Spring Update
We have gotten really bad about keeping the blog up-to-date. Needless to say, we’ve been busy.
John William is about to crawl. He almost gets there when he’s sitting upright (by leaning and twisting), but when we put him on his stomach and try to get his knees under him he just gets mad. In the meantime, he gets frustrated seeing his sister run around the house. He wants to move! He’s happiest when we help him stand up and let him practice walking or help him jump. He may skip crawling altogether!
He’s still an eater though. He’s eating “solid” food now, and Mom has been busy making all kind of homemade treats. He really likes oatmeal, cheerios (which he can eat on his own), apples, prunes, bananas and mangoes. We’re not sure if he likes avocados or peas, but he eats them. He pretty much eats anything we choose to give him. He’s a hungry boy, and once you get him started he complains if you stop feeding him for even a minute.
Elinor, in the meantime, has started potty training, and she’s doing really well. At first she would only use the potty when prompted, but recently she’s started recognizing the signal regardless of what she’s doing, jumping up and running to the bathroom announcing “Elinor has to potty!” She get stickers each time she potties, prizes when she gets 20 stickers, and it’s all tracked on her own weekly “potty chart.” She loves it, and we do too.
Elinor has also become quite the conversationalist. She speaks in full sentences, and would have no problem with a multi-syllable word like, perhaps, “conversationalist.” We definitely have to watch what we say these days though because she repeats everything. Daddy got caught recently when Elinor started repeating one of his inappropriate phrases during dinner (don’t worry… it was fairly mild, but not a phrase a two year old should be using).
Here are pictures from February and from March.
Random Thoughts…
* Elinor continually talks about and looks forward to visiting the “bouncy houses” at the Multnomah Athletic Club. The last time she was there, she somehow managed to bounce out of one of them in spectacular fashion (one of the employees described it as flying like Superman), but she was bouncing again before she had even stopped crying. She LOVES the bouncy houses.
* John William’s face brightens whenever his sister (or his mommy) enters the room. He usually follows up with something like “huh huh! huh huh!”
* Elinor isn’t always happy that John William is playing with/chewing on a toy that she considers hers. In those cases, she’ll take the toy (we make sure she gives him another one), put it in her room and close the door. When she gets back she says, “baby can’t play with that.”
* When John William gets mad, tired or bored, he beats on his tummy with his hands and vocalizes with each beat. Kind of like Tarzan.
* Daddy sometimes “boops” Elinor (pokes her tummy), but lately she gives daddy a really serious look and says, “no boops today.” She often then immediately comes back and says, “just one boop,” and when she gets booped she laughs and runs into the closet.
* Elinor loves to plant “seeds” (anything that resembles a seed) in her garden. She uses a dump truck to get the job done.
* Elinor and John William are now taking baths together. It’s more fun for everyone.
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)