Santa skyped me today

I was hoping to embed this as a video, but no such luck.

http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/guest/8TZc2SJeFIbaQqddBq93SA

Worst mother ever, Part I

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Look closely and you will see his new chipped teeth. Tripped over the mini rocking chair onto the plastic tub of toys, while I think he was trying to pull out the fire engine from the corner. I was sitting right next to him. Thought he had just cut his lip. He cried for a long time, which I get because all of us has been head butted in the lip and think how much that hurts.

I hope his tooth gets bigger and you can't notice that it's now triangle shaped, because they don't fall out for a while.  Sorry kiddo.

Just a few glue gun burns later

It started with a simple trip to Michaels to get a frame.  Then we got some pom poms, some felt and some glue and voila (which I originally typed wah-la). We made a few wreath photo ornaments, did a lot of finger painting, a lot more scribbling,  a hand print ornament, a cardboard angel and a thread spool elephant (from the church group at Santas sitting) and a lot of cookies and baked goods.  It has been a good holiday season so far. I think I'll wait until after bedtime to wrap presents though.

This is what I've been working on...

The whole gang  (Go Bruins)

And Elmo had to sneak in there too

Bobby enjoys them, especially if you hide behind a chair or something.  He probably doesn't like them as much as he should for my effort...They were fairly easy to do, but now it's really easy for me to pick on their flaws.  The gingerbread man still needs a nose, and the snowman might get a hat, but they might be done too.  Next up, cookie monster!  Put in your requests kids!

Help

Somebody come and eat all these cookies! I only really like pizzelles. but of course,  I eat all of them anyway.  Does York need fudge? You can guess the content of my January 1st post...

We had that kid

After 45 minutes of waiting, Bobby screamed his head off when he got near Santa. Up to that point, it was ho ho ho, fire, tree - all good. They had cat adoptions which kept him interested and cookies and craft/ornament making afterward. Good day, except for not actually sitting on Santas lap. We'll try again next weekend somewhere else, but I don't expect different results. oh well. (and how good is that Santa)

It's that time of year!

It was a little too quiet

It was one of those times, he started with the cookie sheet cabinet, so I was on the other side of the room (crafting) and then knew he up was to no good when it was so quiet! At least he wasn't eating it, or the sprinkles.

He is so funny, He says Ho Ho Ho, to the Santas. The house looks really nice and he hasn't broken too many ornaments - no nice ones.Every morning he goes and turns on the tree lights. We are really excited for everyone to be together finally.

I am daily stunned by how smart (I think) he is. The things he knows baffles me, He must pay attention really well, and I don't know that I knew a 1.5 year old would know all those things. His language is coming along too. Nothing too big, but he copies a lot more of what we say and is trying a few more sounds. He says Happy (appi really) and we heard belly the other day. Those are good two syllable words to start with. And it took 18 months, but he finally says NO. He has shaken head before, mostly when he doesn't want to eat something, but now it's accompanied with a really sweet light no.

And, best of all, he gives hugs and kisses better, even to animals on book pages.

What a trip

6:50 am gardening

Bobby is so funny.  I don't have a bunch of cute stories, but day to day, he cracks us up.  If he hears the door open, he'll drop what he's doing (or a pot) and run to the door.  He's obsessed with the neighbors cat and the moon and gets upset if he can't find either one.  His "huh" move is palms up and mayve even shrugging his shoulders a bit.  He loves his bath, i have more video to post, I didn't want to get his hair wet, so I told his to do it and he willingly dumped a cup of water over his head.  He also shampooed his own hair and likes to rub moisturizer everywhere.

Good thing it's been warm, he loves sprinklers

He has been getting up early.  6:15 is super, but we have more 5:30s and had a couple days of 4:15 - something had to be going on.  But he has bundles of energy and never stops moving.  He runs everywhere and pumps his arm even when walking to show he's determined. He loves running through piles of leaves so luckily we have lots of those.  He's become a really good hugger, all to grammy and the dog.  not me.

Actually

Seeing as how the other easels are 0 for 2 on being used, I guess we'll stick to pencil and paper or chalk.  I would like a table for him (coffee table height) but I'll have to see how much space we have and where it would go.

Seriously, Don't buy us anything.

Bobby Christmas list

• ipad/ipod touch
• puzzles
• bike - maybe not til spring
• train set with tracks (not electric, not Thomas)
• costco catepillar dump truck/bulldozer
• easel (M&D?)
• picture story books
• toy tool set 
• ONE ornament

Really, this kid has played with 3 different trash cans in the last several days.  Please don't go crazy, we don't have room and he has so much stuff already. He doesn't need clothes or toys - I could probably wrap up library books and pots and pans and he'd be great.  

Yep

Jinxed that. Put him down before 7pm, up at 5:10am.

He cannot see a pad of paper without wanting it.  Better that than the furniture.  Also, I didn't mention that he know puts sound effects with everything.  Usually an explosion sound, and not just when cars are running into each other.  When he jumped into my arms, he did it.  thank Rick and Angry Birds for that.

I know the latest videos are a little boring but they give you a glimpse of what he's up to.

17 Months

Bobby is a real character.  It is fascinating to watch him and pretty funny usually.  He is pretty smart and picks up on everything.  Whenever a phone rings, he runs to kitchen land line and picks it up. He found a calculator the other day and put it to his ear.

