Swimming

1st swim of the year ...

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

E has started calling us "Mom" and "Dad" as of this week.

and ... he apparently knows my first name is Kristine now but he hasn't tried to call me that yet.

The "why?" phase started May 15th, 2010.

One of Evan's new games is to pretend that he is the mom and I am the little boy. He says "I your mom" and then goes through various events in our daily life. Today he told me it was bedtime. He read me three stories, made sure I had a snuggle blanket and then told me to "seep tight" and "we yuv you". The other day, he told me he was "very fwusterwated" with me. Apparently I had touched his backpack and that "IS. ONLY. FOR. EVAN!" He then put me in timeout (timeout is awesome, you get to sit still and be quiet. I love it!). Then, he told me I could get up (time out was not long enough, in my opinion).

Ask E any question and the immediate response is "I don't know". This is typically followed seconds later with the correct answer.

I'm not sure how but E is picking up quite a twang. "Hay-yelp" for help, "Me-yulk" for milk.

Bedtime routine at age 2.75: 3 stories (while drinking his milk), teeth brushing, marching to his room (like a marching band), Daddy throws E on the bed, family hug, socks on (no matter how hot it is), belly-button lotion (both Mom and Dad need to apply it), then lights out and off to sleep (with music and turtle light on, of course). Whew!

Say what?

Lifting the flap in a book and describing the picture: "tight-rope walker"

E, turning toward me: "I used to be a tight-rope walker"

Me: "Oh, really"

E: "Yes, when I get bigger"

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Anyone: "How are you, Evan?"

E: "I lookin good!"

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E: "I have a microscope. A pirate microscope!"

 

Potty training is serious business

We had some setbacks with the potty training. When Evan was sick and not really eating and drinking, it was pointless to ask him to use the potty. He stayed pretty potty resistant even after recovering his health.

Starting a few days ago, Evan will now happily use the potty on request, provided Buzz Lightyear goes first. The plastic toy sits on the potty then washes his hands. Evan does the same, usually with the intermediate step of actually evacuating.

Today, Evan was "hiding" which is often a sign that he needs to use the potty. I called out to him that Buzz needed to go to the potty and asked if Evan wanted to go too. He can running and was successful.

As I was cleaning him up after, a fit of naughty took over E. He maniacally laughed as he unrolled the toilet paper. Despite me telling him several times to stop, in a VERY LOUD VOICE, he persisted. I finally got him to stop and probably gave him a bit of the evil eye as I put his pants back on. The following words were exchanged.

"Are you happy, Mommy?"

"No, Evan. I'm not."

"Are you angry?"

"Yes. It makes me angry when you don't listen, especially while I'm trying to clean you up."

"Are you a lot angry?"

"No ..." (I start cracking here)

"Are you a little angry?"

"_____" (well, not anymore. How can you stay angry with that line of questioning?)

 

Half-way

Captain Chaos's sidekick is due to make his first appearance in about 20 weeks but we got a sneak preview today. And what a view ... baby boy is not shy or modest.

It's sort of strange knowing already. We didn't find out with little E until he had officially arrived. We decided to make things easier this time around (one name to plan) and now E can stop thinking that the phrase "your little brother or sister" is a multiple choice question.

Without further ado ... introducing ________________

 

Happy Easter!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another 1st

Shorts season brings a new first for little E: his first skinned knee. I'm sure there will be many, many more of these if he takes after me. A little TLC and a bandaid fixed him right up and E was soon back to running and exploring.