Week 70: Onamonapia Speak

This week has been a good one. On Friday, Austin froze, so we spent pretty much the whole day at home. Because of this, we had a chance to try out a few pinterest projects that I've been wanting to do. This first one is painting in a bag.

 We turned our backs for a few seconds and minutes later, we discovered blue paint in various spots around the office. It turns out that you had grabbed a pen and proceeded to scribble on the bag with the pen, causing the bag to tear at a little spot and leak paint. Note to self: supervise at ALL times.

Another activity that I tried was having you scoop cheerios out of one bowl and into another. After a few tries, you simply gave up and started to use just your fingers, which evolved to eating the cheerios, which evolved to throwing the cheerios at Teddy. Oh well, one day those spoon skills will come.

I also broke out the Thomas train set. You will play with it for at least 30 minutes every time I bring it out. You really like to watch the train roll down the ramp. You also like to use the crane to pick up the cargo boxes. You've also started to show an interest in connecting the track pieces. You can do it independently 1 out of 10 times, but it's a start.

You continue to be kind of obsessed with fish. This is one of your favorite things to do. You now point to fish and say "ish." You also seem to be recognizing more things in your books. It's neat to see how your understanding of your world changes just a bit each day.

 On Sunday, we took you to the local mega sporting goods store Cabelas. They have a super cool aquarium with catfish larger than you. You really had a blast there. I wish I took pictures, but we will be going back soon. The store also had a lot of animal figures. You weren't as impressed with those, but you would point to them, as if asking us what those things were called.

A new word this week is "ba" for sheep. When you see sheep, you point to it and say "ba" You will also roar when you see ferocious animals like tigers, bears and lions. Oh, other cute sound effects include yelping like a dog and grunting as you try to pick up or push something heavy. You always get a "aww" at the grocery store when you are helping me put things on the conveyor belt. You actually help and not hinder too! For cars and other automobiles, you will go "vroom" to imitate the engine. Today, I asked you where our car was and you pointed to our car and said "vroom."

You are now consistently using the "help" sign. You occasionally will sign "cracker" and have your own sign for "apple" and "grapes." You've signed "poop" twice this week before we even asked you if you needed to go and it seems like you can hold your pee until you reach the toilet. (One day daddy took off your diaper and you went #1 for a short second, held it and finished it once you reached the toilet)

We had our monthly baby party this past weekend. My, how the babies have grown. It was really neat to see you guys interacting with each other.

 We decided to take a picture with just the babies and it turned out way better than we expected.

Yesterday, we got iced in again. I made a new toy for you to play with. You liked it and played with it for quite some time. You would put the ball in various tubes and try to figure out where it went if it didn't come out of the bottom.

 But soon you figured out that if you lifted the box every time, you would find the ball.

I then made a marble run contraption on the other side of the box. You were not amused by that at all.

For the past two days, you have been a bottomless pit. Grapes are certainly your favorite. When you point at the fridge, we know that you want grapes because as soon as we open the door, you point at the grapes. You are hungry, but you are also picky about what you eat. It's still a bit frustrating, but I figure, as long as I'm offering you a variety of foods, you will eat the foods that your body needs. (Except for sugar, which I think you would eat all day if you could)

Well, we have an exciting weekend planned. Grandparents are coming to visit so we'll have lots of cool things to post next time.

Love,
Mommy