No!

Well, we have recently enforced the "No word" in our house! We talked to our pediatrician about how much they can understand and how to punish, etc and she just explained that we need to use a firm NO and re-direct their attention at this age.
So, we have been working on this. The problem is that when Jason or I use a very firm "No" the kids laugh at us! I am not kidding! Jason and I can say it very firm and mean sounding, but they literally laugh at us!
In Florida, my mom said "Kason, we don't do that" in a VERY nice voice and he was horrified and cried for 15 minutes that he had gotten in trouble. Jason and I tried that and he still just laughed! Grandma told Kason (in a very nice voice) not to touch something and he also turned into Mr. Sensitive and bawled! I guess we need to hire someone to be our "no person" :)

The other funny thing about saying "no" is that whenever we tell Kason not to do something, Kinley watches and immediately goes and does the same thing Kason just got in trouble for until we tell her "no" and she grins a little ornery grin while she does it!  EVERYTIME we tell Kason no, she does this :)

One of their favorite things to do is take all of the diapers out of the box when we get a new box of diapers. They don't hurt them, so we let them and then we put them all back in together :)
So, yesterday, they were doing this and Kason was sitting up against the entertainment center. He decided to start banging his head against it repeatedly while laughing. So, I said "No".
Kinley was sitting in the middle of the living room floor and started banging her head against the AIR until I had to tell her "no" also to get her to quit! It was hysterical!

Kason and Kinley always like to crawl into the box afterwards!

These are faces Kinley is making when I tell her "no" and to not stand up in this chair!

Coolest Park EVER!

On Wednesday of our trip, we found the coolest park EVER! It was amazing how much stuff it had for kids to do! And, it was all astro-turf so the kids didn't get dirty, or rocks in shoes, etc.

One of Grandma's neighbors told us about it so we decided to go have a picnic and play at the park! It FAR exceeded our expectations! The kids loved it WAY MORE than Sea World :)

Hanging out with Grandma and Nana

On Tuesday of our vacation, Jason and I went to see the Atlanta Braves play the Florida Marlins in Spring Training at Disney's Wide World of Sports. We also went shopping and saw a movie. We had a great time and Grandma and Nana had a great time with the kids while we were gone! They are at a stage where they are very attached to Mommy and Daddy and if we are around, they don't really go to anyone else! So, when we aren't around, it is actually better for other people! Especially if they want to play with the kids!
Here are a few pics they took while we were gone!

Kinley was pretending to go to sleep in front of the refrigerator here!

Kason has a very sweet personality with his sissy! If he knows that a toy is hers, he always brings it to her. If he has his sippy cup, he makes sure that she has hers. If he is going to snatch a toy from her, he makes sure that he gives her a toy first! This has all just started and it is a riot!

Kinley loves to read those books! She is just like her mommy!

Learning so many new words....

It amazes me how fast they learn new words! It seems like they learn a new word everyday!
Just this week, they started calling me Mommy and not Puppy! Daddy was Daddy and everyone and everything else was puppy, including me!
Now, I am Mommy so I am very excited about that! But, sometimes Daddy is also Mommy now, too!

Just on this trip alone, they learned a bunch of new words!
light, all gone (with their hands up), kitty, bye bye paci (when they get up, they say bye bye to their paci and put it in their bed), apple, sshhhh (the librarian shhh with their finger up to their mouth, which I'm assuming Karla does with them, because I never have!), down (when they want down), and Kinley says oops and peek-boo (not peek-a-boo....just peek-boo), and chicken

So, we had some free time this week and sat down and counted the words that they know how to say and came up with 25 for Kinley and 23 for Kason. I think this is good :) Their 15 month checkup form said they should know how to say 7 to 20 words by 17 months, so I guess they are on track!

Also, at their 15 month checkup, in case anyone cares to know:
Kinley weighed 23 pounds & 12.5 ounces and was 31.5 inches long and
Kason weighed 23 pounds & 1.5 ounces and was 32.5 inches long

This was a shocker to us because we just KNEW that Kinley weighed at least 5 more pounds, but apparently, she just feels that much heavier! She actually has only gained a few ounces since she was a year old, but Kason has gained almost 2 pounds! Good thing, he needed it! They both grew 2 inches taller since their birthday.
Kason is 30% in weight and 80% in length
and Kinley is 60% in weight and 75% in length

Our next visit is for their 18 month checkup at the end of May.....

Sea World on Monday

We debated on which park to take the kids to and decided on Sea World because of all of the animals. Plus, when I looked online, Shamu's Happy Harbor (the kiddie area) looked like a fun time for the kids. It turns out that you have to be at least 36 inches to ride or climb anything at "Happy Harbor" so it wasn't so happy for us :) There was a giant sandbox that we took advantage of though!

We made it to the Dolphin Show and the kids (especially Kinley) really loved the show! Kason loved the chicken he was eating :)
She was pointing and making ooh and ahh sounds. It was adorable!

The aquariums were a big hit along with all of the other animals throughout the park. The lion backpacks turned out to work out very well when they were tired of their strollers!

The other show we went to was The Sea Lion and Otter Show.....unfortunately, the kids did not quite make it to the show awake!

It was a long day for the little ones :) And for the big ones!