Saturday, May 26, 2007
Knock Knock
So, it was over 2 years ago that Justin learned his first Knock Knock joke.
It was May 3, 2005. Grammy and Grampy were driving Justin and Emily down to St Peter's hospital to see me and to meet baby Sarah. During that ride, Emily taught the then 22 month old Justin his first Knock Knock joke.
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Flowerpot!
Yup. Justin and Emily laughed and laughed and laughed. So at the hospital, Justin told this great new joke to Mick and myself. And he continued to do so for 2 years now.
Well, mark today as a new day! I have been working on teaching Justin the Banana-Orange Knock Knock joke. It's been a rough rode that usually goes something like this:
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Banana ya glad I didn't say orange
Oh my....
So, I was shocked when it all came out right this morning:
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana Who?
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana Who?
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Orange
Orange Who?
Orange ya glad I didn't say Banana!
I wanted to jump up and down. I was so proud!
So a minute later I was brought back to earth by:
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Banana ya glad I didn't say orange!
LMAO
But - later tonight Mick was all excited to tell me that Justin said it right to him!! Yeah. You go Justin!!!
"Nice to Meet you!"
Have I told you about Sarah's favorite thing?
She takes your hand, shakes it and says "Nice to Meet you!" Mick taught her this at least 9 months ago and she still does it almost every day. It makes me laugh everytime. She'll usually do it at least 6 times in a row before she'll move onto something else. The funny thing is that she is now starting to do it to other people who have never seen it before. They can't get over it.
I love her!
She takes your hand, shakes it and says "Nice to Meet you!" Mick taught her this at least 9 months ago and she still does it almost every day. It makes me laugh everytime. She'll usually do it at least 6 times in a row before she'll move onto something else. The funny thing is that she is now starting to do it to other people who have never seen it before. They can't get over it.
I love her!
A mommy first
For a lot of people this might not seem strange. But to me it is VERY strange.
I am a SAHM. I have been all along. I don't let my kids go anywhere without me. So if they know someone, I know them. And if someone knows them, I know them. So...
We were at the Memorial Day parade this past Weds and the kids were having a blast. We were sitting on the curb with our legs in the street. The kids were sitting so nicely. And then the got into the whole jumping up and running out to get candy thing. It was all very cute.
Then someone yells out "Hi Justin!" He smiles and waves back. Mick looks at me. I look at him. "Who is that?" we both ask. Neither of us knows this lady. What? How does someone know Justin if I don't know who they are? We asked Justin. "She's a teacher Mommy." I figured it out before Mick. "Oh upstairs." His class often gets together with the other 3 yr old preschool class that is upstairs. "Uh huh. With bumpy headed Meghan." lmao We refer to our previous playgroup friend, Meghan G as that because of her curly hair.
So, anyway, it was just a weird, weird moment for me. I know it will happen a lot but this was the first time and it was strange.
I am a SAHM. I have been all along. I don't let my kids go anywhere without me. So if they know someone, I know them. And if someone knows them, I know them. So...
We were at the Memorial Day parade this past Weds and the kids were having a blast. We were sitting on the curb with our legs in the street. The kids were sitting so nicely. And then the got into the whole jumping up and running out to get candy thing. It was all very cute.
Then someone yells out "Hi Justin!" He smiles and waves back. Mick looks at me. I look at him. "Who is that?" we both ask. Neither of us knows this lady. What? How does someone know Justin if I don't know who they are? We asked Justin. "She's a teacher Mommy." I figured it out before Mick. "Oh upstairs." His class often gets together with the other 3 yr old preschool class that is upstairs. "Uh huh. With bumpy headed Meghan." lmao We refer to our previous playgroup friend, Meghan G as that because of her curly hair.
So, anyway, it was just a weird, weird moment for me. I know it will happen a lot but this was the first time and it was strange.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Justin at almost 4
Justin's turn:
- Justin loves to fix things - still. Everytime Grampy comes over to fix something, Justin is in his glory! He gets out all his tools and goes and helps Grampy. He is never happier than when he's helping to fix things.
- Justin is all about Cars (the movie.) He talks about Lightening McQueen and Mater all day long. He has a great imagination. He got all the cars in the Easter basket and plays with them everyday.
- He still loves cars and trucks in general. He loves to play worker trucks.
- He doesn't nap anymore b/c if he does he will be up until 10:30 at night. So we dropped the nap about 4 months ago. So each day we put Sarah down for her nap, we go downstairs and put on a dvd or some shows. I lay on the couch and Justin sits on me to watch tv while I nap.
- He loves his books. He loves to look through them in the morning or at night before he falls asleep. At night he needs us to leave the light on. When I go in later to turn it to dim, often he will be laying strange and has an open book on his pillow.
- He still wants his Fisher Price acquarium in his bed, as well as his womb bear.
- He is starting to get picky about his clothes sometimes. It is mostly his jackets that he cars about though. He has favorites and gets upset when I put something else on him. He also has a preference for his sandels and gets mad when I put his sneakers on. When we went a couple weeks ago to get new shoes, he was so upset b/c he loved his old sneakers and his old sandels.
- He loves watching movies now. He loves Cars (of course), Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc.
