Random Cuteness

With Kevin's school and therapy, getting Alan ready for the next stage of his treatment, and the holiday season, we have been very busy. Of course, the boys are never too busy to be adorable. There are too many small moments to dedicate a post to each thing, but here is a random sampling:

• Kevin is really into Santa Claus this year, so much that when we were reading Peter Rabbit at bedtime, he called out "Santa Claus!" when he saw Mr. McGregor with his long white beard.
  
  
• Alan and Kevin have taken to hiding underneath Tackley, the giant stuffed panda that Alan got for his birthday. We'll often find Tackley upside down with his butt in the air and the boys' legs sticking out from under him. Yesterday, Kevin was under Tackley and Alan decided to belly flop the both of them.
  
  


• Kevin loves Ni Hao Kai Lan, the Nick Jr show that teaches kids how to speak Mandarin. One thing Kai Lan does at the beginning of many episodes is to tickle Mr. Sun awake. Kevin loves to tickle along with Kai Lan, and Alan has started to tickle Mr. Sun too! One of the few non-gadget items that Alan likes is the Kai Lan's Great Trip to China DVD case. He loves carrying it around, but since he also occasionally sits on it, Mommy made a photocopy of the cover and put it in an old empty case for his personal use.


• The boys now share a bedroom, which is adorable all on it's own. We hear a lot of laughter and back and forth babbling between them, but when we hear Alan cackling away gleefully, we know it's time to go upstairs and tell Kevin to get back into bed, because it means that he's climbed into the crib with Alan.


• With them going to bed in the same room, we've started having Kevin give Alan a good night kiss. He'll often ask to be picked up so he can give Alan another kiss in the crib. Last night, while we were heading into the room for bed time, Kevin ran over to Alan and gave him a big kiss on his fuzzy head.


• We've been calling Alan "Magic Head" because of his current resemblance to Gus on "Psych". For some reason, Kevin just loves that and often says "Alan has a Magic Head!" out of the blue.


• Alan has become a real ham. It started the night of his birthday, when there were two or three cameras going. With all the flashes and "Cheese!"s, Alan started saying "Cheese!" too ("Cheese" is his second word, if you count "Yay" as his first word). Now it's almost impossible to take a candid shot of him (unless you catch him with the first shot) because if he hears or sees a flash, he'll perk up, look for the camera, grin and say "Cheese!". Unless of course we actually WANT him to look at the camera. We are currently 0 for 3 in the Santa picture enterprise.
  
  


• Alan loves making kissy noises, while Kevin prefers his personalized "Mmm-dah!". Kevin gives lots of kisses, but Alan gave Mommy two big smacks on the lips this morning for the first time.
  
  
• The boys love airplanes, just like their Daddy. The warthog video is now part of their bedtime routine, and Kevin is now singing along with "Thud Pilot" by Dick Jonas and naming the various model airplanes Daddy has hanging from the game room.
  
  
• Finally, a random Kevin picture. Mommy didn't notice that Kevin was making a "Peace" sign until a friend pointed it out.