Growing Up

Time keeps marching on. Today we received the orientation packet for the co-op school Little Guy will attend this year. It's for the 2 yr old parent-child class (I go with him), 1 day a week for 2 hours, but we feel it will be a gentle intro into the world of schooling. It will be so fun to see how he grows in a group setting, beyond the music classes and playgroups. He needs a totebag! and an art smock! and we'll go on field trips!
It's interesting to be looking at this from the parenting side of the coin after 12 years from the teacher's point of view.

Vermont

Summer Reading

We all went to the library yesterday to stock up on books for our beach vacation next week, and we signed Little Guy up for the summer reading club! I was so excited to do it. We read everyday, several times a day, so having to read with him for the club is no problem. He liked the sticker that came with the sign-up pack-that's all he cares about right now!

Still Life with Toilet

Part 1 of a new art installation Little guy has been working on; for reasons known only to him, he has started placing objects on the toilet right before bed. It's fun to see what things make the cut each night.

Sticker Love

Belated

Our Little Guy is not so little any longer-he turned 2 on the 18th. We had a busy week of birthday fun with meals out, first Build-A-Bear excursion and family parties. It was so fun to hear him sing "happy to you" to himself! He was quite into blowing out his candles and did very well with it. Two is a really fun age, despite its nasty reputation.

I Got Fooled...

Yesterday was supposed to be daylight savings time, according to our ancient vcr. I know this because when Little Guy woke up and I looked at the clock on the vcr, it said 7:45. How great-he slept late!! No, not really, it was 6:45 and the damn thing had reset itself during the night, sigh.
Our playgroup had an Easter egg hunt and it was a lot of fun. Since it was on the weekend all the dads came too, which gave all the adults a chance to talk with each other and take turns watching the kidlets. Little Guy is the youngest but his older pals very kindly shared some of their extra eggs.

Happy First Day of Spring!

Milestone

We did it. We turned Little Guy's car seat around; he's now front-facing. Oh how I agonized over this! All the research now states how much safer children are rear-facing, but he was up against the top limit for his car seat, and it's not in the budget to go buy 2 new seats to keep him rear-facing for 5 more pounds. He went for 22 1/2 months, which is 10 months longer than a lot of children.
He seems to enjoy it so far, lots of commenting on the view he sees. What a change to see things coming toward you rather than away!

Cling Monster

Little Guy's going through a patch where he must be thisclose to mommy at all times. I don't mind but it would be nice to be able to shower alone! Sometimes I can get one when Blue's Clues is on-he loves Blue. No preferences yet on Joe vs. Steve :-)

21 Months

I cannot believe how fast time is flying. Little Guy is 21 months old now and such a toddler! His language continues to just explode, so the tantrums he was having are pretty much over. Every day he pops out many new words, and it's just so fun to listen to how he pronounces things.
Some examples:
blanket="blanet"
cookie="coodie"
water="wahee"
He loves to hear/see airplanes in the sky, and has such a good ear for them. When he hears it from the house he says "airpane!", then "see it?" when I say we can't he always says "outside".
I could go on and on!

Happy New Year

May your 2006 end with a bang!

Christmas 2006

Christmas 2006
Originally uploaded by pottergrrl.

high-five for Santa

Toddlerhood

Well, for some reason my last 2 photos haven't shown up....
Anyway, Little Guy is now 20 months old and wow, the terrible two's actually start before age 2. Meltdown city! At least they only last about 10 seconds, but still. He is talking up a storm and starting to form simple sentences but so many things are frustrating! It's hard not to laugh at him sometimes, he's so dramatic. We need to capture it on film. It's so very hard to be almost-two!

Mmmm, Pizza is Good!

 

Joy

Today is one of those lovely Autumn days;bright sunshine and slightly warm,perfect weather for exploring. While examining the remains of the garden, we found a ladybug on a flower stem, and Little Guy was just thrilled! He managed to pick it up, and laughed and laughed as it walked from finger to finger. I wish I'd had my camera to capture the joy on his face, but this moment like so many others will just have to live in my memory. It was just a lovely slice of time.

Pumpkin Tossing

pumpkin tossing
Originally uploaded by pottergrrl.

At the pumpkin patch, Little Guy seemed to think he had a field full of orange balls to throw!

18 Months

In what seems like the blink of an eye, Little Guy is now 18 months old. This time last year he was a tiny little guy, and now he's running, jumping, and talking up a storm! It's just a delight and an honor to watch him grow. Happy Half-Birthday!

Beware of Dragons!!

 

A Late Update

finally finalized!!!
Originally uploaded by pottergrrl.

We finalized Little Guy's adoption on August 11, 364 days after he came home!! It was short ceremony but fantastic to have the decree in hand. Granny, PopPop, Grandma and Auntie came with us to share our big day.