didn't strike immediately, and I'm glad that Heavenly Father apparently has a sense of humor too!!


That is all for tonight. Thanks for reading.