Alone time with Talan

Mason is at school today so Talan and I are having some much needed alone time. He is a delight when he is not with his brother. The two of them just antagonize each other at every possible moment. Although, I have to say they have also been playing really well together at times too. This morning when I got up, I found Mason trying to hoist Talan up onto the TV with him. Our TV died and so it is sitting on our living room floor and anything on the floor is fair game in these kids' minds. So while I didn't want Talan on top of the TV or Mason for that matter, I appreciated that he was trying to help.

Every Wednesday Mason has show and tell at school. He is supposed to bring something that begins with the letter of the week. This week it is "R". I asked Mason what he wanted to bring and get this, he said Talan. Is that the cutest thing ever? I thought it was darling. I told Mason I wish that we possible but instead I suggested Rabbit, Robot or Rocket. Joe suggested Razor blades, he was kidding! Mason decided on two red balls. I congratulated him on good thinking. He is bring two because he wants his friend Jake at school to have one. Well you can only imagine how all this attention on these two totally ignored red balls impacted Baby Talan. He wanted those balls so badly. He whined and pleaded and stole them while Mason was brushing his "teef". The chaos around these two red balls just basically upset the last part of our morning. As Joe was driving Mason off to school Talan was still signing ball and Mason and was still very upset.

To distract Talan from his sadness, I decided to play gumballs with Talan. The boys love their gumball toy with all the corresponding components: gumballs and coins. Could life get any better? Plus, they actually sometimes eat the gumballs. These gumballs have had quite the life and have been in most places in our house. There are precious few that actually still have all their color. Most are quite worn out looking. Don't eat one if they offer it to you. :)

In the photos, Talan is signing Mason (an approximation on the letter "m" near shoulder) and he is also signing Mom. He signs a lot these days. Picking up about one new sign a day. His newest one is share. He wants Mason to share. He learned how to sign Mason last week. That has been a sign we have seen a lot of. :) Every time Talan learns a new sign Mason screams out "he can talk, he said his first word" with such excitement. I think he is really ready to have his brother talk about as much as we are. I explain to Mason that Talan is using signs with us and he will talk soon. Imagine how much their relationship will blossom once Talan does start talking. That is something to look forward to. Meanwhile we are on the waiting list for speech therapy. I fully believe Talan will speak on his own timeline.