He's in KINDERGARTEN! I'm not sure what I think/feel about this, but my baby has his first crush! And it's not even the girl who I saw tell him she loves him during group time. Oh, dear.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!
Look what I just found on Ryan's table.
He's in KINDERGARTEN! I'm not sure what I think/feel about this, but my baby has his first crush! And it's not even the girl who I saw tell him she loves him during group time. Oh, dear.
He's in KINDERGARTEN! I'm not sure what I think/feel about this, but my baby has his first crush! And it's not even the girl who I saw tell him she loves him during group time. Oh, dear.
Monday, January 12, 2009
WHY?!
On a normal weekday morning it's a struggle to wake Ryan up at 7:30. Today, after much prodding, he finally got out of bed at 7:45 and Lily slept until 9:15. (Luckily the bus stop is so close that the baby monitor works.) Most mornings I'd say she's awake before 9, but not before 8.
So why do they wake up at 7AM weekend mornings?! It's so unfair:-(
So why do they wake up at 7AM weekend mornings?! It's so unfair:-(
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Lily-isms
Sayings and words that are uniquely Lily at this time in her life.
Chu-chup =Ketchup
Why-un= Lion
Why-un= Ryan She knows the difference, but I can't tell.
What is this name?= What is his/her name?
I'm LeeLee! = Her answer to any question asking about her. For instance, are you a princess?
I'm a big guw. =The only other possible answer to who or what she is...a big girl.
Stop tee-sing me! =Often said to Ryan. ::sigh::
tomowoe =tomorrow
Sweeping beauty, Ayell, Snow White, Be-oo, Cinduwuwu =princesses
I wust one. =I lost one.
I wuv you. =I love you.
I want to play on your 'putew. =I want to play on your computer.
I don't like that! =What she says when she doesn't want something. This is probably my fault for asking "Would you like some (fill in food or drink here)?" So if Lily ever says she doesn't like someone or something she doesn't really mean it. She just means she doesn't want it/them right now.
Chu-chup =Ketchup
Why-un= Lion
Why-un= Ryan She knows the difference, but I can't tell.
What is this name?= What is his/her name?
I'm LeeLee! = Her answer to any question asking about her. For instance, are you a princess?
I'm a big guw. =The only other possible answer to who or what she is...a big girl.
Stop tee-sing me! =Often said to Ryan. ::sigh::
tomowoe =tomorrow
Sweeping beauty, Ayell, Snow White, Be-oo, Cinduwuwu =princesses
I wust one. =I lost one.
I wuv you. =I love you.
I want to play on your 'putew. =I want to play on your computer.
I don't like that! =What she says when she doesn't want something. This is probably my fault for asking "Would you like some (fill in food or drink here)?" So if Lily ever says she doesn't like someone or something she doesn't really mean it. She just means she doesn't want it/them right now.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Ryan is Blue
Lily and I played Candyland yesterday while Ryan was at school. I got out the board and asked, what color Lily wanted to be. She picked red. She always picks red unless there is a purple or pink option, then she really has a choice. I picked blue. She took it off the board and put it back in the box. "You can't be blue. Ryan is blue. You can be yellow."
"Ryan is not here and I want to be blue." I put the blue back on the board.
"Ryan is blue! You can be yellow or green." Lily puts blue back in the box.
"Ryan is at school. He is not playing and I want to be blue."
"Ryan is blue. You can be Yellow or green or red."
"Okay, I'll be red."
::gasp:: "Nooooooooo!"
"Okay, I'll be blue"
"Okay."
(You may think that arguing over color with a 2 year old is silly and that's your right. I, however, would like to teach my children they do not always get their way when they are playing with me so they might remember it when playing with other children. I posted this because it amuses me not to start a debate on parenting style.)
"Ryan is not here and I want to be blue." I put the blue back on the board.
"Ryan is blue! You can be yellow or green." Lily puts blue back in the box.
"Ryan is at school. He is not playing and I want to be blue."
"Ryan is blue. You can be Yellow or green or red."
"Okay, I'll be red."
::gasp:: "Nooooooooo!"
"Okay, I'll be blue"
"Okay."
(You may think that arguing over color with a 2 year old is silly and that's your right. I, however, would like to teach my children they do not always get their way when they are playing with me so they might remember it when playing with other children. I posted this because it amuses me not to start a debate on parenting style.)
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Gifts (edited with pictures)
I've noticed there are some people in life that are really great to give presents to. They always seem to have just the right reaction. Ryan is one of those people. If he doesn't know what it is he might just sit there and stare at it, probably trying to figure out what it is so he can get excited about it. Usually he gets excited before the wrapping paper is even off the gift. As soon as he sees what it is his eyes will get wide and his chin will drop, he'll give a big "What?!" or "Cool!", he might even jump up in the air or giggle his I-can't-contain-my-excitement giggle. It's really so much fun to watch him on Christmas.
This year was no different. There were even some mentions of it being "the best day ever." After all the gifts were opened Christmas morning and we were deciding what we would play with Ryan was asked about what he got. He said, "Good, but I didn't get some of the things I ordered." Ordered?! Oh my goodness!
Opening his matchbox race car.
Opening his Wall-E robot(he hadn't even seen Wall-E at this point)
The boys got matching Ravens jerseys.
One of the things Ryan ordered that he didn't get in the morning was a "cool dinosaur book" and the other was a "Brio Race car." Brio doesn't make their building sets any more and you can't buy them anywhere, so I passed the word to everyone that an erector set would probably fill in nicely. Once the families came he got the erector set from someone(I feel terrible, but I missed him starting to open that one, so I didn't catch who gave it to him. I think it was Uncle Ben. If you know let me know and I'll fix this). He also got the book pictured below from Uncle Ben. I think that qualifies as a cool dinosaur book!
So his order was completed after all;-) We've had a talk since then about being grateful for what we're given and about lists for Santa being "wish lists," but who knows if it will sink in this time.
This year was no different. There were even some mentions of it being "the best day ever." After all the gifts were opened Christmas morning and we were deciding what we would play with Ryan was asked about what he got. He said, "Good, but I didn't get some of the things I ordered." Ordered?! Oh my goodness!
Some pictures of Christmas morning reactions.
Opening his matchbox race car.
Opening his Wall-E robot(he hadn't even seen Wall-E at this point)
The boys got matching Ravens jerseys.
One of the things Ryan ordered that he didn't get in the morning was a "cool dinosaur book" and the other was a "Brio Race car." Brio doesn't make their building sets any more and you can't buy them anywhere, so I passed the word to everyone that an erector set would probably fill in nicely. Once the families came he got the erector set from someone(I feel terrible, but I missed him starting to open that one, so I didn't catch who gave it to him. I think it was Uncle Ben. If you know let me know and I'll fix this). He also got the book pictured below from Uncle Ben. I think that qualifies as a cool dinosaur book!
So his order was completed after all;-) We've had a talk since then about being grateful for what we're given and about lists for Santa being "wish lists," but who knows if it will sink in this time.