This morning, mommy had to leave just after you got up (to go do lessons), so didn't really see you until after I got home in late afternoon, post-lessons and grocery shopping. When I did arrive home, you were napping, and dad reported that you had been good most of the day until he tried to have you nap. You objected vehemently, crying for an hour total before finally giving up. And at that, you only napped for a short while before we heard you fuss. I went to get you; you were still face down on the blankies and saying "help, help", in a whiny sort of way, but not moving much. I picked you up, blankies and all, and we went to the living room, where I sat on the couch with you and you got comfy on my lap, as we reclined in the middle of the couch. We watched "Adventure Time" and you barely moved, even when dad came back up from downstairs.
I then recalled that I had brought home a cookie for you from earlier in the day and had daddy fetch it from the car. This made you happier, and eventually, you woke up and started getting more energetic. Soon, you were up and around, running all over the place and playing with both me and daddy off and on. You ran circles around daddy, of which I took pix and will post to facebook probably tomorrow. You had some 'tah-sta' (pasta) for dinner with us as well, so that was happy. You kept playing until we had you go to your room to wind down for bedtime.
There, you were playing with the shape clock again, and to our surprise, this time you identified the all the numbers, including 'telthe'! (twelve) You also played with the stacking blocks again, thankfully less frustraing for you this time than the nights before (think you are starting to understand how the sizes work :)) Hope you sleep well, little dude, love you lots!
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Lettuce
Today you were back to being your usual self (yay!). You and I went to the gym (you, of course, to the kids' zone/day care) this morning, which you haven't got to do in quite a while. You were happy to be there and beelined to your favorite toy there--a spiraling mountain for Hot Wheels. After this, we returned home, got cleaned up, then it was time for mommy to go off to work and daddy to come home to be with you. He reported that you were good for him, too :) Perhaps it had something to do with him sharing fries with you for lunch lol...
After I had finished my lessons, it was late and I called daddy to see about dinner. We ended up choosing to go to Olive Garden and had a super nice waitress who had a 3 year old with nearly the same birthday as you. The funny thing was, you would only eat one thing among all that we had--not soup, not breadsticks, no pasta, no mozzerella triangles--you chose...salad. Yes, lettuce from my salad, specifically. You ate a pretty good amount of it, too! This is the second time you've had salad that I can remember; not long ago, I had made one for myself at home with one of our dinners and you surprised me by not only eating it, but liking it, too. What made this time so hilarious was that you would go "omcrunch" each time you wanted another bite. (We taught you that it was 'lettuce', which you repeated, but you also kept going "omcrunch"). Such a silly cute little guy you are...
After I had finished my lessons, it was late and I called daddy to see about dinner. We ended up choosing to go to Olive Garden and had a super nice waitress who had a 3 year old with nearly the same birthday as you. The funny thing was, you would only eat one thing among all that we had--not soup, not breadsticks, no pasta, no mozzerella triangles--you chose...salad. Yes, lettuce from my salad, specifically. You ate a pretty good amount of it, too! This is the second time you've had salad that I can remember; not long ago, I had made one for myself at home with one of our dinners and you surprised me by not only eating it, but liking it, too. What made this time so hilarious was that you would go "omcrunch" each time you wanted another bite. (We taught you that it was 'lettuce', which you repeated, but you also kept going "omcrunch"). Such a silly cute little guy you are...
Friday, January 10, 2014
Moody day
Today dad got up with you just before mom woke up, and you seemed to be in a good mood as usual. But then, and throughout the day, little things that didn't go your way would send you into meltdown mode. Yes, you do have these bouts sometimes--generally it's not an all-day thing, though. It usually just means you are tired/need a nap. Perhaps you are partying in your sleep lol.
You were very happy to help me put away the lights in their boxes (finally found where they were!); I love when you help and actually enjoy it. Then you were quite upset that I decided your blankies had to be washed. I guess I should have left one out for you, but I think you would have been upset anyhow. We tried to have mac n cheese for lunch with you, which went well to start with, but after you decided you needed to be the one in control of the spoon, it went quickly downhill. You got mad because you still haven't mastered how to angle the spoon, so the macaroni was falling off half the time. After a few times of this, you'd had enough and wouldn't eat any more of it (even though I'm sure you were hungry for it).
We then took daddy to work. Just after dropping him off, at the light to exit from the campus onto Swift Road, a lady in a minivan was coming full speed through the red light. It scared mommy a lot--thankfully I saw her and was able to stop my vehicle in the intersection, which I think made her realize there was a red light in front of her and she managed to stop just in time as well. Thus we ended up stopped almost perpendicular to one another, her with a puzzled look on her face and the guy next to her as well, and me with jaw dropped, realizing that she could very well have killed me, you, or both of us. I cried a little on the rest of the trip back to the house.
