These are a few of my favorite things

How Charlotte looks at her big brother with such awe and fascination. I'm lucky to coax a few chuckles out of her, but she openly laughs around him every day.

Jack's beautiful mispronunciations. I'll almost hate when he learns to say these correctly: "maggots" for "magnets," "pack-pack" for "back-pack," "Woowie" for "Louie," "snug-a-bug-a-wug" for "snug as a bug in a rug" when I tuck him in bed, "muffin" for "oven," and "boo-boos" for "blueberries." (He actually stopped doing that one a while ago, but it's still one of my favorites.)

How when Charlotte is eating, she'll frantically wave her free hand around, grabbing at everything until she finds my finger. Then she'll calm down and lie still.

When Jack is so proud of himself for doing something that he literally quivers with excitement and struts around.

How Charlotte can look totally unfazed no matter how loud/disgusting the bodily functions she's performing are. She just stares straight at you with a "Who, me?" look on her face.

How Jack amazes me all the time with how smart he is. He's recently started telling me when we're turning left and right when we're in the car, or when we're going straight. And he's right! I don't think we ever consciously taught him left/right either.

Charlotte's enjoyment of eating. She wiggles around and gasps with excitement whenever I'm getting her in position to feed. She's definitely her mother's daughter :)

Jack's blanket statements. He usually greets me when I get home with "had a good nap," or "good time pweeschool Miss Gwadys," or "watched Jack's Big Music Show." He'll say one of those regardless of whether he actually did any of them that day. And of course, we've all heard and loved his favorite icebreaker, "Monkeys eat bananas."

The way Charlotte sat up for several minutes this morning in front of the closet mirror, staring and smiling at herself.

Jack and Charlotte's excitement when Andy or I arrive home from work. My heart will break a little that inevitable day sometime in the future when they stop.

The noises Charlotte makes occasionally when she's dreaming. She sounds exactly like Louie when he's sleep-barking and squealing. I'm not exaggerating--if they ever happen to be doing this at the same time, you really can't tell who's who.

And lastly, Jack's spontaneous displays of affection for his baby sister--giving noses here.