EM Jr miscellany
-He loves categorizing stuff. Every car ride gets commentary on the color and type of vehicle around us: "red car!" "blue truck!" "white bus!", etc. This is charming but isn't really interesting for conversational purposes - I mean what else can one say but "yes, that *IS* a red car"?
-First TV watching! We have had the TV on in his presence before (notably for the Super Bowl!) but don't generally let him watch TV, until now. I checked out a DVD of "Knuffle Bunny" (an animated version of one of his favorite books). He *flipped*. He jumped up and down, patted the TV, kept crying out "NUHBUNNY!", demanded an immediate re-watching and generally appeared to enjoy the experience. I have also checked out a DVD of "Dora the Explorer". We shall see how that goes.
-Tonight I gave EM Jr his bottle and, per our normal routine, started singing a lullaby to him.
"Eh eh eh!" (the grunts he makes when he wants something but is too lazy or upset to use his words)
"What do you want, baby?"
"NAP!"
So I put him in the crib and left. True to form, he is not napping but is singing to the room and babbling.
-We have 2 birthday parties this weekend! One will have dinosaurs (and a bounce house), the other will have Barney.
-Another lap-snuggly period happened this morning, this time with me drinking coffee and scrolling through my iPhoto collection. EM Jr provided the commentary - "Mommy black shirt!", "green sweater!", etc.
-First TV watching! We have had the TV on in his presence before (notably for the Super Bowl!) but don't generally let him watch TV, until now. I checked out a DVD of "Knuffle Bunny" (an animated version of one of his favorite books). He *flipped*. He jumped up and down, patted the TV, kept crying out "NUHBUNNY!", demanded an immediate re-watching and generally appeared to enjoy the experience. I have also checked out a DVD of "Dora the Explorer". We shall see how that goes.
-Tonight I gave EM Jr his bottle and, per our normal routine, started singing a lullaby to him.
"Eh eh eh!" (the grunts he makes when he wants something but is too lazy or upset to use his words)
"What do you want, baby?"
"NAP!"
So I put him in the crib and left. True to form, he is not napping but is singing to the room and babbling.
-We have 2 birthday parties this weekend! One will have dinosaurs (and a bounce house), the other will have Barney.
-Another lap-snuggly period happened this morning, this time with me drinking coffee and scrolling through my iPhoto collection. EM Jr provided the commentary - "Mommy black shirt!", "green sweater!", etc.