Two: terrible or terribly adorable?

I cannot believe my technical difficulties continue to plague me.  As it is, I haven't posted because I cannot post photos.  It makes me sad because I have missed the chance to preserve so many memories.  You think you cannot forget them, but I feel like I already am.

Time is passing all too quickly.  The boys are two and a half years old!  They are getting so big, and Jack is speaking so well.  They continue to test my sanity and patience, especially when they keep getting on the kitchen counters, climb over the gates that are supposed to limit the area on which they wreak havoc, and have irrational temper tantrums.  But they seem less breakable and show more agility and stability while engaging in dangerous activities.  There are flickers of light, suggesting the end of this tunnel that requires constant supervision.  For example, they play in the backyard with the neighbor (a boy just 9 months older).  They seem like big kids - obviously, they still require vigorous supervision, but I can see a time when they will require less.  We can even go in the front of the house, but that requires two adults.  With three adults watching, Jack went running, without even looking, into and across our fairly busy street!  I see other parents with less "adventurous" children.  They get to do so much more (the parents and children).  That being said, the boys' independence, determination, and spirited nature will take them far, if we help them learn to channel and use those traits wisely.

I am sure the opportunity to parent such rambunctious children has helped me become a better person in some way - but I can't say that I am now the most patient person ever or the most even tempered.  I do, however, have more wrinkles.  Will pointed out the wrinkle in between my brows.  Apparently, my explanation that his behavior was dangerous and worried me kept causing that line to crease.  He put his finger on the line, and then he laughed!