Playworld, Part II
Here is the second part of the trip to Playworld, this one’s really great if you want to see what happens when Ian combines his understanding of the fun of jumping around with the dexterity to bounce.
Click here to watch the video, it weighs in at 7.3MB, which is huge, I know… but I think the bits that are in there are worth keeping in there.
I’m really quickly going to catch up on some stories, below, but don’t worry there’s plenty of pictures and other things to tell you from the last few weeks, I just want to tell the sort of “odds and ends” stuff.
I put a coat on him, and I SWEAR he said “Not a baby.” And did his best to put the coat on himself.
Many injuries – He got a full blow hockey-style check to the mouth from a boy that thought Ian was getting a little too close. It was one of those misunderstanding situations… they actually checked the video to review the details. Sounded like mostly an accident. A bite mark, some skinned elbows. A couple bug-bites recently.
Ian has sat a few times in an adult chair for dinner or lunch. This was generally out of necessity, we’re not asking him to give up booster seats yet.
He’s become a MUCH fussier eater. (NOTE: on the expansion of the technique I told you about earlier, just tried this a few nights ago, on roughly May 8th… better than saying how “happy Daddy is now that Daddy tried this!” Now I just name family members at the appropriate time: “Oh, mashed potatoes? Aren’t those Connor’s favorite?” or “Grampa Dave loves a good pork chop, I hear.”)
We had a bit of a zooey/pacifier conundrum a few weeks back, but some quick research fixed everything. I was proud of myself for being able to resolve the situation in a day — turns out his old pacifiers had that BPA chemical in them on the “shield” part that doesn’t go in his mouth. Still it was enough of a concern for Gerber to discontinue the product. Because they’re a specific shape we bought the exact same kind with shields that did not have BPA.
Here’s a fun fact that is only sorta related to Ian… did you know unemployment in Michigan is the highest in the country? Not cool.
Conversation between Ian and I somewhere around April 26th:
“Do you like taking naps?”
“Uh huh.”
“Why?”
“I like nn um my zooey.”Also:
“Connor’s shoes. I like Connor’s shoes.” (He said, while looking at his hand-me-down sneakers.)
This is a shot I ended up turning red accidentally… I’ve sort of tried to correct it because I still like the shot. 
A brief pause for some happy grins! 
And then… two great loves that came together in one awesomeness, a train and a cake! This feat was brought to us and created by Grandma Marcia, and it was as neat as it was delicious… could this little boy bait attract Ian? 
Now would be a great time to play the Jaws theme by John Williams if you have it handy. 
“Surely it would do no harm for me to smell that cake a little bit, right?” 
Like one might sample a bottle of fine wine, Ian nabs a quick cake topping to see if this is going to be as good as he thinks it will be… 
A phrase commonly used on the web these days whenever a “bite” is involved: NOM NOM NOM NOM. 
Nothing says “happy” like a mouth full of cake! 🙂 Thanks Gramma Mahshah!!! 
“Hi Grampa Dafe and Gramma Mahshah!” 
Ian did not need to be reminded that eggs hold things. Good things. In fact he developed a bit of a technique with them… Step 1. Hold the egg like so… 
Step 2. Immediately devour all contents. 
Step 3. Repeat. 
Marcia applauds and Mommy looks surprised as Ian blows his first solo non-spit bubble. (By which I mean, I believe this is the first time he dipped a bubble wand into bubble juice, removed it, and successfully aimed a gust of breath to create a bubble. I know, we’re stretching for firsts here… lol!) 
Ian’s been getting into golf a lot lately… he had me watch a game the other day. (Brian Gay’s recent 10 stroke victory, don’t recall the name of the event, but it was fun.) Here Grampa Dave gives Ian a few pointers! 
On April 9th the bunnies hid in an elaborate castle. Someday you’ll see video of how quickly Ian destroyed this castle… suffice to say it was faster than the time it took for this image to appear on your screen! 
A little bleary eyed from dunking his own head in the tub to blow some bubbles! 
Here’s Ian on April 11th… would you believe he’s wearing a shirt that displays a monkey standing on its head? Well, I think that’s irony calling, because there’s about to be another monkey standing on his head. 
On April 7th, it was time to dye the eggs! 
Here’s a white egg… 
Green! 
Plus Red! 
Makes Brown! 
Hey, you can eat these? 
I meanf, mou CAN eat thefe, right? 
Empty wipe tubs recycled here as a sort of skating shoe… he came up with this on his own. 
Ian’s “all done!” gesture, captured by his mommy! He’s done playing this iPhone game. 
Here is part of why Ian got so attached to Grandma Sue… she read him bedtime stories! (I’ve got to mention that it was funny the night we forgot Granny’s glasses downstairs… we quietly fed her the lines of each book… which Melissa and I have apparently memorized!) 
Toward the end of her trip, Ian had Grandma pretty well trained — and I wanted it to always be Grandma’s turn to read! 
Shocking how big our little boy is already! 