This week has been a trying week for Ian. He is now almost 23 months old and he knows what he wants. When he doesn't get what he wants, he throws a nice little temper tantrum which sometimes ends in someone else getting hit or hair pulled. Unfortunately, Payton or I are usually the victims of this behavior. Payton is not always innocent, of course, but Ian is having a hard time controlling his emotions. Payton was the same way when she approached 2 years old. We have been having a lot of time outs and Ian has lost TV privileges once. At first, he didn't understand 'No TV', but when he grasped the concept, he lost it. Crying, 'I want TV' over and over again was no picnic, but then he surprisingly composed himself enough to play with his trains till Payton was done watching her program.

Don't get me wrong, we still have good moments, if not good days. Payton and Ian really get along well sometimes. The other day Payton was helping Ian decorate a Wall-E picture with stickers. They communicate pretty well.

For those that can't understand Ian, he is saying he wants a 'twinkle star' sticker.

Payton's new addiction is Wall-E pictures. She loves the movie and saw a coloring book at WalMart. We didn't get her the book, but promised to print some pictures off the computer for her to color. Well, one picture or even 5 pictures didn't satisfy her. We now have a Wall-E book we've put together with all her pictures. She got a hold of the camera yesterday and guess what she took pictures of?