- He loves his sandbox and riding his bike. He gets so upset when it's bad weather and he can't be outside.
- He still idolizes his cousin Ian, who he calls "My best friend Ian!"
- He is still so wonderful to Sarah most of the time that my heart aches!
Sarah at Two!
This is the outfit that made me think she looks so old now!
So I was asked on my mommy board about some of Sarah's quirks. So I thought I'd do so here too.
- Sarah always puts on her winter hats and brings you gloves to put on her and then yells “I want snowman!” Now that it is nice out, we laugh at this everyday. When I put on her shoes, she'll also yell "I want snowman!"
- When I take her out of the tub, I wrap her in towels and stand up. She sees herself in the mirror, smiles HUGE and says to her reflection “Hi Sarah! Whatcha doing?” This is one of my favorite Sarah things! I love that she does this. She'll also do it when she's on the swing that is under our deck. When she swings back, she looks into the french doors, smile and say "Hi Sarah! Whatcha doing?" So funny!
- She wants to shake hands and says “Nice to meet you!” She usually saves this for me and dh (she’ll do it 10 + times in a row) but this week did it to an 8 month old at playgroup. My friend, the mom (Angel), couldn’t stop laughing.
- Just like someone else mentioned, Sarah needs you to carry her out of her room after she gets up in the morning or after nap. She will scream at you if you put her down to let her walk. I have no clue why she does this. She still really loves to be held. Sometimes it's great to hold her so much, sometimes not.
- When she wants something, she’ll come to you, grab your finger, pull you and say “show me!” It's cute sometimes, but not when it happens 20 times a day.
- She loves to count. She’ll walk from square to square on our kitchen floor and count. And tonight I heard her in her crib after I put her to bed couting over and over. She easily gets to 13 each time. She can get to 20 with help. She LOVES to count.
- She loves to sing. All the time. Lately she's been "performing" the ABC song to a lot of people. She loves the Kindermusic "our Time" Hello song. She sings the Jay Jay theme lots, parts from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, etc. Lately she sings "Twinkle Twinkle" when we are out shopping.
More Sarah things:
She is now in mostly 18-24 months clothes.
She is starting to get picky but I don't let her get away with it.
She loves Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Go Diego Go, Dora, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Little Bear, Calliou
She loves to eat Rice Kripies, grapes, melon, applesauce, cheese (can only have Cabot), goldfish
She is extremely lactose intolerent can't sleep at night if she's had any by mistake
She looks great in rose-ish colored pink, yellow, orange.
She doesn't look good in black, navy, dark greens
She loves books, esp Dora books!
So I was asked on my mommy board about some of Sarah's quirks. So I thought I'd do so here too.
- Sarah always puts on her winter hats and brings you gloves to put on her and then yells “I want snowman!” Now that it is nice out, we laugh at this everyday. When I put on her shoes, she'll also yell "I want snowman!"
- When I take her out of the tub, I wrap her in towels and stand up. She sees herself in the mirror, smiles HUGE and says to her reflection “Hi Sarah! Whatcha doing?” This is one of my favorite Sarah things! I love that she does this. She'll also do it when she's on the swing that is under our deck. When she swings back, she looks into the french doors, smile and say "Hi Sarah! Whatcha doing?" So funny!
- She wants to shake hands and says “Nice to meet you!” She usually saves this for me and dh (she’ll do it 10 + times in a row) but this week did it to an 8 month old at playgroup. My friend, the mom (Angel), couldn’t stop laughing.
- Just like someone else mentioned, Sarah needs you to carry her out of her room after she gets up in the morning or after nap. She will scream at you if you put her down to let her walk. I have no clue why she does this. She still really loves to be held. Sometimes it's great to hold her so much, sometimes not.
- When she wants something, she’ll come to you, grab your finger, pull you and say “show me!” It's cute sometimes, but not when it happens 20 times a day.
- She loves to count. She’ll walk from square to square on our kitchen floor and count. And tonight I heard her in her crib after I put her to bed couting over and over. She easily gets to 13 each time. She can get to 20 with help. She LOVES to count.
- She loves to sing. All the time. Lately she's been "performing" the ABC song to a lot of people. She loves the Kindermusic "our Time" Hello song. She sings the Jay Jay theme lots, parts from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, etc. Lately she sings "Twinkle Twinkle" when we are out shopping.
More Sarah things:
She is now in mostly 18-24 months clothes.
She is starting to get picky but I don't let her get away with it.
She loves Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Go Diego Go, Dora, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Little Bear, Calliou
She loves to eat Rice Kripies, grapes, melon, applesauce, cheese (can only have Cabot), goldfish
She is extremely lactose intolerent can't sleep at night if she's had any by mistake
She looks great in rose-ish colored pink, yellow, orange.
She doesn't look good in black, navy, dark greens
She loves books, esp Dora books!
Friday, May 04, 2007
Wednesday was her Birthday!
Here she is:
My Two Year Old Baby Dolly Dolly!
My Two Year Old Baby Dolly Dolly!
She spent the whole day wearing her Birthday Party Hat!
And since it was her birthday, we picked some of her favorite foods for dinner: hot dogs, french fries and apples!
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