There, there... ;)
Making sure he feeds the baby her bottle
Take a look at the shoes! ;) haha. Who'd have known? (We were up visiting Belinda for her birthday & he was playing in Meredith's room -- but managed to snag these shoes to wear as he worked in the kitchen. Oh my....) :) HA!
The kids cookin' up something good...
Jack helping stir the water for pasta
Some parents might feel like their little boy's manhood is being threatened if he enjoys playing with "girl" things - but not us!... we have totally loved watching Jack's domestic & nurturing side shine through when he's given the opportunity. He loves to play with little kitchenettes, loves to take the stainless steamer cup (for espresso) and pretend to stir it with a mixing spoon, likes to "help" me when I'm baking/cooking -- to the extent I let him. (haha, which means watching, mostly, or mixing his own pretend stuff in another bowl right next to me.) And, this past week his speech therapist came over & brought a fun bag of toys with her, in which he found a little baby doll with a fake bottle of milk. He was totally intrigued and wanted to hold the baby & feed her the bottle. Sooooo sweet to watch! He also loves to play with doll houses, but even Ken admits to enjoying that when he was a kid too. ;) It's also been heart warming like nothing else to watch how good he can be with Maggie. He really loves her, and she just adores him. Single handedly, Jack makes her laugh more than any of us in the family. Ahhhh, no way do I get to be home with them and witness all these little joys in their daily interactions with each other. So I should probably mention too though, that we don't worry about Jack not being entirely all boy either - he loves to rough house & wrestle, he loves jumping (on furniture particularly - ugh!), he is obsessed with cars and anyone who's been around him would attest to that. He's almost always carrying one in hand no matter where we go! He loves to play outside, loves trucks and likes being the tough, big brother he is. Really, he's just such a fun little guy and not to be too cheesy here to take the words of his Nana, "... a little treasure." He's a mix of so much more than words could tell. We sure adore and love our kiddos like crazy!! Here are some of his domestic pics and a quick video of Jack cracking Maggie up with something as silly as throwing a diaper in the air!
5 comments:
I love the shoes!!! It was great to see you yesterday...I hope it happens again soon!
Julie
Those are great pictures! Whenever we go to a friend's house with a play kitchen andrew will play and play...he loves it! Plus, when Levi was a month or so old, Andrew would put my boppy around his waist and lift up his shirt and say "feed baby lebi". too funny! i'll have to get those pictures out sometime. neal and i could not stop laughing.:)
p.s. can you send me your email?:) mine is carpickering@hotmail.com
Rhett loves to play with the toy kitchen at his school. I think Jack's future wife will be thankful that his sensitive side was nurtured... and who doesn't love a man who can cook, right? The video of Jack making Maggie laugh was too funny!
I'm HOPING that AJ enjoys kitchen time SOON...I would love to give up cooking! Love how good you are at updating your blog!! We don't get to see you guys enough (in person). Jack and Maggie are getting so grown up, but still adorable little babies!!
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