Things I want to remember

I lifted E out of his highchair after lunch and told him to go give his daddy a night-night high five before nap. He walked over to his dad and said "love you" while doing his "love" sign.

I tell E to head upstairs for bed and he ignores me. I tell him, if he's not on the stairs by the time I count to 5, I will carry him up stairs (he likes to walk). He immediately heads for the stairs and says "five" when he gets there.

E licks the page in his magazine that has a picture of eggs. They are bluebird eggs and the cute baby bluebird is looking right at him, but all E knows is he likes to eat eggs.

Speaking of magazines, this month's copy of his baby animals magazine arrived today. E grabbed it and took off for the living room. He sat down, still in his coat, and started reading.



E loves to walk everywhere. He strongly protests when we try to carry him. He made it 4 blocks today to reach the mailbox so we could mail Poppop's birthday cards. (E says Poppop!) It took 30 minutes, but he made it. (Mailbox is adjacent to park, so he was rewarded for his perseverance). When he's tired, he puts up his arms and says Mommy (or Daddy).

Ask E if he has stinky feet and he grins widely and insists that you smell both feet right now. He giggles and lifts his feet toward you, one at a time.

E loves to be chased around the house. We go in circles until I reverse direction to catch him the other way. When I'm not where he expects me to be, he stops and calls "mommy" until he finds me.

My reluctant eater is a bit more open to trying new foods if you precede the name of the food with "rocket". E now enjoys rocket chicken and rocket andouille sausage.

I bought E some books yesterday at our local ReStore (Habitat for Humanity thrift shop) and when we saw the truck for the ReStore today I asked E if he remembered our trip to the store. He told me "rah-rah", "sp-s", and "mao". He was right; we got books with rockets, space, and cats in them.