The difference

It's amazing to see how different siblings can be. Even at this very young age I can see little ways that Ephraim's personality, likes and dislikes are so different from Truitt's. Truitt enjoys playing with cars mostly, and superheros. Ephraim seems to have more imaginative play at a younger age than Truitt. Ephraim likes playing with toy animals and he likes to play pirate. I love it when he comes toddling out of the play room with his pirate hat on and sword in hand swinging wildly with a big grin on his face. Tonight I got out the crayons to see how he would do with them. He actually colored with them. Truitt was NOT interested in crayons at this age.

I'm excited to see how Christmas turns out this year. We got Ephraim a Mr. Potato Head with lots of accessories. I really think he will like this. Mr. Potato Head is perfect for pretend play.
We got Truitt a Leapfrog Scribble and Write. The screen lights up to show him how to write a letter then he traces it. I've tried the pen and paper approach and he's not that interested, but there is something about a "computer" that I think he will find more interesting. It's simple enough though that I will still be involved. If you know me you know that I'm not for a computerized device teaching my children how to read and write. I believe that's the parents' job. That's a whole other post.

We had a lot of fun setting up the tree with the boys this year. This is the first year that they were old enough to help. They also helped me make Christmas cookies. That was more work than I anticipated, but they had fun. Here's to making memories!