The Puzzle Man and the Dishwasher Princess

Landon has become a pretty good puzzle completer.  He has gone from doing the little kiddie puzzles that have the little knobs on them, to actually doing the ones that look like puzzle pieces.  Santa got him a number Dr. Seuss puzzle for Christmas, and he has become a champ at putting it together!

"Literal Larry" is back.  I told him to lay down next to his puzzle (like maybe resting on his elbow or on his back) and this is what he did.

With occasional encouragement, he can do the whole thing by himself!  He started out only doing the top row, then he got to where he could get the middle and we would have to constantly remind him to finish the rest.  Now he buzzes through it like it's nothing!  Of course, he loves it because it has numbers on it, but it's also testing his patience, hand-eye coordination, and his attention span.  Goodness knows he needs help in all three of those areas!! :)

Sydney on the other hand, has been getting into everything!  She has been crawling for a while now, and has been pulling up to stand on things for a little bit, and recently has been standing on her own for a few seconds.  All this progression has lead her to taking a few steps!  Akk!!  

Recently, she's become obsessed with the dishwasher.  Every time it's open she makes a bee line for it.  The girl is on a mission.  And every time, she just wants to take all the silverware out.  Preferably the knives.  We took note of this after the first time she went for them and now they are the last thing to enter the dishwasher before it is closed.  I caught her red handed a couple of times with the camera for evidence.

"Sydney!  What are you doing?!"

Nom, Nom, dirty silverware.  :P

This one was blurry, but I had to put it in.  Her little smile doesn't show up too often for the camera. :)

I'm hoping she'll outgrow this phase soon.  I think it annoys Braydon more than me though cause he does the dishes at night.  Hehe!