Today, I was filling up his sippy cup from the fridge dispenser, I put it down on the fridge shelf to get the lid and he reached up and pulled it down - all over himself.  He was totally doused, hair all matted, so funny.

He is getting better at eating, I don't know how he's not starving, since he runs nonstop and poops a lot!  He is getting pretty good with utensils though and pretty much wants to be a part of anything you are doing.  He baked bread with us and put in ingredients and stirred the batter.  He topped his own pizza.

He is sleeping fairly well,  he was getting up at 5:50 for 3 mornings in a row, then made it 5:15, so that day I put him to bed at 6:50, instead of 7:30pm and he slept until 6am.  He goes down really fast at night, but hates naptime.  He usually ends up sleeping in the car.  Even at 11am, instead of his 1pm time at home. It makes running errands pretty hard.

He loves to read, but really it's just flipping pages really fast.  He is obsessed with his animal books, which Grammy and I both hate by now.

He also has discovered the TV. He points to it and the remote and wants you to turn it on.

He has started drawing circles and spirals, not just lines.  He also wants to draw all the time, whenever he finds a pen. And he can take on and off lids, which he loves to do.

HAlloween was pretty dull but still fun.  We went to the neighborhood party, where he pretty much played alone but in their playset and the bouncey house.  They had a hay ride and he is just a people watcher right now so he just played out front instead of trick or treating himself.

He loves being outside, even now that it's gotten cold.  He loves running through the leave piles and was quite a help planting flowers.

This Kid Loves Outside

And all the other mommy blogs I read are 90% photos, so I'm trying to make this more interesting, although the new template formats really screw me up.

Sounds

While reading a book tonight, I pointed out a seahorse and without pause, Bobby promptly brayed (like a horse)

End radio silence

Bobby got two more teeth broken through, the cuspids linking his 4 front teeth to the molars.
He really enjoys running and jumping and flopping on the bed endlessly.  We need a king bed in padded room.
I thought I had more to relate, but can't think of anything.

16 Months

Bedtime is (knock on wood) a breeze.  He sometimes drinks some milk (but not warmed up) read a bunch of books, sing a song in the dark, drop him in the crib.  He's been sleeping through the night (mostly) but still prefers a 6:30am wake up time.  We'll see what impact daylight savings has if any.

He is really smart, says I.  Of course, such a sponge at this age, he doesn't miss a thing.  Knows what utensils and cleaning supplies and kitchen gadgets do. Same with bathroom and garden tools.  Complete copy cat and has to be involved in everything. Loves being outside still. Will throw the ball forever with Rick. Obessed with the dog, won't leave her alone at all.  Often snuggles up in the dog bed.  Sophie gets better hugs than we do.

He knows signs for bird, fish, gorilla, elephant, alligator, cat, rabbit and sounds for a few more animals (chicken).  He says dog.  He identifies anything with a beak as a bird, which is pretty true, but penguins are a little more distinct e.g.  He thinks deer and goats are dogs, but i'll take it.  He understands most everything directed at him.  Says bye really clearly with a wave.  Signs bath, bed, done, more and everything else he just reaches, points and grunts/whines for.  Signs for ball with a dribbling motion.  Identifies your mouth, nose, eyes and sometimes ears.  Same on pictures of animals.

Three nights in a row.  No nursing, no tears, sleeping through the night. Woo hoo.

This Kid

Generally, I think Bobby has really good body control and balance, but I guess that doesn't mean he's coordinated.  And he's only been walking for 2 months, and now he's running, so he was bound to fall.  The matching horns on his head are fading slowly, but then he took his first real dive on the sidewalk at the playground and skinned his knee.  In his defense, the sidewalk was at least an inch unlevel at the seam.  I put a band aid on it to keep the neosporin from getting wiped off and every time he even saw the band-aid, he would get the most pathetic look on his face and whine - pretty funny stuff.

He is loving being outside as much as we can and we even went swimming today since it was 90.  I think it helps him sleep.  Every day is different, today he woke at 7 after waking at 3am; he took a two hour nap.  he goes down without a fuss, and it's about 50/50 if he stays down until morning.

15 Months

2 vaccines + flu shot.
22 pounds, 14 ounces weight (25%)
32.75" height (90%)

Long weekend

We had a good time at the zoo, can't say we did much animal watching, but it was fun for us all.  I pointed out the big bears and gorillas, but that's about it. He liked the geyser thing and walking the railings and throwing mulch.

He literally waves hi at everyone and everything that he sees - including me when he sat up while being rocked to sleep.

We dropped his morning nap,  I would have liked to hold onto it a little longer, but I think this was a good decision.  He still gets a little tired early (11ish) but can usually hang on until after lunch (12:30 or 1) and then sleep 1-1.5 hours.  I hope this gets longer.  I am sure I will jinx it, but he is super easy to put down to sleep again.  He goes down totally awake.  I sort of just hold him and explain it's time and then put him down and walk away.  Less than 10 minutes after we finish bathing and books etc.

We went to the corn maze today and had a lot of fun.  It was way hot, but still a good day.  Not crowded at all. I sort of hated the maze itself though.  I hate being disoriented and having all those turn choices!  But they also had a jumping pillow, which we stayed on forever since no one else was really on it. and a dinosaur fossil sand pit. and a tractor ride.  They also had a gem sifter thing and lots of rocks in the gift shop - perfect for a 4 year old I know.  Their zipline and pumpkin patch open next month.  Maybe we'll go back!