Yesterday was brilliant. Ian and I had a lot of fun running around outside, taking a trip up to the hardware store, and playing in his new expanded area in the house. We didn’t even watch a moment of TV at all… we worked on several words. “Ow!” was one, “Hi!” was another, and “car” […]
Lots of amusing stories from last night — Ian was in a great mood and I think the three hour nap helped. Lots of good pictures too… • Ian tried to say a lot of things tonight. I heard him say “light” which I haven’t heard him try to say in months. He tried to […]
Here’s some general updates: • Grandpa Ray and Grandma Barb have been here since Wednesday and will be here through Sunday. They’ve watched Ian on their own here at the house (with me down in the office) for several days and everybody’s had a lot of fun… except we might owe Grandma Barb a new […]
So last weekend, as I said, Grandpa Dave and Grandma Marcia were in town and watched Ian while we went to a wedding and reception… here’s some pics! (By the way, I’m dead serious about this — we need to take more pictures. If you’re part of a duo, we especially need to take a […]
Hey we just wanted to say thanks to everybody for the nice emails, blog comments, and cards… Happy Belated Mother’s Day from the blog as well to all of you moms out there who are reading this! I’ll get some pics up in a few days, but this weekend Grandpa Dave and Grandma Marcia were […]
(The title reference is from one of Ian’s top-read books Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion.) The flip-flopping. See this image larger. The flop-flipping. See this image larger. My new answer to “how do you like being a dad?” will be a link to this picture. See this image larger. We love you too, […]
Since Ian moved to his new class a great many things have changed about him, and it has really only been a few days. His old class was mostly girls, and younger. Now he’s running with boys that, you know, do boy stuff. So he’ll sometimes pick his nose, and if he can get away […]
I went with Melissa yesterday to see Ian experience his first drop-off in the new classroom. We were immediately directed up the hallway to an area where the newbies (Ian’s new classroom nickname) mingled with much older kids. We saw them all run around a table to some song about hunting a bear. In a […]
Updates/observations: • Today he was picking up his sippy cup and ramming it into the dining room table which is next to his high chair. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. I told him not to do that. He must have thought I had an issue with the noise, as I swear to you he did this: He […]
On Tuesday, Ian will be walking into daycare but going one door further down the hall, to the “newbie” classroom. We got a card today from the people who have cared for him in the infant room: “Ian and Family, We wiggled and giggled, sighed and cried, held and smelled, got wild and smiled, and […]
