The Ways of a Toddler

So last night we were having frozen pizza and garlic bread for dinner. A meal that we have at least once a week. Jovin is a very picky eater. It drives me crazy! So this time just like other nights Jovin picked at his food, not eating a bite, and was ready to skip dinner again until Cory brought the warm garlic bread over. Jovin got all excited and was reaching across the table to snag a slice of garlic bread, while yelling, “Garick Bread!”, over and over.
Now Jovin knows the word “please”. He knows how and when to use it. Believe me I know he knows how to use it properly. But, I usually tell him as a reminder “How do you ask nicely?” and that will usually prompt him to say “please” or in Jovin’s slur it sounds like “cheese” or “pees”. Well this time it was not working. He then proceeded to say “I NEED THAT!!” Jovin has NEVER said the word need or want. So we were taken aback just a little and laughed at his demand.
So Cory tried, “Say the magic word…”,so Jovin looked at Cory and said “magic word” and held his hand out for a slice of garlic bread. Cory then jokingly replied “Okay smart butt, how do you ask for something nicely?” I then proceeded, while laughing, to help Jovin more by actually saying the word “please” out loud. Which in turn got the correct answer from Jovin and he then got his much desired slice of warm garlic bread. Although, after that when Jovin would hold out his hand reaching for another slice of garlic bread either Cory or I would say “what do you say?” and Jovin would reply with “I NEED THAT!” or “magic word”.
He’s still learning and so are we…

The Killllpaaaacks...

We have joined in and Simpsonized our faimly. I've wanted a new family picture... I guess this will have to do for now. :^)

Thanks Holly and Chad for the idea.

Man at Work

So, two Friday's ago our toilet decided to break! (Crap!) So we went the weekend having to manually flush the toilet... (Nice, right?) Luckily Cory has some great connections at work and got us a new, free, efficient toilet. So, last Monday he put on his "Mr. Fix-it" hat and put in a new toilet! He did a GREAT job. The new toilet is pretty cool there are two buttons on the top to flush the toilet. One flush for a light duty, and another flush for a heavy duty.

Cory and the broken toilet.
Cory with a hole in the floor. (the broken toilet is in the tub in the back ground)
Cory showing me how to use the new toilet. (Just kidding, he is putting pressure on the seat so the plumber putty will seal the toilet to the tile.)
Cory laughing at my joke in the previous picture about to use the toilet that way.
A proud Cory standing next to the done deal! And it only took about 6 hours to do.