Cute things about Mace and Cruz

MACE
Mace was saying his prayers right before bedtime. He said, "Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for Our family. Thank you for Daddy. Thank you for Tyler. Thank you for Mace Tyler Nicholson. Please bless the food. Jesus Christ. Amen.

We were running together as a family. Cruz started crying. We tried calming him down, but that didn't seem to help. We weren't close to home, so in an effort to help Cruz, I asked Mace to sing him a song. Mace sang 'I am a Child of God' to him. It was really sweet to see Mace being a good big brother. And, thankfully, it calmed Cruz down.

Another time that Cruz was being sad, I asked Mace if he would play with Cruz to make him happy. (We could tell that, that was why Cruz was upset. He wanted his big brother to pay attention to him.) This was how our conversation went:
Me- "Mace, can you please play with Cruz? I think he wants you."
Mace- "I can't, I'm busy."
Me- "Oh, what are you so busy doing?"
Mace- "Nothing."
Me- "Well, if you aren't doing anything, can you please play with him?"
Mace- "No, I can't. I'm really busy."

During another night time prayer, Mace said, "Thank you for our family. Please bless we can read books. Please bless Lexe. Thank you for our food. Please bless us to dream. (What else Mommy? Me- Please bless us to be happy) Please bless us to be happy and to cry. Bless us to go to Grandpa Roy's house.

We were driving and Mace wanted the window's down. We told Mace he couldn't have the windows down because it was too cold outside. A while later, Cruz started whining a little. Mace said, "Cruz, we can't have our window down, because it is too cold." Cruz stopped crying and simply said, "Oh." We laughed because it was really cute.

Another prayer. He is just so cute at saying them. "Please bless us to have more popcorn and more chocolate milk. Thank you we can eat. We love you, Jesus Christ. Amen.

CRUZ
Cruz loves to play with blankets lately. He hides under any blanket. He seems to understand the game of hide and seek better than Mace does. He stays hidden for quite a while! (Mace usually hides and when we ask where he could be, he usually says, "Here I am!" We have tried to teach him that he has to stay quiet, but it has yet to be understood!)

Cruz was playing with an outlet on the wall. I sternly said, "Cruz! NO, NO!!" He simply turned around and repeated me, saying "NO, NO!!" I had no idea he could say the word no.

Cruz has learned to say "Shhh!" It is so funny, because he always uses it appropriately.

Cruz's vocabulary:
Mama
Dada
No
Shhh
Hi
Hey
Raawwr (Being a monster, dragon, mean guy.... Whatever Mace and Cruz choose)