Back at home, put you down for your nap and you did not object, so this meant that you'd get in about an hour and a half of nap before we'd need to leave for the lesson (where you get to come along). When I went to get you up, you were still sleeping peacefully, hated to do it. You got up well, though, and we took 3 of your 6 blankies for the car ride.
At the lesson, you did great until the very end. Once again, your memory amazed me; at this house (which you have been to several times now), around a month ago, you were interested in a machine that was in the floor in the corner of the dining room (where I conduct the lesson usually). This machine sorts coins, and they demonstrated it for you with the coins I had in my purse that day. Today, you saw the machine again, and even though there were no coins around, nor was it turned on, you pointed it out and exclaimed "coins!" Wow, bud, just wow. Like every other house we visit, you love the laundry room and always want to go there. This time, you didn't want to leave, and in your terrible toddler fashion, showed us this by thrashing backwards when I went to lead you out of the room. Either my nail or yours (nor sure which) grazed your cheek and actually drew blood, so you got even more upset. Had to get you calmed down again before we could leave, making us slightly late for getting back to the house. On the way home, you were still upset and wailed "blankiiiiiiiies" over and over, which I am guessing was because you only had 3 of the 6 (which I why I think the 1 blankie laundry solution would not work).
At home, thank goodness you calmed down after getting all the blankies, and you were babysat by Kristina (neighbor girl and student of mine) until dad could get home (about an hour later). She reported afterwards that you laughed and had fun the whole time, thank goodness!
For the rest of the evening, you were good, except during the poopy diaper change, dad told me (I was out at a lesson). Hoping you have a good sleep tonight and a better tomorrow. Love you :)
You were very happy to help me put away the lights in their boxes (finally found where they were!); I love when you help and actually enjoy it. Then you were quite upset that I decided your blankies had to be washed. I guess I should have left one out for you, but I think you would have been upset anyhow. We tried to have mac n cheese for lunch with you, which went well to start with, but after you decided you needed to be the one in control of the spoon, it went quickly downhill. You got mad because you still haven't mastered how to angle the spoon, so the macaroni was falling off half the time. After a few times of this, you'd had enough and wouldn't eat any more of it (even though I'm sure you were hungry for it).
We then took daddy to work. Just after dropping him off, at the light to exit from the campus onto Swift Road, a lady in a minivan was coming full speed through the red light. It scared mommy a lot--thankfully I saw her and was able to stop my vehicle in the intersection, which I think made her realize there was a red light in front of her and she managed to stop just in time as well. Thus we ended up stopped almost perpendicular to one another, her with a puzzled look on her face and the guy next to her as well, and me with jaw dropped, realizing that she could very well have killed me, you, or both of us. I cried a little on the rest of the trip back to the house.
Back at home, put you down for your nap and you did not object, so this meant that you'd get in about an hour and a half of nap before we'd need to leave for the lesson (where you get to come along). When I went to get you up, you were still sleeping peacefully, hated to do it. You got up well, though, and we took 3 of your 6 blankies for the car ride.
At the lesson, you did great until the very end. Once again, your memory amazed me; at this house (which you have been to several times now), around a month ago, you were interested in a machine that was in the floor in the corner of the dining room (where I conduct the lesson usually). This machine sorts coins, and they demonstrated it for you with the coins I had in my purse that day. Today, you saw the machine again, and even though there were no coins around, nor was it turned on, you pointed it out and exclaimed "coins!" Wow, bud, just wow. Like every other house we visit, you love the laundry room and always want to go there. This time, you didn't want to leave, and in your terrible toddler fashion, showed us this by thrashing backwards when I went to lead you out of the room. Either my nail or yours (nor sure which) grazed your cheek and actually drew blood, so you got even more upset. Had to get you calmed down again before we could leave, making us slightly late for getting back to the house. On the way home, you were still upset and wailed "blankiiiiiiiies" over and over, which I am guessing was because you only had 3 of the 6 (which I why I think the 1 blankie laundry solution would not work).
At home, thank goodness you calmed down after getting all the blankies, and you were babysat by Kristina (neighbor girl and student of mine) until dad could get home (about an hour later). She reported afterwards that you laughed and had fun the whole time, thank goodness!
For the rest of the evening, you were good, except during the poopy diaper change, dad told me (I was out at a lesson). Hoping you have a good sleep tonight and a better tomorrow. Love you :)
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Fit, stack, hide
Again today you slept in past 10, as did dad, so mommy chose to be the only one to head to the gym this morning. When I came back, you, my little candy fiend, had managed to find (and unwrap) the Cadbury Egg I had in the candy drawer (which will soon no longer exist within your reach...). You had half of it in your hand and said, "chacate ball, help" to me, because the middle part was squishing out and you don't like to get your hands dirty (you are an odd little duck lol).
