Learning to Play Together

Douglas has never been especially social, so his recent desire to play one on one with Dottie has been really pleasing to watch.  Considering how much he did not like her when she came home from the hospital, I wasn't sure this day would ever come! 

Some recent activities:

Making faces in the bathroom mirror

Opening and shutting windows 

Drum circle in the living room.  Notice the haircut?  Douglas got that immediately after I saw that funky chunk of bangs in the picture above.  He wears a hat 90% of the time, so I hadn't realized how funny it was growing in before.

Sharing snacks

Not pictured: Flashlight party, chasing the dogs, randomly running around wildly, playing cars when Dot is in the mood (this was the first time Douglas got really interested in playing with her,) and occasionally trying to out-tantrum each other.


In case you don't believe me that he didn't used to like her. 

7 comments:

Kelsey said...

hahahaha

Charms said...

Oh, they are just too, too cute!!! And that last picture--oh my gosh. That is classic!

Mimi said...

Hahaha! That last picture is hilarious! I'm so glad they like to play together now. If you're lucky you might get a little tomboy out of all this! Can't wait for Jude to get to that age so I don't have to be everyone's playmate all the time around here.

Holly said...

I love that Douglas likes to wear a hat! Mark won't wear one unless he thinks Benson is going to get it from him or something, so he protects it by wearing it..... but not for long. I've just started noticing Benson and Mark play together also, but usually it involves pushing each other to the ground laughing and doing it again until someone gets hurt. but what can I expect from two boys... I love the picture of them in front of the mirror. That is priceless! love it. thanks for sharing

Sheri said...

Lovin' the haircut! Douglas looks so grown up. I can't believe he's going to be 3 soon. I need a new picture of him for my mantel. It's fun that he and Dottie are buddies. I always believed 2 is easier than 1. So cute!

Emma said...

I'm waaay too behind on this blog, and this post makes me extremely happy. Those pictures are all insanely adorable!!

Ryan said...

Holy cow, I can't get over how cute your kids are!!! Hope you guys are doing wonderfully!

(And also, I left a little award for you on my blog. :))