My shirt Blake and Nathan got me for Christmas. Love it!! My great nieces and nephews call me Nonnie and Nathan picked it up and made his version to Nona. I guess it's silly of me but it makes me feel special like a grandma.
A few weeks ago we kept Blake and Nathan overnight. We had such a good time! The boys loved playing with the toys and seeing the Christmas decorations. They especially enjoyed the village and skating rink in the bay window. Nate just wasn't quite tall enough yet to see what was going on.
Nathan enjoyed all of the toys and was so fun all night. He loves to tease April by only saying MIKE!! And he does the same with Dwayne by saying Nona. But by the end of the evening he would shout out Papa Dwayne!! Dwayne would say, no just Dwayne. He would get a gleam in his eye and shout it out again. Dwayne doesn't want to take away from his Papa Kenny or Papa Mitch, so he was trying to get him to just say Dwayne. He would say, Papa? Dwayne would say no, Dwayne. I think Nathan was confused as he would say Papa Dwayne? Again Dwayne would say Dwayne. He got the hang of it and it was Dwayne after that. He really gets the DW sound in there as that is hard for most kids.
Blake and Dwayne have been doing "tattoos" since Blake stayed with April when he was only two. We have a little plastic toy that looks kind of like a knife blade. That is their tattoo needle. It can also be used to give shots or sew up a wound. It's so surprising that Blake has always remembered that through the years. Dwayne will lay in the floor and Blake will do tattoos on his back for about an hour. Dwayne loves it as he likes his back scratched and this is kind of the same thing. (Plus, he can secretly just lay there and watch tv..... lol) Then Dwayne will do tattoos on Blake's back and most recently Blake's upper arm. He's older now and thinks that is the coolest place to have a tattoo.
The pictures below are Blake having to sew Dwayne's leg up from a cut. Dwayne would flinch and act like it hurt and Blake would crack up. The last picture shows Blake laughing so much he fell.
I'm grateful for "grandkids" on loan. They are so much fun.
I'm very glad that you like the shirt. When I saw it I couldn't pass it up. The kids both had a great time with you that weekend and Nathan still says Dwayne and Nonna and Mike :) Blake is ready to come back.
ReplyDeleteGlad you got some great pictures and had a great time with them that weekend!