March 10 - Joshua

What people tell me about him:  "He's so serious."  "He's such a thinker."  When I picked him up from nursery the other day, they told me he told the other kids to "Stop laughing! It's not funny!" Then on the way home he kept saying, "Joshua say: 'Stop yelling!'" 
He was playing chase with Shawn and then sat in the windowsill and said: "Daddy run, Joshua watch."  I don't think so!! He LOVES to play hide and seek!  He likes to pull the blanket off our bed and cover himself in various places around the house and then shout out "Mama find Joshua?"  or "Myee find Joshua?" 
He was awake in his crib and I went in to check on him.  He showed me one foot, then said "there's the other one", then went on to tell me one was small and one was big, and wouldn't be convinced they are the same size!
He loves to spin in circles until he gets dizzy, and then lays on the floor laughing.  (Emily copies him, and laughs too.)
He told me at the table "look at me, mama, Joshua growing.  Joshua getting big!" He sure is! 
Shawn calls Emily "little mama", and so Joshua was doing the same, but then, to get my attention, shouted out, "big mama!"
He was stirring butter in his rice on his own and started asking for help.  I didn't come quickly enough because the next thing I heard was "Mama, Rescue me!"  (too much Diego & Backyardigans!!)
He absolutely adores Emily.  He's been wanting to help, so he has fed her mac-n-cheese. She loved his attention, and he was so excited that she ate the noodles off the spoon!  He loves to give her anything off his plate, tho I try to stop that!  (She would eat all her food & then his too, if I let her!)  I heard him telling her, "like this, Myee; like Joshua." as he showed her how to play with a toy. He asked for Emily to sleep in his crib with him the other night.  He loves to give her hugs - tho he usually squeezes all the air out of her, so she doesn't enjoy them quite as much as he does. 
I hold Emily's milk cup for her still, just b/c I like to, and I usually put my cheek on her head while she's drinking.  Joshua snuggled up to me while she was drinking, and reached out to hold her cup. I gave it to him, and he leaned over and put his cheek on hers.  Her eyes were so big and sweet, and he was just adorable!  It was one of those moments I think I'll remember forever!!
She fell & hurt her toe. While I was cleaning it, he kept asking to see it, and if she was "all better now".  She was still crying when I knelt with her to show Joshua that her toe was better.  He took his prized train sticker off his shirt and said, "Myee crying, need sticker" and put it on her shirt!
His nose was bothering him, and he asked for the "pink medicine" (Motrin).  I told him he'd already had medicine for his nose - Zyrtec, and asked if he wanted me to put medicine in his nose.  He said no, paused and then said, "mouth hurts, mama, medicine in mouth?"  !Smart kid!