I cleaned up and then we had to take daddy to work (today was still very cold and his vehicle is still buried under a mass of snow). On the way back, I stopped to get a sandwich from Jimmy John's. Upon seeing my purchase, you noticed the bag and said, "Chip?" I had you say 'chip, please' and then shared some with you as we drove the rest of the way home.
In the afternoon, I tried to have you nap, but it didn't work out--guess you weren't tired enough yet. Probably for the best, because it was soon time to go fetch dad, then head to my lessons.
At bedtime, you were playing with your stacking boxes. These have a number (1-10) on one side, some object in that quantity on another, some other random things on the other sides, and a shape on the top. One side of each box is open so that you can nest the boxes if you like. They also stack very nicely, which is what we taught you to do with them first. You know the word and concept of 'stack' as well as 'hide', because when you stack sometimes, you put the bigger ones over the smaller ones. We then showed you how they 'fit' together inside each other, so you have been trying to practice this lately. You get frustrated, though, because you haven't quite got the idea down yet. I showed you to set them next to each other to 'make stairs'; you like doing this, too, except your 'make stairs' go up and down lol.
I cleaned up and then we had to take daddy to work (today was still very cold and his vehicle is still buried under a mass of snow). On the way back, I stopped to get a sandwich from Jimmy John's. Upon seeing my purchase, you noticed the bag and said, "Chip?" I had you say 'chip, please' and then shared some with you as we drove the rest of the way home.
In the afternoon, I tried to have you nap, but it didn't work out--guess you weren't tired enough yet. Probably for the best, because it was soon time to go fetch dad, then head to my lessons.
At bedtime, you were playing with your stacking boxes. These have a number (1-10) on one side, some object in that quantity on another, some other random things on the other sides, and a shape on the top. One side of each box is open so that you can nest the boxes if you like. They also stack very nicely, which is what we taught you to do with them first. You know the word and concept of 'stack' as well as 'hide', because when you stack sometimes, you put the bigger ones over the smaller ones. We then showed you how they 'fit' together inside each other, so you have been trying to practice this lately. You get frustrated, though, because you haven't quite got the idea down yet. I showed you to set them next to each other to 'make stairs'; you like doing this, too, except your 'make stairs' go up and down lol.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Lights, all done!
Today you actually got to go out for a bit, yay! Since it is so cold and the roads are still icky, mommy gave daddy a ride to work today and will do so for the next couple of days as well. This means you get to ride along as well, of course :) Your favorite song is "Butterfly" by Superbus, which you sing along with nearly every time we play it. You request it just about each time we are in the car, so now I just play it out of habit lol. You sing 'bur-fly' and 'ah-ah-ah-a-ah', and sometimes imitate some of the other sounds in the song. It cracks me up every time, just too adorable. When we got back from taking daddy to work, you took a nice long nap. During this time, I decided the Christmas tree really needed to come down, which I was able to get done and put away (well, mostly...mommy accidentally broke the plug connector/fixture in the crawl space while doing this, so the tree is not in the correct spot in there yet...) before you woke up.
When you came into the living room, you knew something was different, you looked around for the tree, but all you saw were the lights from it, sitting in piled strands on the floor (because the boxes for them are in the back of the crawl space). You exclaimed, "Lights, all done!" and then pointed to each strand and repeated this, to make sure we knew each one was 'all done' lol.
After my lessons, I decided I didn't feel like cooking and ordered a pizza for us instead. You like pizza, but don't always want pizza when we have it. This time, there was no doubt you wanted it--you ate nearly a whole large slice of stuffed crust (including that part, yes!) The funny thing was, you would only eat it if daddy was holding it for you, no idea why that was necessary (or desired--usually you are mister "I do it!" when it comes to such things).
At bed time, you were identifying the numbers and objects together in your numbers books, such as one cat, six balls, ten yo-yos (you say woh-wohs). You also spent a lot of time having us spin the top for you so you could watch from all angles.
When you came into the living room, you knew something was different, you looked around for the tree, but all you saw were the lights from it, sitting in piled strands on the floor (because the boxes for them are in the back of the crawl space). You exclaimed, "Lights, all done!" and then pointed to each strand and repeated this, to make sure we knew each one was 'all done' lol.
After my lessons, I decided I didn't feel like cooking and ordered a pizza for us instead. You like pizza, but don't always want pizza when we have it. This time, there was no doubt you wanted it--you ate nearly a whole large slice of stuffed crust (including that part, yes!) The funny thing was, you would only eat it if daddy was holding it for you, no idea why that was necessary (or desired--usually you are mister "I do it!" when it comes to such things).
