Crayons

Kendall getting ready to organize

The girls got Crayons and a coloring book in their stockings from Santa. Now, you would think that means that they are learning to love to color...right? Well, the girls have decided to use their crayons for something else equally entertaining (apparently!) This involves taking the crayons out of the box (in a shake and dump move perfected particularly by Kendall) and then meticulously putting them back in the box! Then the process repeats itself over and over and over again. I have modified it, of course, and have decided to tell them each color they are putting back into the box as they do it, in the hoped that they are retaining a little of what I am saying. So, Kendall is the master of this art, and Sydney has closely followed suit. It is actually pretty amazing that a 16 month old can put all 8 crayons back into a box that is mearly the width of the crayons itself. It actually came as no surprise when Kendall first did it ( she immediately scrapped the whole "coloring" thing (for amatuers)) because she has habitually shown that she prefers to organize and put away, then actually play. For example, in the tub, she spends her time gathering all of their bath letters along the edge of the tub, then swoops them off all at once...then of course the process repeats inself. Gather one by one, and knock them all down again! Sydney on the otherhand actually sat down to color the first time I got the crayons out, but was quickly distracted by all the fun Kendall was having and decided to give the organizing a try. Sydney still, I think prefers to color, but she has been strayed by her sister. When the fun eventually wears off, then we will get back to coloring...HOPEFULLY!

And I will get video of this and post it when I do...