Browsing Archive: August, 2010
Last week Alex decided he was an extreme adventurer and explorer.
It was a day where he managed to get into things faster than I could clean up the messes left behind in his wake. He spent some time turning the electric tea kettle off and on and off and on. Then moved his stool to the sink and played with dirty dishes and pans, grabbed the clean strainer on the counter and took it to the hardwood for an experiment. Apparently there hasn't been much R&D on the result of standing in a strainer w... Continue reading ...
Today we were reading a vocabulary book for toddlers. It's questionable whether it was considered reading since Alex can't "read" and it was only one word per page anyway. BUT, that's what we were doing. Really this book is meant for babies but seriously, what baby is going to tell you what these pictures mean? It should be called "Toddler's First Words." Some editor might've missed the boat on that one. At some points I felt it was unfair to ask Alexander what the picture was because, in my ... Continue reading ...
I've been consistently telling Alex to say "excuse me" after he burps. For the last two years. I figured even if he didn't understand what I was saying when he was a 1 yr old...eventually he'd get it. Sure enough he did! Yesterday he was sitting on the couch and out came a little burp. Before I could even respond, he said "excuse me!" It was surprising and so cute! And he's done it several times since then so I'm hopeful it'll stick.
Alex has entered the age of creativity with the way he sees ... Continue reading ...
My son has a deep love for his blanket.
As much as I tried to steer him towards one of the many blue blankets we had, he went for the only white blanket. It has nubs. It's not as "white" as it used to be. But it's probably his dearest treasure on earth.
Today when I pulled it out of the dryer, I casually left it in the laundry basket with his other clothes to see how long it would take him to see it. He was like an animal spotting it's prey, plotting the best way to retrieve it from the basket.... Continue reading ...
"You find the mail, Mommy?"
"You eating the pasta?
"Tasha's crying?"
"You see Daddy?"
These are a few examples of what we hear everyday. You learn to acknowledge him quickly or else the question/statement is repeated at increasing volume. They're questions because of the way he chooses to intonate. But really, they're statements because he's not expecting anything more than an acknowledgement that he's letting you know something. If you've heard his little voice, you can input his level of excit... Continue reading ...
Frequently, Alex will engage us in conversation. 72.6% of the time, I don't know what he's specifically saying, although I can glean the general idea from hand gestures or words I know. He seems to get most insistent when we don't follow his train of thought and he's SO sure you should know what he's asking for or trying to tell you. Yesterday he was asking for a ranch dressing packet that was inside the original box. But neither Jeff nor I could figure out WHAT he was trying to communicate. ... Continue reading ...
Last night we hung out with some good friends we haven't seen in awhile and I was reminded of when Alex was a baby. He was one of the last babies born during the first round of babies within our close friends. The result was he was frequently referred to as "Baby Alex" so the older toddlers and kids would be gentle with him. This is a habit I've picked up and now use to help Alex understand about younger children. What's comical is that he is such a big boy for his age and always has been. He... Continue reading ...
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