At bed time, you were identifying the numbers and objects together in your numbers books, such as one cat, six balls, ten yo-yos (you say woh-wohs). You also spent a lot of time having us spin the top for you so you could watch from all angles.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
another great indoor day :)
Perhaps that will be the title of the next few posts lol. Nah, it's just that today was the bitter cold day outside--so super cold that the schools were all canceled, even daddy's. I went out for my workout at the gym (we were going to all go, but thought it would be best to not take you out in it) and then for my lessons in the evening. It was indeed super cold, I assure you!
Dad said you had a great day, apart from requesting "moo-ools" (noodles) and after he made them, you wouldn't eat any, silly boy. Tonight when I arrived home from lessons, you were both at the table, munching on the 'cacorn' leftover from yesterday. You informed me that 'cacorn, all done', and then identified "mommy and daddy", pointing us out, and repeating this a few times. You also remembered you like to identify "daddy's eyes, baby's eyes" (we're not sure if you just can't pronounce your own name or you just know that you are a baby). I then made omelettes for us plus rice/quinoa mix. As I was cooking, you identified the eggs (and wanted to help me crack them, but I was too quick for you ;)) and the bacon (of which you had a piece). Your curiosity got the best of you (as always) and you grabbed the bowl with the beaten eggs, part of which landed in the floor. Thankfully, we had more, so no one had to go without an omelette lol.
The evening ended with you pushing around your shopping cart with your blankies in it, you snuggling on my lap for a bit to watch "The Daily Show", and then chanting along with the audience for Stephen Colbert (you say 'tee-un, tee-un'). Another great day with you (and yay for mommy keeping up with the blog!)
Dad said you had a great day, apart from requesting "moo-ools" (noodles) and after he made them, you wouldn't eat any, silly boy. Tonight when I arrived home from lessons, you were both at the table, munching on the 'cacorn' leftover from yesterday. You informed me that 'cacorn, all done', and then identified "mommy and daddy", pointing us out, and repeating this a few times. You also remembered you like to identify "daddy's eyes, baby's eyes" (we're not sure if you just can't pronounce your own name or you just know that you are a baby). I then made omelettes for us plus rice/quinoa mix. As I was cooking, you identified the eggs (and wanted to help me crack them, but I was too quick for you ;)) and the bacon (of which you had a piece). Your curiosity got the best of you (as always) and you grabbed the bowl with the beaten eggs, part of which landed in the floor. Thankfully, we had more, so no one had to go without an omelette lol.
The evening ended with you pushing around your shopping cart with your blankies in it, you snuggling on my lap for a bit to watch "The Daily Show", and then chanting along with the audience for Stephen Colbert (you say 'tee-un, tee-un'). Another great day with you (and yay for mommy keeping up with the blog!)
Monday, January 6, 2014
Another indoors day
No much to report from today, as it was simply a day spent indoors for you. Mommy had to go out for a lesson, but that was all.
The Christmas decorations are still up, as I like to keep them up until the 6th of January at least. I'm sad that it will be time to start taking them down tomorrow, as every morning, as soon as you are up and see the living room, you command "Lights on!" over and over again until the tree is on, the snowman is on, and the lights around the bookshelf are on. However, you have discovered that you can turn the tree (no small feat, it is a 9 ft tree and rather sturdy!) by pulling on the lower branches, so it's a good thing we'll be putting that away soon lol.
While I was cooking, you were spinning the lazy susan around, saying "round, round, round, toaster, round, round, cacorn (popcorn popper), round, round, round, hot chacate milk (we have a hot chocolate maker)" over and over again. You stopped on the popcorn maker and said, "my cacorn? my cacorn?", which meant that you wanted to have some popcorn (you love popcorn). I was busy cooking, so I had daddy make it for you at the kitchen table and you guys sat there together and munched. You didn't want any of the fried chicken I made (despite the fact that it is awesome!!), but you did eat a few bites of my salad (never done that before!) and seemed to like it (fingers crossed for that to continue!).
The Christmas decorations are still up, as I like to keep them up until the 6th of January at least. I'm sad that it will be time to start taking them down tomorrow, as every morning, as soon as you are up and see the living room, you command "Lights on!" over and over again until the tree is on, the snowman is on, and the lights around the bookshelf are on. However, you have discovered that you can turn the tree (no small feat, it is a 9 ft tree and rather sturdy!) by pulling on the lower branches, so it's a good thing we'll be putting that away soon lol.
While I was cooking, you were spinning the lazy susan around, saying "round, round, round, toaster, round, round, cacorn (popcorn popper), round, round, round, hot chacate milk (we have a hot chocolate maker)" over and over again. You stopped on the popcorn maker and said, "my cacorn? my cacorn?", which meant that you wanted to have some popcorn (you love popcorn). I was busy cooking, so I had daddy make it for you at the kitchen table and you guys sat there together and munched. You didn't want any of the fried chicken I made (despite the fact that it is awesome!!), but you did eat a few bites of my salad (never done that before!) and seemed to like it (fingers crossed for that to continue!).
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